Statement made on 09 March 2011 by Senator Elizabeth Hubley
Hon Elizabeth Hubley:
Honourable senators, my question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate. I was delighted this morning to see the Maple Leaf Tartan declared an official symbol of Canada. Clearly, the government has been playing close attention to my efforts in the Senate to recognize the Maple Leaf Tartan as the national tartan of Canada.
The wording of this morning's press release, in particular, seemed eerily similar to the speech I gave in this place last week, on Thursday, March 3. Alas, a press release alone does not an official symbol make.
Official symbols of Canada are created either through an Act of Parliament, a resolution in both houses, or by proclamation. Since my Bill S-226 has not yet been passed and we have seen no such resolution, I can only assume that a proclamation has been issued.
First, can the leader confirm that a proclamation was indeed approved by cabinet? Second, as proclamations always appear in the Canada Gazette, can the leader tell us when we should expect to see it?
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