An Act to proclaim Holocaust Memorial Day - Yom ha-Shoah in Ontario The Holocaust refers to a specific event in history, namely, the state-sponsored, system- atic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by the Nazis and their collaborators between 1933-1945. Six million Jewish Holocaust victims were murdered. Others were also victims of Nazism and its collaborators, including those with physical and mental disabilities, those targeted for racial and religious reasons and those targeted because of their sexual orienta- tion. Canada, along with other Allied nations, took part in the armed struggle to defeat Nazism and its collaborators. This event affected the lives of all Ontarians, especially those who fought during World War II and helped liberate the inmates of labour and concentration camps. Most of the Jewish Holocaust survivors who emigrated to Canada settled in the province of Ontario. It is appropriate to establish a Holocaust Memorial Day - Yom ha-Shoah in Ontario to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust of 1933-1945. Such a day would provide an opportunity to reflect on and educate about the enduring lessons of the Holocaust. This day shall also provide an opportunity to consider other ins- tances of systematic destruction of peoples, human rights issues and the multicultural reality of modern society. — Bill 66 (36th Parliament, 2nd Session)