Bill S-226

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SUMMARY
1 Short Title
2 Jury Duty Appreciation Week

First Session, Forty-fifth Parliament,

3 Charles III, 2025

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-226
An Act respecting Jury Duty Appreciation Week

FIRST READING, June 5, 2025

THE HONOURABLE SENATOR MONCION

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SUMMARY

This enactment designates the second week of May in each and every year as “Jury Duty Appreciation Week”.

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1st Session, 45th Parliament,

3 Charles III, 2025

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-226

An Act respecting Jury Duty Appreciation Week

Preamble

Whereas jury duty is a civic duty that thousands of Canadians are called upon to perform every year;

Whereas jury duty is a vital component of our justice system and our democracy;

Whereas the well-being and mental health of jurors are paramount to the proper functioning of our justice system;

And whereas designating a week dedicated to the appreciation of jury duty will highlight the work that jurors do and will help to educate citizens, organizations, the justice system as a whole, and the provincial and federal governments about the issues involved in fulfilling this civic duty;

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

Short Title

Short title

1 This Act may be cited as the Jury Duty Appreciation Week Act.

Jury Duty Appreciation Week

2 Throughout Canada, in each and every year, the second week of May shall be known as “Jury Duty Appreciation Week”.

Published under authority of the Senate of Canada