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C-223DEFEATEDIMMIGRATIONFEDERAL

An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (adequate knowledge of French in Quebec)

An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (adequate knowledge of French in Quebec)

Latest recorded vote
94 / 81
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Recorded division,

Bill overview

Bill C-223, “An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (adequate knowledge of French in Quebec)”, is a federal bill from session 43-2.

Its latest recorded status is “Defeated”.

In the recorded division on February 24, 2021 in the House of Commons, 94 members voted in favour and 81 against; 7 did not vote. In favour: Bloc Québécois (17). Against: NDP (5) and Green (1). Liberal members split 2 for and 73 against, Conservative members split 74 for and 1 against and Independent members split 1 for and 1 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

43th Parliament · February 24, 2021

94

Yea

81

Nay

0

Abstain

7

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — NAYGord Johns (NDP) — NAYHeather McPherson (NDP) — NAYJenny Kwan (NDP) — NAYLeah Gazan (NDP) — NAYElizabeth May (GPC) — NAYAlexis Brunelle-Duceppe (BQ) — YEAAndréanne Larouche (BQ) — YEAChristine Normandin (BQ) — YEAClaude DeBellefeuille (BQ) — YEAGabriel Ste-Marie (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) — YEAAlex Ruff (CPC) — YEAAndrew Scheer (CPC) — YEAArnold Viersen (CPC) — YEABen Lobb (CPC) — YEABernard Généreux (CPC) — YEABlaine Calkins (CPC) — YEABlake Richards (CPC) — YEABob Zimmer (CPC) — YEABrad Redekopp (CPC) — YEABrad Vis (CPC) — YEACheryl Gallant (CPC) — YEAChris Lewis (CPC) — YEAChris Warkentin (CPC) — YEACorey Tochor (CPC) — YEADan Albas (CPC) — YEADan Mazier (CPC) — YEADane Lloyd (CPC) — YEADave Epp (CPC) — YEADean Allison (CPC) — YEADoug Shipley (CPC) — YEAEric Duncan (CPC) — YEAEric Melillo (CPC) — YEAGarnett Genuis (CPC) — YEAGlen Motz (CPC) — YEAGreg McLean (CPC) — YEAGérard Deltell (CPC) — YEAJacques Gourde (CPC) — YEAJames Bezan (CPC) — YEAJamie Schmale (CPC) — YEAJeremy Patzer (CPC) — YEAJohn Barlow (CPC) — YEAJohn Brassard (CPC) — YEAJohn Nater (CPC) — YEAJohn Williamson (CPC) — NAYJoël Godin (CPC) — YEAKelly Block (CPC) — ABSENTKelly McCauley (CPC) — YEAKerry Diotte (CPC) — YEAKevin Waugh (CPC) — YEAKyle Seeback (CPC) — YEALianne Rood (CPC) — YEALuc Berthold (CPC) — YEAMarc Dalton (CPC) — YEAMark Strahl (CPC) — ABSENTMel Arnold (CPC) — YEAMichael Barrett (CPC) — YEAMichael Chong (CPC) — ABSENTMichael Cooper (CPC) — YEAMichael Kram (CPC) — YEAMichelle Rempel Garner (CPC) — YEAMike Lake (CPC) — YEAPat Kelly (CPC) — YEAPhilip Lawrence (CPC) — YEAPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — YEAPierre Poilievre (CPC) — YEARandy Hoback (CPC) — YEARaquel Dancho (CPC) — YEARichard Bragdon (CPC) — YEARob Moore (CPC) — YEARob Morrison (CPC) — YEARosemarie Falk (CPC) — YEAScot Davidson (CPC) — YEAScott Aitchison (CPC) — YEAScott Reid (CPC) — YEAShannon Stubbs (CPC) — YEAStephanie Kusie (CPC) — YEATako Van Popta (CPC) — YEATamara Jansen (CPC) — YEATed Falk (CPC) — YEATerry Dowdall (CPC) — YEATim Uppal (CPC) — YEATodd Doherty (CPC) — YEATom Kmiec (CPC) — YEATony Baldinelli (CPC) — YEAWarren Steinley (CPC) — YEAZiad Aboultaif (CPC) — YEAAdam van Koeverden (LPC) — NAYAhmed Hussen (LPC) — NAYAlexandra Mendès (LPC) — ABSENTAli Ehsassi (LPC) — NAYAngelo Iacono (LPC) — NAYAnita Anand (LPC) — NAYAnita Vandenbeld (LPC) — NAYAnju Dhillon (LPC) — NAYAnnie Koutrakis (LPC) — NAYAnthony Housefather (LPC) — NAYBardish Chagger (LPC) — NAYChris Bittle (LPC) — NAYDarren Fisher (LPC) — NAYDavid McGuinty (LPC) — NAYDominic LeBlanc (LPC) — NAYEmmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC) — NAYFayçal El-Khoury (LPC) — NAYFrancis Scarpaleggia (LPC) — NAYFrançois-Philippe Champagne (LPC) — NAYGary Anandasangaree (LPC) — NAYGinette Petitpas Taylor (LPC) — NAYGreg Fergus (LPC) — NAYHedy Fry (LPC) — ABSENTHelena Jaczek (LPC) — NAYIqra Khalid (LPC) — NAYJaime Battiste (LPC) — NAYJames Maloney (LPC) — NAYJean Yip (LPC) — NAYJean-Yves Duclos (LPC) — ABSENTJoël Lightbound (LPC) — NAYJudy A. Sgro (LPC) — NAYJulie Dabrusin (LPC) — NAYJulie Dzerowicz (LPC) — ABSENTKarina Gould (LPC) — NAYKevin Lamoureux (LPC) — NAYKody Blois (LPC) — NAYManinder Sidhu (LPC) — NAYMarc Miller (LPC) — NAYMarcus Powlowski (LPC) — NAYMarie-France Lalonde (LPC) — NAYMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — YEAMark Gerretsen (LPC) — NAYMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — YEAMike Kelloway (LPC) — NAYMona Fortier (LPC) — NAYMélanie Joly (LPC) — NAYPatricia Lattanzio (LPC) — NAYPatrick Weiler (LPC) — NAYPatty Hajdu (LPC) — NAYPeter Fonseca (LPC) — NAYPeter Fragiskatos (LPC) — NAYPeter Schiefke (LPC) — NAYRachel Bendayan (LPC) — NAYRandeep Sarai (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) — NAYSherry Romanado (LPC) — NAYSonia Sidhu (LPC) — NAYSteven MacKinnon (LPC) — NAYStéphane Lauzon (LPC) — NAYSukh Dhaliwal (LPC) — NAYTerry Beech (LPC) — NAYTerry Duguid (LPC) — NAYTerry Sheehan (LPC) — NAYTim Louis (LPC) — NAYWayne Long (LPC) — NAYYvan Baker (LPC) — NAYÉlisabeth Brière (LPC) — NAYJonathan Wilkinson (LPC) — NAYJustin Trudeau (LPC) — NAYNathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) — NAYShaun Chen (LPC) — NAYSteven Guilbeault (LPC) — NAYAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — NAYSimon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (IND) — YEACathay Wagantall (CPC) — YEARichard Martel (CPC) — YEASpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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