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The inspiration for this bill, Rabbi Reuven Bulka, the founder of Kind Canada, started the first Kindness Week in Ottawa 14 years ago.

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Canada will now observe Kindness Week after Parliament recently passed a private members bill co-sponsored by area MP Michael Barrett.

The Kindness Week Act received Royal Assent on June 3, Barrett, the MP for Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, noted Monday.

Kindness Week Act was brought forward by Senator Jim Munson as a private members bill in the Senate.

It was sponsored in the House of Commons by the Conservative Partys Barrett and Emmanuella Lambropoulos, the Liberal MP for Saint-Laurent.

Barrett noted the inspiration for this bill, Rabbi Reuven Bulka, the founder of Kind Canada, started the first Kindness Week in Ottawa 14 years ago, and, with the passing of this bill, Canada is now the first country to have a national Kindness Week.

Designating Kindness Week throughout Canada to encourage acts of kindness, voluntarism and charitable giving will benefit all Canadians, and I want to congratulate Senator Munson and Rabbi Bulka for their dedicated efforts on Kindness Week, and to thank MP Lambropoulos for joining me in supporting this private members bill in the House of Commons, Barrett said in a statement.

The first national Kindness Week will be held in February 2022, and Canadians can celebrate acts of kindness in their communities during the third week of February every year.

By connecting individuals and organizations to share resources, information, and tools to foster more acts of kindness, it will help lead to the improved health and well-being of Canadians. The opportunity to work together to pass this legislation and bring a national Kindness Week to Canadians is a tremendous honour, and Im grateful to be a part of this democratic milestone, Barrett added.

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Kindness Week bill, inspired by Rabbi Bulka, receives Royal Assent in Parliament - Ottawa Citizen

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