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The Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State (Seniors), announces new National Seniors Day and new priorities for National Seniors Council

June 16, 2010—The Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State (Seniors), introduced a bill in the House of Commons entitled "Celebrating Canada’s Seniors Act."

Minister of State Ablonczy’s announcement—a commitment made in the 2010 Speech from the Throne—came while she was joining Mr. Jean-Guy Soulière, Chair of the National Seniors Council (NSC), and other Council members at the NSC's annual meeting. Minister of State Ablonczy also announced the Council's new priorities and the release of its Report on Volunteering Among Seniors and Positive and Active Aging. [more]