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National Blanket Ceremony Day

S-245 National Blanket Ceremony Day Act: An Act respecting a National Blanket Ceremony Day

Designates June 30 of each year as National Blanket Ceremony Day.

What Bill S-245 would do

The bill would designate June 30 of each year as National Blanket Ceremony Day. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment designates the 30th day of June in each and every year as “National Blanket Ceremony Day”. Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en 1st Session, 45th Parliament, 3 - 4 Charles III, 2025 - 2026 SENATE OF CANADA BILL S-245 An Act respecting a National Blanket Ceremony Day

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

Kind
Senator's bill
Sponsor
Mary Jane McCallum, Senator
Introduced
in the Senate
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedMar 24
  2. Being debatedsince Mar 24 Exact stageAt second reading in the Senate · since March 24, 2026MPs or senators are debating it in the chamber where it started.
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

First debate in the Senate: 1 day so far

  1. First reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the Senate now

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  3. Third reading in the Senate not yet

  4. First reading in the House not yet

  5. Second reading in the House not yet

  6. Committee in the House not yet

  7. Report stage in the House not yet

  8. Third reading in the House not yet

  9. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: At second reading in the Senate · since March 24, 2026.

  1. Senate
  2. House
  3. Royal assent

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