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C-228DEFEATEDGOVERNANCE & ETHICSFEDERAL

An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (prior review of treaties by Parliament)

An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (prior review of treaties by Parliament)

Sponsor
Mario Simard
Introduced
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Royal assent
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Final vote
31 / 300

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stSep 18, 2025
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  3. Comm.—
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Bill overview

Bill C-228, “An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (prior review of treaties by Parliament)”, is a federal bill from session 45-1. It was introduced by Mario Simard (Bloc Québécois, Jonquière-Hébertville-Pays-des-Bleuets).

It reached first reading on September 18, 2025. Its latest recorded status is “Defeated”.

In the recorded division on January 28, 2026 in the House of Commons, 31 members voted in favour and 300 against; 8 did not vote. In favour: Bloc Québécois (20), NDP (5), Independent (2) and Green (1). Liberal members split 1 for and 167 against and Conservative members split 2 for and 133 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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What you need to know

An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (prior review of treaties by Parliament)

Vote roll

45th Parliament · January 28, 2026

31

Yea

300

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) — 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) — 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) — NAYBilly 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) — NAYConnie 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) — NAYEllis Ross (CPC) — NAYEric Duncan (CPC) — NAYEric Lefebvre (CPC) — ABSENTEric 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) — NAYGérard Deltell (CPC) — NAYHarb Gill (CPC) — NAYHelena Konanz (CPC) — NAYJacob Mantle (CPC) — YEAJacques Gourde (CPC) — NAYJagsharan Singh Mahal (CPC) — NAYJames Bezan (CPC) — NAYJamie Schmale (CPC) — NAYJamil Jivani (CPC) — NAYJason Groleau (CPC) — NAYJasraj Hallan (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) — PAIREDKathy 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) — ABSENTLianne Rood (CPC) — NAYLuc Berthold (CPC) — NAYMarc Dalton (CPC) — NAYMark Strahl (CPC) — NAYMatt Strauss (CPC) — YEAMel 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) — ABSENTPat Kelly (CPC) — NAYPhilip Lawrence (CPC) — NAYPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — NAYPierre Poilievre (CPC) — NAYRandy Hoback (CPC) — NAYRaquel Dancho (CPC) — NAYRhonda 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) — NAYShuvaloy Majumdar (CPC) — NAYStephanie Kusie (CPC) — NAYSteven 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) — NAYZiad Aboultaif (CPC) — NAYAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — YEASimon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (IND) — 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) — 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) — NAYChris d'Entremont (LPC) — NAYClaude Guay (LPC) — NAYCorey Hogan (LPC) — NAYDarren Fisher (LPC) — NAYDavid McGuinty (LPC) — NAYDavid Myles (LPC) — NAYDominic LeBlanc (LPC) — NAYDominique O'Rourke (LPC) — NAYDoug Eyolfson (LPC) — NAYEleanor Olszewski (LPC) — NAYEmma Harrison (LPC) — NAYEmmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC) — NAYEric 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) — NAYHelena 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) — NAYJessica Fancy (LPC) — NAYJill McKnight (LPC) — NAYJoanne Thompson (LPC) — NAYJohn Zerucelli (LPC) — NAYJohn-Paul Danko (LPC) — NAYJonathan Wilkinson (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) — NAYKevin 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) — YEALouis 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) — PAIREDMarie-Gabrielle Ménard (LPC) — NAYMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — NAYMarjorie Michel (LPC) — NAYMark Carney (LPC) — NAYMark Gerretsen (LPC) — NAYMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — PAIREDMichael Coteau (LPC) — NAYMichael Ma (LPC) — NAYMike Kelloway (LPC) — NAYMona Fortier (LPC) — NAYMélanie Joly (LPC) — NAYNathalie Provost (LPC) — NAYNathaniel Erskine-Smith (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) — NAYRobert Morrissey (LPC) — NAYRobert Oliphant (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) — NAYShaun Chen (LPC) — NAYSherry Romanado (LPC) — NAYSima Acan (LPC) — NAYSonia Sidhu (LPC) — NAYSophie Chatel (LPC) — NAYSteeve Lavoie (LPC) — NAYStephanie McLean (LPC) — NAYStephen Fuhr (LPC) — NAYSteven Guilbeault (LPC) — NAYSteven MacKinnon (LPC) — NAYStéphane Lauzon (LPC) — NAYSukh Dhaliwal (LPC) — NAYTaleeb Noormohamed (LPC) — NAYTatiana Auguste (LPC) — NAYTerry Beech (LPC) — NAYTerry Duguid (LPC) — NAYTerry Sheehan (LPC) — NAYTim Hodgson (LPC) — PAIREDTim 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
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