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C-237DEFEATEDENERGY & CLIMATEFEDERAL

An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (Atlantic groundfish fisheries)

An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (Atlantic groundfish fisheries)

Sponsor
Jonathan Rowe
Introduced
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Royal assent
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Final vote
133 / 196

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stSep 22, 2025
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Bill overview

Bill C-237, “An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (Atlantic groundfish fisheries)”, is a federal bill from session 45-1. It was introduced by Jonathan Rowe (Conservative, The Eastern Peninsulas).

It reached first reading on September 22, 2025. Its latest recorded status is “Defeated”.

In the recorded division on February 25, 2026 in the House of Commons, 133 members voted in favour and 196 against; 9 did not vote. In favour: Conservative (131) and Green (1). Against: Bloc Québécois (20), NDP (5) and Independent (2). Liberal members split 1 for and 169 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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An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (Atlantic groundfish fisheries)

Vote roll

45th Parliament · February 25, 2026

133

Yea

196

Nay

0

Abstain

9

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — NAYGord Johns (NDP) — NAYHeather McPherson (NDP) — NAYJenny Kwan (NDP) — NAYLeah Gazan (NDP) — NAYElizabeth 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) — ABSENTAmarjeet Gill (CPC) — ABSENTAndrew 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) — YEABurton Bailey (CPC) — YEACarol Anstey (CPC) — YEACathay Wagantall (CPC) — YEAChak Au (CPC) — YEACheryl Gallant (CPC) — YEAChris Lewis (CPC) — YEAChris Warkentin (CPC) — YEAClifford Small (CPC) — YEAColin Reynolds (CPC) — YEAConnie Cody (CPC) — ABSENTCorey 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) — ABSENTFraser 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) — YEAJason Groleau (CPC) — YEAJasraj Hallan (CPC) — YEAJeff Kibble (CPC) — YEAJeremy Patzer (CPC) — YEAJim Bélanger (CPC) — ABSENTJohn 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) — YEALarry Brock (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) — ABSENTMichael Cooper (CPC) — YEAMichael Guglielmin (CPC) — YEAMichael Kram (CPC) — YEAMichelle Rempel Garner (CPC) — YEAMike Dawson (CPC) — ABSENTMike 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) — YEARichard Martel (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) — YEAShuvaloy 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) — ABSENTTodd Doherty (CPC) — YEATom Kmiec (CPC) — YEATony Baldinelli (CPC) — YEAVincent Ho (CPC) — YEAWarren Steinley (CPC) — YEAWilliam Stevenson (CPC) — YEAZiad Aboultaif (CPC) — YEAAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — NAYSimon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (IND) — NAYAbdelhaq 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) — 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) — 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) — 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
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