Categories #canadalist #canadalisting #canadanews #canadapost #canadastories #canadastory #canadatalk #topstories Search Canada Online Listing MPs set to vote on motion to recognize Emancipation Day across Canada Post author By Search Canada Online Listing Blog Post date March 24, 2021 MPs will vote soon on a motion introduced by Liberal MP Majid Jowhari calling on Canada to officially recognize August 1 as Emancipation Day — marking the date in 1834 when slavery was abolished in the British Empire. Share this:FacebookX Related ← Stunning drone footage offer’s bird’s eye view of annual ice marathon across world’s deepest lake → Why Canadian banks can’t seem to shake their fossil fuel habit 5 years after global climate accord