Filipino Heritage Month Act, 2017 Cho, Raymond Sung Joon — Bill 185 (41st Parliament, 2nd Session)

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Bill 185, Filipino Heritage Month Act, 2017

Cho, Raymond Sung Joon

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EXPLANATORY

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The

month of June in each year is proclaimed as Filipino Heritage Month.

Bill 185 2017

Act to proclaim the month of June as Filipino Heritage Month

Preamble

Members

of Canada's Filipino community have contributed to all aspects of Ontario's

prosperity and diverse heritage for generations.

migrants, the first Filipinos came to Canada in 1930. In the 1960s, immigration

of Filipinos from the United States and the Philippines started to surge, and

these migrants settled in Canada as nurses, physicians, healthcare technicians

and administrators and later as workers in the garment industry.

Through

family reunification programs, from the 1970s through to the 1990s Filipinos came

to Ontario to join their relatives in order to prosper, contribute to Ontario

and raise their families.

More

recently, Ontario has become home to thousands of Filipino contract workers who

have settled in the province after having completed the federal Live-In

Caregiver Program, and who have sought to migrate their dependents to Ontario

and become Canadian citizens.

Today,

Ontario is home to approximately 340,000 Filipino-Canadians.

Filipino-Canadians

contribute to all facets of Ontario's economy and society across many fields:

medicine, education, science, administration, the food industry, business, arts

and culture and sports.

Notably,

Filipino-Canadians have helped build Ontario into a multicultural success story

by their willingness to integrate into Canadian society. Their friendly,

artistic and compassionate nature, their strong work ethic, as well as their

love for family have contributed positively to the social fabric of Ontario,

breaking down barriers to dialogue, integration and genuine friendship within

and among the different communities in which Filipino-Canadians have made their

homes. Filipino-Canadians continue to help foster growth, economic stability,

peace and social cohesion throughout Ontario.

June

is an important month for Filipino-Canadian culture as Philippine Independence

Day is on June 12. This is a day to celebrate democracy, freedom and culture

for Filipino-Canadians across the country, but especially in Ontario.

Proclaiming

Filipino Heritage Month provides a commemorative opportunity to educate and

raise awareness within Ontario about Filipino-Canadians and the important roles

they have played and continue to play in support of the well-being of Ontario,

socially, culturally, economically and politically.

Proclaiming

Filipino Heritage Month enables Canadians born of Filipino descent, naturalized

Filipino-Canadians, Filipino landed immigrants, and Filipinos in Ontario who

are temporary migrants contributing to Ontario's economy to affirm that they

belong to the province of Ontario and confirms their integration as

contributing members of Canadian society.

Proclaiming

Filipino Heritage Month also enables all Ontarians an opportunity to reflect on,

celebrate and appreciate the history, heritage and important contributions that

Filipino-Canadians have made and continue to make in communities across

Ontario.

The

Province of Ontario hereby acknowledges and affirms the contributions that

Filipinos have made toward the vibrant social, economic, political and cultural

fabric of our province by proclaiming June to be Filipino Heritage Month in

Ontario.

Therefore,

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of

the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Filipino

Heritage Month

The

month of June in each year is proclaimed as Filipino Heritage Month.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Filipino Heritage Month

Act, 2017 .

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

December 5, 2017

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

December 5, 2017

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

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Citation	Bill 185, 41-2
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Language	en
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