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C-222IN_COMMITTEETRADE & INDUSTRYFEDERAL

Relieving Grieving Parents of an Administrative Burden Act (Evan's Law)

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (death of a child)

Sponsor
Terry Beech
Introduced
SEPTEMBER 18, 2025
Latest recorded vote
329 / 0
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Second reading,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stSep 18, 2025
  2. 2ndFeb 4, 2026
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rd—
  5. Senate—
  6. Assent—

Bill overview

Bill C-222, “Relieving Grieving Parents of an Administrative Burden Act (Evan's Law)”, is a federal bill from session 45-1. Its long title is “An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (death of a child)”. It was introduced by Terry Beech (Liberal, Burnaby North-Seymour).

It reached first reading on September 18, 2025 and second reading on February 4, 2026. Its latest recorded status is “In committee”.

In the recorded division on February 4, 2026 in the House of Commons, 329 members voted in favour and 0 against; 10 did not vote. Every party present voted in favour: Liberal (168), Conservative (135), Bloc Québécois (20), NDP (4), Independent (1) and Green (1).

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 · February 4, 2026

329

Yea

0

Nay

0

Abstain

10

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — YEAGord Johns (NDP) — YEAHeather McPherson (NDP) — YEAJenny Kwan (NDP) — YEALeah Gazan (NDP) — ABSENTElizabeth May (GPC) — YEAAlexis Brunelle-Duceppe (BQ) — YEAAlexis Deschênes (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) — YEAPatrick Bonin (BQ) — YEASébastien Lemire (BQ) — YEAXavier Barsalou-Duval (BQ) — YEAYves Perron (BQ) — YEAYves-François Blanchet (BQ) — YEAAaron 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) — YEABilly Morin (CPC) — YEABlaine Calkins (CPC) — YEABlake Richards (CPC) — YEABob Zimmer (CPC) — YEABrad Redekopp (CPC) — YEABrad Vis (CPC) — YEABranden Leslie (CPC) — PAIREDBurton 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) — YEAGérard 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) — ABSENTJason Groleau (CPC) — YEAJasraj Hallan (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) — ABSENTMel Arnold (CPC) — YEAMelissa Lantsman (CPC) — YEAMichael Barrett (CPC) — YEAMichael Chong (CPC) — YEAMichael Cooper (CPC) — YEAMichael Guglielmin (CPC) — YEAMichael Kram (CPC) — YEAMichelle Rempel Garner (CPC) — YEAMike 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) — PAIREDShuvaloy Majumdar (CPC) — YEAStephanie Kusie (CPC) — YEASteven 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) — 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) — YEAChris d'Entremont (LPC) — YEAClaude Guay (LPC) — YEACorey Hogan (LPC) — YEADarren Fisher (LPC) — YEADavid McGuinty (LPC) — YEADavid Myles (LPC) — YEADominic LeBlanc (LPC) — YEADominique O'Rourke (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) — YEAJessica Fancy (LPC) — YEAJill McKnight (LPC) — YEAJoanne Thompson (LPC) — YEAJohn Zerucelli (LPC) — YEAJohn-Paul Danko (LPC) — YEAJoël Lightbound (LPC) — YEAJuanita Nathan (LPC) — YEAJudy A. Sgro (LPC) — YEAJulie Dabrusin (LPC) — YEAJulie 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) — YEALinda 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) — ABSENTMichael Coteau (LPC) — YEAMichael Ma (LPC) — YEAMike Kelloway (LPC) — YEAMona Fortier (LPC) — YEAMélanie Joly (LPC) — YEANathalie Provost (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) — 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) — YEAShannon Miedema (LPC) — YEASherry Romanado (LPC) — YEASima Acan (LPC) — YEASonia Sidhu (LPC) — YEASophie Chatel (LPC) — YEASteeve Lavoie (LPC) — YEAStephanie McLean (LPC) — YEAStephen Fuhr (LPC) — PAIREDSteven 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) — YEAJonathan Wilkinson (LPC) — YEANathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) — YEAShaun Chen (LPC) — YEASteven Guilbeault (LPC) — YEAAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — ABSENTSimon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (IND) — YEACathay Wagantall (CPC) — YEALarry Brock (CPC) — YEARichard Martel (CPC) — YEASpeaker
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