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Arab Heritage Month

S-227 Arab Heritage Month Act: An Act respecting Arab Heritage Month

Designates the month of April across Canada as Arab Heritage Month.

What the law does

The law designates the month of April each year as Arab Heritage Month. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment designates the month of April as “Arab Heritage Month”. Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en 1st Session, 45th Parliament, 3 Charles III, 2025 SENATE OF CANADA BILL S-227 An Act respecting Arab Heritage Month

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Senator's bill
Sponsor
Mohammad Khair Al Zaibak, Senator
Introduced
in the Senate
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedJun 5, 2025
  2. Being debated
  3. Almost law
  4. LawJun 18

Became law June 18

  1. First reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 4 sitting days, to

  3. Third reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  4. First reading in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  5. Second reading in the House done

    Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage

    Before the House on 2 sitting days, to

    2nd reading and referral to committee - CHPC: agreed to on division,

  6. Committee in the House done

    Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  7. Report stage in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day, · 1 debate here

  8. Third reading in the House done

    Before the House on 2 sitting days, to · 1 debate here

    3rd reading: agreed to,

  9. Royal assent done

Exact procedural stages

Officially: Royal assent received June 18, 2026 · S.C. 2026, c. 17.

  1. Senate
  2. House
  3. Royal assent

Debates in the House 2

Members who spoke: Conservative 6 Liberal 2 NDP 2 Green 1

Report stage 1

  1. Arab Heritage Month Act

    · Sitting 127 · 10 statements · 8 graded

    9 members spoke

Third reading 1

  1. Arab Heritage Month Act

    · Sitting 139 · 3 statements

    3 members spoke

Also raised in 1

Question Period, members' statements and other debates where the bill came up.

Show 1

  1. Business of the House

    · Government Orders · named 1 time

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