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C-218DEFEATEDJUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETYFEDERAL

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)

Sponsor
Tamara Jansen
Introduced
JUNE 20, 2025
Latest recorded vote
138 / 182
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Recorded division,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stJun 20, 2025
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Bill overview

Bill C-218, “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)”, is a federal bill from session 45-1. It was introduced by Tamara Jansen (Conservative, Cloverdale-Langley City).

It reached first reading on June 20, 2025. Its latest recorded status is “Defeated”.

In the recorded division on October 7, 2026 in the House of Commons, 138 members voted in favour and 182 against; 8 did not vote. In favour: Conservative (130), NDP (5) and Green (1). Against: Bloc Québécois (20). Liberal members split 2 for and 162 against.

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.

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Vote roll

45th Parliament · October 7, 2026

138

Yea

182

Nay

0

Abstain

8

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — YEAGord Johns (NDP) — YEAHeather McPherson (NDP) — YEAJenny Kwan (NDP) — YEALeah Gazan (NDP) — YEAElizabeth May (GPC) — YEAAlexis Brunelle-Duceppe (BQ) — NAYAlexis Deschênes (BQ) — NAYAndréanne Larouche (BQ) — NAYChristine Normandin (BQ) — NAYClaude DeBellefeuille (BQ) — NAYGabriel Ste-Marie (BQ) — NAYJean-Denis Garon (BQ) — NAYLouis Plamondon (BQ) — NAYLuc Thériault (BQ) — NAYMarie-Hélène Gaudreau (BQ) — NAYMarilène Gill (BQ) — NAYMario Beaulieu (BQ) — NAYMario Simard (BQ) — NAYMartin Champoux (BQ) — NAYMaxime Blanchette-Joncas (BQ) — NAYPatrick Bonin (BQ) — NAYSébastien Lemire (BQ) — NAYXavier Barsalou-Duval (BQ) — NAYYves Perron (BQ) — NAYYves-François Blanchet (BQ) — NAYAaron Gunn (CPC) — YEAAdam Chambers (CPC) — YEAAlex Ruff (CPC) — YEAAmanpreet Gill (CPC) — YEAAmarjeet Gill (CPC) — YEAAndrew Lawton (CPC) — YEAAndrew Scheer (CPC) — YEAAnna Roberts (CPC) — YEAArnold Viersen (CPC) — YEAArpan Khanna (CPC) — YEABen Lobb (CPC) — YEABernard Généreux (CPC) — ABSENTBilly Morin (CPC) — YEABlaine Calkins (CPC) — YEABlake Richards (CPC) — YEABob Zimmer (CPC) — YEABrad Redekopp (CPC) — YEABrad Vis (CPC) — YEABranden Leslie (CPC) — YEABurton Bailey (CPC) — YEACarol Anstey (CPC) — YEAChak Au (CPC) — YEACheryl Gallant (CPC) — YEAChris Lewis (CPC) — YEAChris Warkentin (CPC) — YEAClifford Small (CPC) — YEAColin Reynolds (CPC) — YEAConnie Cody (CPC) — YEACorey Tochor (CPC) — YEACostas Menegakis (CPC) — YEADalwinder Gill (CPC) — YEADan Albas (CPC) — YEADan Mazier (CPC) — YEADan Muys (CPC) — YEADane Lloyd (CPC) — YEADave Epp (CPC) — YEADavid Bexte (CPC) — YEADavid McKenzie (CPC) — YEADean Allison (CPC) — YEADominique Vien (CPC) — YEADoug Shipley (CPC) — YEAEllis Ross (CPC) — YEAEric Duncan (CPC) — YEAEric Lefebvre (CPC) — YEAEric Melillo (CPC) — YEAFrank Caputo (CPC) — YEAFraser Tolmie (CPC) — YEAFred Davies (CPC) — YEAGabriel Hardy (CPC) — YEAGarnett Genuis (CPC) — YEAGaétan Malette (CPC) — YEAGlen Motz (CPC) — YEAGrant Jackson (CPC) — YEAGreg McLean (CPC) — PAIREDGérard Deltell (CPC) — YEAHarb Gill (CPC) — YEAHelena Konanz (CPC) — YEAJacob Mantle (CPC) — YEAJacques Gourde (CPC) — YEAJagsharan Singh Mahal (CPC) — YEAJames Bezan (CPC) — YEAJamie Schmale (CPC) — YEAJamil Jivani (CPC) — YEAJason Groleau (CPC) — YEAJeff Kibble (CPC) — YEAJeremy Patzer (CPC) — YEAJim Bélanger (CPC) — YEAJohn Barlow (CPC) — YEAJohn Brassard (CPC) — YEAJohn Nater (CPC) — YEAJohn Williamson (CPC) — YEAJonathan Rowe (CPC) — YEAJoël Godin (CPC) — YEAKathy Borrelli (CPC) — YEAKelly Block (CPC) — YEAKelly DeRidder (CPC) — YEAKelly McCauley (CPC) — YEAKerry Diotte (CPC) — YEAKevin Waugh (CPC) — YEAKurt Holman (CPC) — YEAKyle Seeback (CPC) — YEALaila Goodridge (CPC) — YEALeslyn Lewis (CPC) — YEALianne Rood (CPC) — YEALuc Berthold (CPC) — YEAMarc Dalton (CPC) — YEAMark Strahl (CPC) — YEAMatt Strauss (CPC) — YEAMel Arnold (CPC) — YEAMelissa Lantsman (CPC) — YEAMichael Barrett (CPC) — YEAMichael Chong (CPC) — YEAMichael Cooper (CPC) — YEAMichael Guglielmin (CPC) — YEAMichael Kram (CPC) — YEAMichelle Rempel Garner (CPC) — PAIREDMike Dawson (CPC) — YEAMike Lake (CPC) — YEANed Kuruc (CPC) — YEAPat Kelly (CPC) — YEAPhilip Lawrence (CPC) — YEAPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — YEAPierre Poilievre (CPC) — YEARandy Hoback (CPC) — YEARaquel Dancho (CPC) — YEARhonda Kirkland (CPC) — YEARichard Bragdon (CPC) — YEARob Moore (CPC) — YEARob Morrison (CPC) — YEARoman Baber (CPC) — YEARosemarie Falk (CPC) — YEASandra Cobena (CPC) — YEAScot Davidson (CPC) — YEAScott Aitchison (CPC) — YEAScott Anderson (CPC) — YEAScott Reid (CPC) — YEAShannon Stubbs (CPC) — YEAShelby Kramp-Neuman (CPC) — YEAStephanie Kusie (CPC) — PAIREDSteven Bonk (CPC) — YEASukhman Gill (CPC) — YEATako Van Popta (CPC) — YEATamara Jansen (CPC) — YEATamara Kronis (CPC) — YEATed Falk (CPC) — YEATerry Dowdall (CPC) — YEATim Uppal (CPC) — YEATodd Doherty (CPC) — YEATom Kmiec (CPC) — YEATony Baldinelli (CPC) — YEAVincent Ho (CPC) — YEAWarren Steinley (CPC) — YEAWilliam Stevenson (CPC) — YEAZiad Aboultaif (CPC) — YEAAbdelhaq Sari (LPC) — NAYAdam van Koeverden (LPC) — NAYAhmed Hussen (LPC) — NAYAlana Hirtle (LPC) — NAYAlexandra Mendès (LPC) — NAYAli Ehsassi (LPC) — NAYAmandeep Sodhi (LPC) — NAYAngelo Iacono (LPC) — NAYAnita Anand (LPC) — NAYAnita Vandenbeld (LPC) — NAYAnju Dhillon (LPC) — NAYAnna Gainey (LPC) — NAYAnnie Koutrakis (LPC) — NAYAnthony Housefather (LPC) — NAYArielle Kayabaga (LPC) — NAYAslam Rana (LPC) — NAYBardish Chagger (LPC) — NAYBen Carr (LPC) — NAYBienvenu-Olivier Ntumba (LPC) — NAYBraeden Caley (LPC) — NAYBraedon Clark (LPC) — NAYBrendan Hanley (LPC) — NAYBruce Fanjoy (LPC) — NAYBuckley Belanger (LPC) — NAYCarlos Leitão (LPC) — NAYCaroline Desrochers (LPC) — NAYCharles Sousa (LPC) — NAYChi Nguyen (LPC) — NAYChris Bittle (LPC) — NAYChris Malette (LPC) — NAYClaude Guay (LPC) — NAYCorey Hogan (LPC) — NAYDaniel Gobeil (LPC) — NAYDanielle Martin (LPC) — NAYDarren Fisher (LPC) — NAYDavid McGuinty (LPC) — NAYDavid Myles (LPC) — NAYDoly Begum (LPC) — NAYDominic LeBlanc (LPC) — NAYDoug Eyolfson (LPC) — NAYEleanor Olszewski (LPC) — NAYEmma Harrison (LPC) — NAYEmmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC) — ABSENTEric St-Pierre (LPC) — NAYErnie Klassen (LPC) — NAYEvan Solomon (LPC) — NAYFares Al Soud (LPC) — NAYFayçal El-Khoury (LPC) — NAYFrancis Scarpaleggia (LPC) — ABSENTFrançois-Philippe Champagne (LPC) — NAYGary Anandasangaree (LPC) — NAYGinette Lavack (LPC) — NAYGinette Petitpas Taylor (LPC) — NAYGiovanna Mingarelli (LPC) — NAYGreg Fergus (LPC) — NAYGregor Robertson (LPC) — NAYGuillaume Deschênes-Thériault (LPC) — NAYGurbux Saini (LPC) — NAYHeath MacDonald (LPC) — NAYHedy Fry (LPC) — PAIREDHelena Jaczek (LPC) — NAYIqra Khalid (LPC) — NAYIqwinder Gaheer (LPC) — NAYJacques Ramsay (LPC) — NAYJaime Battiste (LPC) — NAYJake Sawatzky (LPC) — NAYJames Maloney (LPC) — NAYJean Yip (LPC) — NAYJean-Yves Duclos (LPC) — NAYJenna Sudds (LPC) — NAYJennifer McKelvie (LPC) — NAYJill McKnight (LPC) — NAYJoanne Thompson (LPC) — NAYJohn Zerucelli (LPC) — NAYJohn-Paul Danko (LPC) — NAYJoël Lightbound (LPC) — NAYJuanita Nathan (LPC) — NAYJudy A. Sgro (LPC) — NAYJulie Dabrusin (LPC) — NAYJulie Dzerowicz (LPC) — NAYKarim Bardeesy (LPC) — NAYKarina Gould (LPC) — NAYKent MacDonald (LPC) — YEAKevin Lamoureux (LPC) — NAYKody Blois (LPC) — NAYKristina Tesser Derksen (LPC) — NAYLena Metlege Diab (LPC) — NAYLeslie Church (LPC) — NAYLinda Lapointe (LPC) — NAYLisa Hepfner (LPC) — NAYLori Idlout (LPC) — NAYLouis Villeneuve (LPC) — NAYMadeleine Chenette (LPC) — NAYMaggie Chi (LPC) — NAYMandy Gull-Masty (LPC) — NAYManinder Sidhu (LPC) — NAYMarc Miller (LPC) — NAYMarcus Powlowski (LPC) — NAYMarianne Dandurand (LPC) — NAYMarie-France Lalonde (LPC) — NAYMarie-Gabrielle Ménard (LPC) — NAYMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — YEAMarjorie Michel (LPC) — NAYMark Carney (LPC) — NAYMark Gerretsen (LPC) — NAYMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — NAYMichael Coteau (LPC) — PAIREDMichael Ma (LPC) — NAYMike Kelloway (LPC) — NAYMona Fortier (LPC) — NAYMélanie Joly (LPC) — NAYNathalie Provost (LPC) — NAYNatilien Joseph (LPC) — NAYParm Bains (LPC) — NAYPatricia Lattanzio (LPC) — NAYPatrick Weiler (LPC) — NAYPatty Hajdu (LPC) — NAYPaul Connors (LPC) — NAYPauline Rochefort (LPC) — NAYPeter Fonseca (LPC) — NAYPeter Fragiskatos (LPC) — NAYPeter Schiefke (LPC) — NAYPhilip Earle (LPC) — NAYRachel Bendayan (LPC) — NAYRandeep Sarai (LPC) — NAYRebecca Alty (LPC) — NAYRebecca Chartrand (LPC) — NAYRechie Valdez (LPC) — NAYRon McKinnon (LPC) — NAYRuby Sahota (LPC) — NAYRyan Turnbull (LPC) — NAYSalma Zahid (LPC) — NAYSameer Zuberi (LPC) — NAYSean Casey (LPC) — NAYSean Fraser (LPC) — NAYSerge Cormier (LPC) — NAYShafqat Ali (LPC) — NAYShannon Miedema (LPC) — NAYSherry Romanado (LPC) — NAYSima Acan (LPC) — NAYSonia Sidhu (LPC) — NAYSophie Chatel (LPC) — NAYSteeve Lavoie (LPC) — NAYStephanie McLean (LPC) — NAYStephen Fuhr (LPC) — NAYSteven MacKinnon (LPC) — NAYStéphane Lauzon (LPC) — NAYSukh Dhaliwal (LPC) — NAYTaleeb Noormohamed (LPC) — NAYTanveer Shahnawaz (LPC) — NAYTatiana Auguste (LPC) — NAYTerry Beech (LPC) — NAYTerry Duguid (LPC) — NAYTerry Sheehan (LPC) — NAYTim Hodgson (LPC) — NAYTim Louis (LPC) — NAYTim Watchorn (LPC) — NAYTom Osborne (LPC) — NAYVince Gasparro (LPC) — NAYViviane Lapointe (LPC) — NAYWade Chang (LPC) — NAYWade Grant (LPC) — NAYWayne Long (LPC) — NAYWill Greaves (LPC) — NAYYasir Naqvi (LPC) — NAYYvan Baker (LPC) — NAYZoe Royer (LPC) — NAYÉlisabeth Brière (LPC) — NAYSpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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