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C-245DEFEATEDOTHERFEDERAL

An Act to amend the Canadian Multiculturalism Act (non-application in Quebec)

An Act to amend the Canadian Multiculturalism Act (non-application in Quebec)

Sponsor
Xavier Barsalou-Duval
Introduced
SEPTEMBER 23, 2025
Latest recorded vote
21 / 306
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Recorded division,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stSep 23, 2025
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  3. Comm.—
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Bill overview

Bill C-245, “An Act to amend the Canadian Multiculturalism Act (non-application in Quebec)”, is a federal bill from session 45-1. It was introduced by Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Bloc Québécois, Pierre-Boucher-Les Patriotes-Verchères).

It reached first reading on September 23, 2025. Its latest recorded status is “Defeated”.

In the recorded division on February 4, 2026 in the House of Commons, 21 members voted in favour and 306 against; 12 did not vote. In favour: Bloc Québécois (20) and Independent (1). Against: Liberal (165), Conservative (135), NDP (5) 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

21

Yea

306

Nay

0

Abstain

12

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — NAYGord Johns (NDP) — NAYHeather McPherson (NDP) — NAYJenny Kwan (NDP) — NAYLeah Gazan (NDP) — NAYElizabeth May (GPC) — NAYAlexis 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) — PAIREDBurton Bailey (CPC) — NAYCarol Anstey (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) — NAYEric 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) — NAYJacques Gourde (CPC) — NAYJagsharan Singh Mahal (CPC) — NAYJames Bezan (CPC) — NAYJamie Schmale (CPC) — NAYJamil Jivani (CPC) — ABSENTJason 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) — NAYKathy 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) — NAYLeslyn Lewis (CPC) — NAYLianne Rood (CPC) — NAYLuc Berthold (CPC) — NAYMarc Dalton (CPC) — NAYMark Strahl (CPC) — NAYMatt Strauss (CPC) — ABSENTMel 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) — NAYPat Kelly (CPC) — NAYPhilip Lawrence (CPC) — NAYPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — NAYPierre Poilievre (CPC) — NAYRandy Hoback (CPC) — NAYRaquel Dancho (CPC) — NAYRhonda Kirkland (CPC) — NAYRichard Bragdon (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) — PAIREDShuvaloy 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) — 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) — PAIREDAnita Vandenbeld (LPC) — NAYAnju Dhillon (LPC) — NAYAnna Gainey (LPC) — NAYAnnie Koutrakis (LPC) — NAYAnthony Housefather (LPC) — NAYArielle Kayabaga (LPC) — NAYAslam Rana (LPC) — NAYBardish Chagger (LPC) — ABSENTBen 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) — ABSENTHelena 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) — NAYJoël Lightbound (LPC) — NAYJuanita Nathan (LPC) — NAYJudy A. Sgro (LPC) — ABSENTJulie 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) — NAYMarjorie Michel (LPC) — NAYMark Carney (LPC) — NAYMark Gerretsen (LPC) — NAYMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — ABSENTMichael Coteau (LPC) — NAYMichael 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) — 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) — NAYSherry Romanado (LPC) — NAYSima Acan (LPC) — NAYSonia Sidhu (LPC) — NAYSophie Chatel (LPC) — NAYSteeve Lavoie (LPC) — NAYStephanie McLean (LPC) — NAYStephen Fuhr (LPC) — PAIREDSteven 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) — 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) — NAYJonathan Wilkinson (LPC) — NAYNathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) — NAYShaun Chen (LPC) — NAYSteven Guilbeault (LPC) — NAYAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — ABSENTSimon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (IND) — YEACathay Wagantall (CPC) — NAYLarry Brock (CPC) — NAYRichard Martel (CPC) — NAYSpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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