REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE

Thursday, April 3, 2014

The Standing SenateCommittee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology has the honour to present its

SIXTH REPORT

Your committee, to which was referred Bill S-213, An Act respecting Lincoln Alexander Day, has, in obedience to the order of reference of Tuesday, March 25, 2014, examined the said bill and now reports the same with the following amendments:

1. Preamble, page 1: Add after line 13 the following:

“Whereas Colonel The Honourable Lincoln MacCauley Alexander was the first Black Canadian to be elected as Member of Parliament in the House of Commons, to be appointed as Cabinet minister and to be appointed as Lieutenant Governor;”

2. Clause 2, page 2: Replace, in the French version, line 1 with the following:

“2. Le 21 janvier est, dans tout le Canada,”.

Respectfully submitted,

KELVIN K. OGILVIE

Chair