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Hellenic Heritage Month Act

An Act to designate the month of March as Hellenic Heritage Month

Summary

  • The bill designates the month of March each year as Hellenic Heritage Month across Canada.
  • It recognizes the historical and cultural contributions of Canadians of Greek descent.
  • The act is purely commemorative: it creates no programs, mandates, spending, or regulatory changes.
  • Its purpose is to encourage cultural celebration and awareness of Hellenic heritage.

Builder Assessment

Neutral

Overall, this is a symbolic cultural designation with negligible economic or policy impact, so it does not advance Build Canada’s core economic tenets. While harmless and positive for cultural recognition, it neither drives productivity nor competitiveness and modestly conflicts with a focus on large-scale prosperity.

  • It creates no reforms, investments, or structural changes tied to growth, exports, or innovation.
  • Minimal-to-no cost but also minimal-to-no economic benefit.
  • To align, it could be paired with practical initiatives (trade promotion, investment forums, skills exchange) leveraging the Hellenic diaspora.
  • As written, it is neutral on most tenets and mildly conflicts with the emphasis on large-scale prosperity.

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Principles Analysis

Canada should aim to be the world's most prosperous country.

Symbolic designation with no material economic impact; any benefits to prosperity are indirect and speculative.

Promote economic freedom, ambition, and breaking from bureaucratic inertia (reduce red tape).

Does not change regulations or reduce red tape; it may encourage community engagement but has no structural effect on economic freedom.

Drive national productivity and global competitiveness.

No provisions affecting productivity, skills, infrastructure, or business conditions.

Grow exports of Canadian products and resources.

No trade measures; diaspora networking could incidentally support trade ties, but the bill does not create mechanisms to do so.

Encourage investment, innovation, and resource development.

No incentives, capital formation measures, or innovation policies are included.

Deliver better public services at lower cost (government efficiency).

Creates no new programs or spending mandates; minimal administrative impact and cost.

Reform taxes to incentivize work, risk-taking, and innovation.

No tax changes.

Focus on large-scale prosperity, not incrementalism.

Purely symbolic recognition uses legislative time without advancing large-scale economic outcomes.

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PartySenate
StatusAt second reading in the Senate
Last updatedMay 28, 2025
TopicsSocial Issues
Parliament45