name: Food Day in Canada Act
unofficial_text: # Food Day in Canada Act
  
  SC 2023, c 10
  
  An Act to establish Food Day in Canada
  
  Assented to 2023-5-11
  
  ### Preamble
   Whereas Canada’s national sovereignty is dependent on the safety and security of our food supply; Whereas strengthening connections from farms to tables of Canadian cuisine contributes to our nation’s social, environmental and economic well-being; Whereas supporting local farmers contributes to a sustainable Canadian food system; And whereas the people of Canada will benefit from a food day in Canada to celebrate local food as one of the most elemental characteristics of all of the cultures that populate this nation; Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 
  
  ## Short Title 
  
  ### Short title
  
  1 This Act may be cited as the Food Day in Canada Act.  
  
  ## Food Day in Canada 
  
  ### Food Day in Canada
  
  2 Throughout Canada, in each and every year, the Saturday before the first Monday in August is to be known as “Food Day in Canada”.