e-1127 (National day)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-131-04 Government Response to petitions concerning a national day
- Capacity of consent for care
- Mental health
- Poverty
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
- In Canada, we take pride in history that empowers us. We often do not speak about history that may provide a negative image to our country. We celebrate famous and successful Canadians, but we rarely shed light on the common folk who also played an important role in creating our current nation.
- Asylums, Houses of Refuge, and Poor Houses sheltered Canadian citizens from every walk of life. When people hear these terms they often associate the people in these facilities as “less than” others in society.
- The goal in commemorating citizens who resided in “Poor House” facilities is to remind our current population that they too, were human. They might not have been the founding fathers we read about in our history books, but they did play a part in shaping our nation, no matter how big or small it may have been.
- Open for signature
- June 1, 2017, at 11:13 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- September 29, 2017, at 11:13 a.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Guy Lauzon
(Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)
November 8, 2017 (Petition No. 421-01798) - Government response tabled
- January 29, 2018