[1] The National Holocaust Monument Act (Bill C-442),[2] which established plans to create the memorial in Canada's capital, received Royal Assent on March 25, 2011.

[3] The law was introduced as a private members bill by Tim Uppal, Minister of State and MP for Edmonton—Sherwood Park and received unanimous support.

[8] In 2017, when the National Holocaust Monument of Canada was unveiled in Ottawa, the opening plaque made no mention of the six million Jews killed by the Nazis.

[14] Uppal also said he was influenced to support the initiative by his wife, Kiran, who joined the Ottawa March of the Living delegation in 1994, the only Sikh participant in the journey.

Kent sought out Tim Uppal, a newly elected Tory MP with a prime position on the order paper, who agreed to sponsor the bill - eventually named Bill-442.