An Act to establish National Rabies Awareness Day and to provide for the development of a national strategy for combating rabies in Canada

Bill C-349 was a Liberal Private Member's Bill establishing September 28 as National Rabies Awareness Day, paralleling the World Rabies Day designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control. Although rabies is extremely rare in humans in Canada (with one to three cases per decade per Public Health Agency of Canada data, mostly from bat exposure), rabies-positive wildlife testing in Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba revealed approximately 100 to 150 positive cases per year, primarily affecting raccoons, skunks, foxes, and bats. The bill aimed to support public-awareness of rabies-vaccination protocols, post-exposure prophylaxis access, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's federal-veterinary-public-health framework. Did not pass third reading.