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Caribbean Heritage Month

S-248 Caribbean Heritage Month Act: An Act respecting Caribbean Heritage Month

Names July of every year as Caribbean Heritage Month across Canada.

What Bill S-248 would do

The bill would designate July of each year as Caribbean Heritage Month. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment designates the month of July in each and every year as “Caribbean Heritage Month”. 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-248 An Act respecting Caribbean Heritage Month

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

Kind
Senator's bill
Sponsor
Paulette Senior, Senator
Introduced
in the Senate
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedMay 26
  2. Being studiedsince Jun 9 Exact stageAt consideration in committee in the Senate · Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology · since June 9, 2026A committee of MPs or senators is going through it line by line.
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

In a Senate committee since June 9

  1. First reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the Senate done

    Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  3. Committee in the Senate now

    Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

  4. Report stage in the Senate not yet

  5. Third reading in the Senate not yet

  6. First reading in the House not yet

  7. Second reading in the House not yet

  8. Committee in the House not yet

  9. Report stage in the House not yet

  10. Third reading in the House not yet

  11. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: At consideration in committee in the Senate · Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology · since June 9, 2026.

  1. Senate
  2. House
  3. Royal assent

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