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ENGLISHSUMMARYSUMMARY1 Short Title1 Short Title2 Kindness Week2 Kindness Week
Second Session, Forty-third Parliament,
69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021
STATUTES OF CANADA 2021
CHAPTER 9
An Act respecting Kindness Week
ASSENTED TO
June 3, 2021
BILL S-223
SUMMARY
This enactment designates the third week of February in each and every year as “Kindness Week”. 
Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address:
www.sencanada.ca/en
69-70 Elizabeth II
CHAPTER 9
An Act respecting Kindness Week
[Assented to 3rd June, 2021]
Preamble
Whereas kindness encourages values such as empathy, respect, gratitude and compassion;
Whereas kind acts lead to the improved health and well-being of Canadians;
Whereas Kindness Week is already celebrated in some Canadian cities;
Whereas designating and celebrating a Kindness Week throughout Canada will encourage acts of kindness, volunteerism and charitable giving to the benefit of all Canadians; 
Whereas Kindness Week will connect individuals and organizations to share resources, information and tools to foster more acts of kindness; 
And whereas Parliament envisions that Kindness Week might encourage a culture of kindness in Canada throughout the year; 
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
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1 This Act may be cited as the Kindness Week Act.
Kindness Week
Kindness Week
2 Throughout Canada, in each and every year, the third week of February is to be known as “Kindness Week”.
Published under authority of the Senate of Canada
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