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C-16PASSEDJUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETYFEDERAL

Protecting Victims Act

An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to criminal and correctional matters (child protection, gender-based violence, delays and other measures)

Sponsor
Hon. Sean Fraser
Introduced
—
Royal assent
JUNE 18, 2026
Final vote
186 / 129

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stDec 9, 2025
  2. 2ndFeb 2, 2026
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rdJun 11, 2026
  5. SenateJun 11, 2026
  6. AssentJun 18, 2026

Bill overview

Bill C-16, “Protecting Victims Act”, is a federal bill from session 45-1. Its long title is “An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to criminal and correctional matters (child protection, gender-based violence, delays and other measures)”. It was introduced by Sean Fraser (Liberal, Central Nova).

It reached first reading on December 9, 2025, second reading on February 2, 2026, third reading on June 11, 2026 and Senate consideration on June 11, 2026. It received royal assent on June 18, 2026.

In the recorded division on June 11, 2026 in the House of Commons, 186 members voted in favour and 129 against; 18 did not vote. In favour: Liberal (162), Bloc Québécois (16), NDP (5), Independent (2) and Green (1). Against: Conservative (129). It is one of 4 recorded divisions linked to this bill.

This overview is written automatically from the registry and vote records on this page and updates when they sync. It describes the bill's path, not its merits.

PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARY

What you need to know

An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to criminal and correctional matters (child protection, gender-based violence, delays and other measures)

Vote roll

45th Parliament · June 11, 2026

4 recorded divisions; showing the most recent.

186

Yea

129

Nay

0

Abstain

18

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — YEAGord Johns (NDP) — YEAHeather McPherson (NDP) — YEAJenny Kwan (NDP) — YEALeah Gazan (NDP) — YEAElizabeth May (GPC) — YEAAlexis Brunelle-Duceppe (BQ) — PAIREDAlexis Deschênes (BQ) — YEAAndréanne Larouche (BQ) — YEAChristine Normandin (BQ) — YEAClaude DeBellefeuille (BQ) — YEAGabriel Ste-Marie (BQ) — YEAJean-Denis Garon (BQ) — YEALouis Plamondon (BQ) — PAIREDLuc Thériault (BQ) — PAIREDMarie-Hélène Gaudreau (BQ) — YEAMarilène Gill (BQ) — YEAMario Beaulieu (BQ) — YEAMario Simard (BQ) — YEAMartin Champoux (BQ) — YEAMaxime Blanchette-Joncas (BQ) — YEAPatrick Bonin (BQ) — YEASébastien Lemire (BQ) — YEAXavier Barsalou-Duval (BQ) — YEAYves Perron (BQ) — YEAYves-François Blanchet (BQ) — ABSENTAaron Gunn (CPC) — NAYAdam Chambers (CPC) — NAYAlex Ruff (CPC) — NAYAmanpreet Gill (CPC) — NAYAmarjeet Gill (CPC) — NAYAndrew Lawton (CPC) — NAYAndrew Scheer (CPC) — NAYAnna Roberts (CPC) — NAYArnold Viersen (CPC) — NAYArpan Khanna (CPC) — NAYBen Lobb (CPC) — NAYBernard Généreux (CPC) — ABSENTBilly Morin (CPC) — NAYBlaine Calkins (CPC) — NAYBlake Richards (CPC) — NAYBob Zimmer (CPC) — NAYBrad Redekopp (CPC) — NAYBrad Vis (CPC) — NAYBranden Leslie (CPC) — NAYBurton Bailey (CPC) — NAYCarol Anstey (CPC) — NAYCathay Wagantall (CPC) — NAYChak Au (CPC) — NAYCheryl Gallant (CPC) — NAYChris Lewis (CPC) — NAYChris Warkentin (CPC) — NAYClifford Small (CPC) — NAYColin Reynolds (CPC) — PAIREDConnie Cody (CPC) — NAYCorey Tochor (CPC) — NAYCostas Menegakis (CPC) — NAYDalwinder Gill (CPC) — NAYDan Albas (CPC) — NAYDan Mazier (CPC) — NAYDan Muys (CPC) — NAYDane Lloyd (CPC) — NAYDave Epp (CPC) — NAYDavid Bexte (CPC) — NAYDavid McKenzie (CPC) — NAYDean Allison (CPC) — NAYDominique Vien (CPC) — NAYDoug Shipley (CPC) — PAIREDEllis Ross (CPC) — NAYEric Duncan (CPC) — NAYEric Lefebvre (CPC) — NAYEric Melillo (CPC) — NAYFrank Caputo (CPC) — NAYFraser Tolmie (CPC) — NAYFred Davies (CPC) — NAYGabriel Hardy (CPC) — NAYGarnett Genuis (CPC) — NAYGaétan Malette (CPC) — NAYGlen Motz (CPC) — NAYGrant Jackson (CPC) — NAYGreg McLean (CPC) — ABSENTGérard Deltell (CPC) — NAYHarb Gill (CPC) — NAYHelena Konanz (CPC) — NAYJacob Mantle (CPC) — NAYJacques Gourde (CPC) — NAYJagsharan Singh Mahal (CPC) — NAYJames Bezan (CPC) — NAYJamie Schmale (CPC) — NAYJamil Jivani (CPC) — NAYJason Groleau (CPC) — NAYJeff Kibble (CPC) — NAYJeremy Patzer (CPC) — NAYJim Bélanger (CPC) — NAYJohn Barlow (CPC) — NAYJohn Brassard (CPC) — NAYJohn Nater (CPC) — NAYJohn Williamson (CPC) — NAYJonathan Rowe (CPC) — NAYJoël Godin (CPC) — NAYKathy Borrelli (CPC) — NAYKelly Block (CPC) — NAYKelly DeRidder (CPC) — NAYKelly McCauley (CPC) — NAYKerry Diotte (CPC) — NAYKevin Waugh (CPC) — NAYKurt Holman (CPC) — NAYKyle Seeback (CPC) — NAYLaila Goodridge (CPC) — NAYLarry Brock (CPC) — NAYLeslyn Lewis (CPC) — NAYLianne Rood (CPC) — NAYLuc Berthold (CPC) — NAYMarc Dalton (CPC) — NAYMark Strahl (CPC) — NAYMatt Strauss (CPC) — NAYMel Arnold (CPC) — NAYMelissa Lantsman (CPC) — NAYMichael Barrett (CPC) — NAYMichael Chong (CPC) — NAYMichael Cooper (CPC) — NAYMichael Guglielmin (CPC) — NAYMichael Kram (CPC) — NAYMichelle Rempel Garner (CPC) — NAYMike Dawson (CPC) — NAYMike Lake (CPC) — NAYNed Kuruc (CPC) — NAYPat Kelly (CPC) — NAYPhilip Lawrence (CPC) — NAYPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — NAYPierre Poilievre (CPC) — ABSENTRandy Hoback (CPC) — NAYRaquel Dancho (CPC) — PAIREDRhonda Kirkland (CPC) — NAYRichard Bragdon (CPC) — NAYRichard Martel (CPC) — NAYRob Moore (CPC) — NAYRob Morrison (CPC) — NAYRoman Baber (CPC) — NAYRosemarie Falk (CPC) — NAYSandra Cobena (CPC) — NAYScot Davidson (CPC) — NAYScott Aitchison (CPC) — NAYScott Anderson (CPC) — NAYScott Reid (CPC) — NAYShannon Stubbs (CPC) — NAYShelby Kramp-Neuman (CPC) — NAYStephanie Kusie (CPC) — ABSENTSteven Bonk (CPC) — NAYSukhman Gill (CPC) — NAYTako Van Popta (CPC) — NAYTamara Jansen (CPC) — NAYTamara Kronis (CPC) — NAYTed Falk (CPC) — NAYTerry Dowdall (CPC) — NAYTim Uppal (CPC) — NAYTodd Doherty (CPC) — NAYTom Kmiec (CPC) — NAYTony Baldinelli (CPC) — NAYVincent Ho (CPC) — NAYWarren Steinley (CPC) — NAYWilliam Stevenson (CPC) — NAYAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — YEASimon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (IND) — YEAAbdelhaq Sari (LPC) — YEAAdam van Koeverden (LPC) — YEAAhmed Hussen (LPC) — YEAAlana Hirtle (LPC) — YEAAlexandra Mendès (LPC) — YEAAli Ehsassi (LPC) — YEAAmandeep Sodhi (LPC) — YEAAngelo Iacono (LPC) — YEAAnita Anand (LPC) — PAIREDAnita Vandenbeld (LPC) — YEAAnju Dhillon (LPC) — YEAAnna Gainey (LPC) — YEAAnnie Koutrakis (LPC) — YEAAnthony Housefather (LPC) — YEAArielle Kayabaga (LPC) — YEAAslam Rana (LPC) — YEABardish Chagger (LPC) — YEABen Carr (LPC) — YEABienvenu-Olivier Ntumba (LPC) — YEABraedon Clark (LPC) — YEABrendan Hanley (LPC) — YEABruce Fanjoy (LPC) — YEABuckley Belanger (LPC) — YEACarlos Leitão (LPC) — YEACaroline Desrochers (LPC) — YEACharles Sousa (LPC) — YEAChi Nguyen (LPC) — YEAChris Bittle (LPC) — YEAChris Malette (LPC) — YEAClaude Guay (LPC) — YEACorey Hogan (LPC) — YEADanielle Martin (LPC) — YEADarren Fisher (LPC) — YEADavid McGuinty (LPC) — YEADavid Myles (LPC) — YEADoly Begum (LPC) — YEADominic LeBlanc (LPC) — YEADoug Eyolfson (LPC) — YEAEleanor Olszewski (LPC) — YEAEmma Harrison (LPC) — YEAEmmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC) — YEAEric St-Pierre (LPC) — YEAErnie Klassen (LPC) — YEAEvan Solomon (LPC) — YEAFares Al Soud (LPC) — YEAFayçal El-Khoury (LPC) — YEAFrancis Scarpaleggia (LPC) — ABSENTFrançois-Philippe Champagne (LPC) — YEAGary Anandasangaree (LPC) — YEAGinette Lavack (LPC) — YEAGinette Petitpas Taylor (LPC) — YEAGiovanna Mingarelli (LPC) — YEAGreg Fergus (LPC) — YEAGregor Robertson (LPC) — YEAGuillaume Deschênes-Thériault (LPC) — YEAGurbux Saini (LPC) — YEAHeath MacDonald (LPC) — YEAHedy Fry (LPC) — YEAHelena Jaczek (LPC) — YEAIqra Khalid (LPC) — YEAIqwinder Gaheer (LPC) — YEAJacques Ramsay (LPC) — YEAJaime Battiste (LPC) — YEAJake Sawatzky (LPC) — YEAJames Maloney (LPC) — YEAJean Yip (LPC) — YEAJean-Yves Duclos (LPC) — YEAJenna Sudds (LPC) — YEAJennifer McKelvie (LPC) — YEAJill McKnight (LPC) — YEAJoanne Thompson (LPC) — YEAJohn Zerucelli (LPC) — PAIREDJohn-Paul Danko (LPC) — YEAJonathan Wilkinson (LPC) — YEAJoël Lightbound (LPC) — YEAJuanita Nathan (LPC) — YEAJudy A. Sgro (LPC) — YEAJulie Dabrusin (LPC) — PAIREDJulie Dzerowicz (LPC) — YEAKarim Bardeesy (LPC) — YEAKarina Gould (LPC) — YEAKent MacDonald (LPC) — YEAKevin Lamoureux (LPC) — YEAKody Blois (LPC) — YEAKristina Tesser Derksen (LPC) — YEALena Metlege Diab (LPC) — YEALeslie Church (LPC) — PAIREDLinda Lapointe (LPC) — YEALisa Hepfner (LPC) — YEALori Idlout (LPC) — YEALouis Villeneuve (LPC) — YEAMadeleine Chenette (LPC) — YEAMaggie Chi (LPC) — YEAMandy Gull-Masty (LPC) — YEAManinder Sidhu (LPC) — YEAMarc Miller (LPC) — YEAMarcus Powlowski (LPC) — YEAMarianne Dandurand (LPC) — YEAMarie-France Lalonde (LPC) — YEAMarie-Gabrielle Ménard (LPC) — YEAMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — YEAMarjorie Michel (LPC) — YEAMark Carney (LPC) — YEAMark Gerretsen (LPC) — YEAMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — YEAMichael Coteau (LPC) — YEAMichael Ma (LPC) — YEAMike Kelloway (LPC) — YEAMona Fortier (LPC) — YEAMélanie Joly (LPC) — YEANathalie Provost (LPC) — YEANathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) — YEANatilien Joseph (LPC) — YEAParm Bains (LPC) — YEAPatricia Lattanzio (LPC) — YEAPatrick Weiler (LPC) — YEAPatty Hajdu (LPC) — YEAPaul Connors (LPC) — YEAPauline Rochefort (LPC) — YEAPeter Fonseca (LPC) — YEAPeter Fragiskatos (LPC) — YEAPeter Schiefke (LPC) — YEAPhilip Earle (LPC) — YEARachel Bendayan (LPC) — YEARandeep Sarai (LPC) — YEARebecca Alty (LPC) — YEARebecca Chartrand (LPC) — YEARechie Valdez (LPC) — YEARon McKinnon (LPC) — YEARuby Sahota (LPC) — YEARyan Turnbull (LPC) — YEASalma Zahid (LPC) — YEASameer Zuberi (LPC) — PAIREDSean Casey (LPC) — YEASean Fraser (LPC) — YEASerge Cormier (LPC) — YEAShafqat Ali (LPC) — YEAShannon Miedema (LPC) — YEAShaun Chen (LPC) — YEASherry Romanado (LPC) — YEASima Acan (LPC) — YEASonia Sidhu (LPC) — YEASophie Chatel (LPC) — YEASteeve Lavoie (LPC) — YEAStephanie McLean (LPC) — YEAStephen Fuhr (LPC) — PAIREDSteven Guilbeault (LPC) — YEASteven MacKinnon (LPC) — YEAStéphane Lauzon (LPC) — YEASukh Dhaliwal (LPC) — YEATaleeb Noormohamed (LPC) — YEATatiana Auguste (LPC) — YEATerry Beech (LPC) — YEATerry Duguid (LPC) — YEATerry Sheehan (LPC) — YEATim Hodgson (LPC) — YEATim Louis (LPC) — YEATim Watchorn (LPC) — YEATom Osborne (LPC) — YEAVince Gasparro (LPC) — YEAViviane Lapointe (LPC) — YEAWade Chang (LPC) — YEAWade Grant (LPC) — YEAWayne Long (LPC) — YEAWill Greaves (LPC) — YEAYasir Naqvi (LPC) — YEAYvan Baker (LPC) — YEAZoe Royer (LPC) — YEAÉlisabeth Brière (LPC) — YEASpeaker
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