Canada Passes Bill To Establish Holocaust Remembrance Day Date: Thursday, October 23 2003 Topic: International News Ottawa - Canada's House of Commons unanimously passed a bill Tuesday to establish an annual Holocaust Memorial Day. The measure, which still requires Senate approval, would establish a national Holocaust memorial day, to be observed each year on Yom Ha’Shoah, according to the Hebrew calendar. The bill was introduced by five MPs representing all political parties: Richard Marceau (BQ), Art Eggleton (Lib.), Scott Reid (CA), Scott Brison (PC), and Judy Wasylucia-Leis (NDP). (House of Commons, Oct. 22) This article comes from Canada Kicks Ass http://www.canadaka.net The URL for this story is: http://www.canadaka.net/article/430-canada-passes-bill-to-establish-holocaust-remembrance-day