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C-13PASSEDGOVERNANCE & ETHICSFEDERAL

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages

An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts

Introduced
MARCH 1, 2022
Royal assent
JUNE 19, 2023
Latest recorded vote
195 / 1
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Royal assent,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stMar 1, 2022
  2. 2ndMay 30, 2022
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rdMay 15, 2023
  5. SenateMay 15, 2023
  6. AssentJun 19, 2023

Bill overview

Bill C-13, “An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages”, is a federal bill from session 44-1. Its long title is “An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts”.

It reached first reading on March 1, 2022, second reading on May 30, 2022, third reading on May 15, 2023 and Senate consideration on May 15, 2023. It received royal assent on June 19, 2023.

In the recorded division on May 15, 2023 in the House of Commons, 195 members voted in favour and 1 against; 19 did not vote. In favour: Conservative (81), Bloc Québécois (17), NDP (5), Independent (1) and Green (1). Liberal members split 90 for and 1 against. It is one of 7 recorded divisions linked to this bill.

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Vote roll

44th Parliament · May 15, 2023

7 recorded divisions; showing the most recent.

195

Yea

1

Nay

0

Abstain

19

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — YEAGord Johns (NDP) — YEAHeather McPherson (NDP) — YEAJenny Kwan (NDP) — YEALeah Gazan (NDP) — YEAElizabeth May (GPC) — YEAAlexis Brunelle-Duceppe (BQ) — YEAAndréanne Larouche (BQ) — YEAChristine Normandin (BQ) — YEAClaude DeBellefeuille (BQ) — YEAGabriel Ste-Marie (BQ) — YEAJean-Denis Garon (BQ) — YEALouis Plamondon (BQ) — YEALuc Thériault (BQ) — YEAMarie-Hélène Gaudreau (BQ) — YEAMarilène Gill (BQ) — YEAMario Beaulieu (BQ) — YEAMario Simard (BQ) — YEAMartin Champoux (BQ) — YEAMaxime Blanchette-Joncas (BQ) — YEASébastien Lemire (BQ) — YEAXavier Barsalou-Duval (BQ) — YEAYves Perron (BQ) — YEAYves-François Blanchet (BQ) — ABSENTAdam Chambers (CPC) — YEAAlex Ruff (CPC) — YEAAndrew Scheer (CPC) — YEAAnna Roberts (CPC) — YEAArnold Viersen (CPC) — YEABen Lobb (CPC) — YEABernard Généreux (CPC) — YEABlaine Calkins (CPC) — ABSENTBlake Richards (CPC) — YEABob Zimmer (CPC) — YEABrad Redekopp (CPC) — YEABrad Vis (CPC) — YEACheryl Gallant (CPC) — YEAChris Lewis (CPC) — YEAChris Warkentin (CPC) — YEAClifford Small (CPC) — YEACorey Tochor (CPC) — YEADan Albas (CPC) — YEADan Mazier (CPC) — YEADan Muys (CPC) — YEADane Lloyd (CPC) — YEADave Epp (CPC) — YEADean Allison (CPC) — YEADominique Vien (CPC) — YEADoug Shipley (CPC) — YEAEric Duncan (CPC) — YEAEric Melillo (CPC) — YEAFrank Caputo (CPC) — YEAFraser Tolmie (CPC) — YEAGarnett Genuis (CPC) — YEAGlen Motz (CPC) — YEAGreg McLean (CPC) — YEAGérard Deltell (CPC) — YEAJacques Gourde (CPC) — YEAJames Bezan (CPC) — YEAJamie Schmale (CPC) — YEAJasraj Hallan (CPC) — YEAJeremy Patzer (CPC) — YEAJohn Barlow (CPC) — YEAJohn Brassard (CPC) — YEAJohn Nater (CPC) — YEAJohn Williamson (CPC) — YEAJoël Godin (CPC) — YEAKelly Block (CPC) — YEAKelly McCauley (CPC) — YEAKevin Waugh (CPC) — PAIREDKyle Seeback (CPC) — YEALaila Goodridge (CPC) — YEALeslyn Lewis (CPC) — YEALianne Rood (CPC) — YEALuc Berthold (CPC) — YEAMarc Dalton (CPC) — YEAMark Strahl (CPC) — YEAMel Arnold (CPC) — YEAMelissa Lantsman (CPC) — YEAMichael Barrett (CPC) — YEAMichael Chong (CPC) — YEAMichael Cooper (CPC) — YEAMichael Kram (CPC) — ABSENTMichelle Rempel Garner (CPC) — YEAMike Lake (CPC) — YEAPat Kelly (CPC) — YEAPhilip Lawrence (CPC) — YEAPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — YEAPierre Poilievre (CPC) — YEARandy Hoback (CPC) — PAIREDRaquel Dancho (CPC) — YEARichard Bragdon (CPC) — YEARob Moore (CPC) — YEARob Morrison (CPC) — YEARosemarie Falk (CPC) — YEAScot Davidson (CPC) — YEAScott Aitchison (CPC) — ABSENTScott Reid (CPC) — YEAShannon Stubbs (CPC) — YEAShelby Kramp-Neuman (CPC) — YEAStephanie Kusie (CPC) — YEATako Van Popta (CPC) — YEATed Falk (CPC) — PAIREDTerry Dowdall (CPC) — YEATim Uppal (CPC) — YEATodd Doherty (CPC) — YEATom Kmiec (CPC) — YEATony Baldinelli (CPC) — YEAWarren Steinley (CPC) — YEAZiad Aboultaif (CPC) — PAIREDAdam van Koeverden (LPC) — YEAAhmed Hussen (LPC) — YEAAlexandra Mendès (LPC) — YEAAli Ehsassi (LPC) — PAIREDAngelo Iacono (LPC) — YEAAnita Anand (LPC) — YEAAnita Vandenbeld (LPC) — YEAAnju Dhillon (LPC) — YEAAnnie Koutrakis (LPC) — YEAAnthony Housefather (LPC) — NAYArielle Kayabaga (LPC) — YEABardish Chagger (LPC) — YEABrendan Hanley (LPC) — YEACharles Sousa (LPC) — YEAChris Bittle (LPC) — YEAChris d'Entremont (LPC) — YEADarren Fisher (LPC) — YEADavid McGuinty (LPC) — YEADominic LeBlanc (LPC) — YEAEmmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC) — YEAFayçal El-Khoury (LPC) — YEAFrancis Scarpaleggia (LPC) — YEAFrançois-Philippe Champagne (LPC) — ABSENTGary Anandasangaree (LPC) — YEAGinette Petitpas Taylor (LPC) — YEAGreg Fergus (LPC) — YEAHeath MacDonald (LPC) — YEAHedy Fry (LPC) — ABSENTHelena Jaczek (LPC) — YEAIqra Khalid (LPC) — YEAIqwinder Gaheer (LPC) — YEAJaime Battiste (LPC) — YEAJames Maloney (LPC) — YEAJean Yip (LPC) — YEAJean-Yves Duclos (LPC) — PAIREDJenna Sudds (LPC) — YEAJoanne Thompson (LPC) — YEAJoël Lightbound (LPC) — YEAJudy A. Sgro (LPC) — YEAJulie Dabrusin (LPC) — YEAJulie Dzerowicz (LPC) — YEAKarina Gould (LPC) — YEAKevin Lamoureux (LPC) — YEAKody Blois (LPC) — PAIREDLena Metlege Diab (LPC) — YEALisa Hepfner (LPC) — YEALori Idlout (LPC) — YEAManinder Sidhu (LPC) — YEAMarc Miller (LPC) — YEAMarcus Powlowski (LPC) — YEAMarie-France Lalonde (LPC) — YEAMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — PAIREDMark Gerretsen (LPC) — YEAMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — YEAMichael Coteau (LPC) — YEAMike Kelloway (LPC) — YEAMona Fortier (LPC) — YEAMélanie Joly (LPC) — PAIREDParm Bains (LPC) — YEAPatricia Lattanzio (LPC) — YEAPatrick Weiler (LPC) — YEAPatty Hajdu (LPC) — YEAPeter Fonseca (LPC) — YEAPeter Fragiskatos (LPC) — YEAPeter Schiefke (LPC) — YEARachel Bendayan (LPC) — YEARandeep Sarai (LPC) — YEARechie Valdez (LPC) — YEARobert Morrissey (LPC) — YEARobert Oliphant (LPC) — YEARon McKinnon (LPC) — YEARuby Sahota (LPC) — YEARyan Turnbull (LPC) — YEASalma Zahid (LPC) — YEASameer Zuberi (LPC) — YEASean Casey (LPC) — YEASean Fraser (LPC) — YEASerge Cormier (LPC) — YEAShafqat Ali (LPC) — YEASherry Romanado (LPC) — ABSENTSonia Sidhu (LPC) — YEASophie Chatel (LPC) — YEASteven MacKinnon (LPC) — YEAStéphane Lauzon (LPC) — YEASukh Dhaliwal (LPC) — YEATaleeb Noormohamed (LPC) — YEATerry Beech (LPC) — YEATerry Duguid (LPC) — YEATerry Sheehan (LPC) — YEATim Louis (LPC) — YEAViviane Lapointe (LPC) — YEAWayne Long (LPC) — YEAYasir Naqvi (LPC) — YEAYvan Baker (LPC) — YEAÉlisabeth Brière (LPC) — YEAJonathan Wilkinson (LPC) — YEAJustin Trudeau (LPC) — ABSENTNathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) — YEAShaun Chen (LPC) — YEASteven Guilbeault (LPC) — YEAAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — YEASimon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (IND) — PAIREDCathay Wagantall (CPC) — ABSENTLarry Brock (CPC) — YEARichard Martel (CPC) — YEASpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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