Proclamations Issued

Proclamations Issued in 2020

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January

Tamil Heritage Month

WHEREAS: The City of Brampton is proud to recognize the contributions of the Tamil community to our economic, political, social and cultural landscape.

The month of January month is an opportunity to recognize the richness of the Tamil culture and language, including raising the Tamil Heritage Flag at Brampton City Hall on Friday, January 24.

The City of Brampton celebrates Brampton’s diversity by continuing the engage and communicate with our diverse groups and supporting cultural events. One of the Term of Council priorities “Brampton is a Mosaic” signals that the City celebrate our diversity by engaging, supporting and celebrating cultural events.

THEREFORE: I, Mayor Patrick Brown, on behalf of Brampton City Council, do hereby proclaim January 2020 as “Tamil Heritage Month” in the City of Brampton.

Lincoln Alexander Day

WHEREAS: On January 21, we recognize Colonel The Honourable Lincoln MacCauley Alexander (January 21, 1922 – October 19, 2012) a Canadian lawyer who became the first Black Canadian to be elected as Member of Parliament in the House of Commons, appointed as Cabinet minister and appointed as Lieutenant Governor. His long and distinguished record of public service also included as a corporal in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

The Brampton Chapter of Caretakers of our Culture’s aim is to assume responsibility for the celebration, observation and promotion of holidays and cultural celebrations of people of African descent around the world.

The City of Brampton acknowledges the legacy and recognizes the significant contributions of Colonel The Honourable of Lincoln Alexander across Ontario.

THEREFORE: I, Mayor Patrick Brown, on behalf of Brampton City Council, do hereby proclaim January 21, 2020 as “Lincoln Alexander Day” in the City of Brampton.

Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia

WHEREAS: On January 29, 2017, a gunman carried out an act of violence at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec where men, women and children were gathered for night prayers in Québec City.

This horrific act of hate took the lives of six innocent people, left several others injured and terrorized an entire community.

Together with the Muslim Council of Peel, we remember the victims and surviving families and express our shared Canadian values of safety and security of places of worship. Together we stand in solidarity against hate, and will continue to provide support and reassurance to Brampton’s diverse communities.

City Council condemns Islamophobia, as it does all other forms of racism, hate, xenophobia and bigotry, and reaffirms hatred has no place in the City of Brampton.

THEREFORE: I, Mayor Patrick Brown, on behalf of Brampton City Council, do hereby proclaim January 29, 2020 as “Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia” in the City of Brampton.