← Legislation / C-262
C-262IN_SENATEINDIGENOUS AFFAIRSFEDERAL

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

An Act to ensure that the laws of Canada are in harmony with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Introduced
APRIL 21, 2016
Latest recorded vote
65 / 40
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Senate,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stApr 21, 2016
  2. 2ndFeb 7, 2018
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rdMay 30, 2018
  5. SenateMay 30, 2018
  6. Assent—

Bill overview

Bill C-262, “United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act”, is a federal bill from session 42-1. Its long title is “An Act to ensure that the laws of Canada are in harmony with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”.

It reached first reading on April 21, 2016, second reading on February 7, 2018, third reading on May 30, 2018 and Senate consideration on May 30, 2018. Its latest recorded status is “In senate”.

In the recorded division on May 30, 2018 in the House of Commons, 65 members voted in favour and 40 against; 15 did not vote. In favour: Bloc Québécois (4), NDP (2), Green (1) and Independent (1). Against: Conservative (38). Liberal members split 57 for and 2 against. It is one of 2 recorded divisions linked to this bill.

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.

PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARY

What you need to know

No summary of this bill is available yet. The official record carries only its title; see the sources in the sidebar for the full text.

Vote roll

42th Parliament · May 30, 2018

2 recorded divisions; showing the most recent.

65

Yea

40

Nay

0

Abstain

15

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — YEAGord Johns (NDP) — ABSENTJenny Kwan (NDP) — YEAElizabeth May (GPC) — YEAGabriel Ste-Marie (BQ) — YEALouis Plamondon (BQ) — YEALuc Thériault (BQ) — ABSENTMarilène Gill (BQ) — ABSENTMario Beaulieu (BQ) — YEAXavier Barsalou-Duval (BQ) — YEAAndrew Scheer (CPC) — ABSENTArnold Viersen (CPC) — NAYBen Lobb (CPC) — NAYBernard Généreux (CPC) — NAYBlaine Calkins (CPC) — NAYBlake Richards (CPC) — NAYBob Zimmer (CPC) — NAYCheryl Gallant (CPC) — NAYChris Warkentin (CPC) — NAYDan Albas (CPC) — NAYDane Lloyd (CPC) — NAYDean Allison (CPC) — NAYGarnett Genuis (CPC) — ABSENTGlen Motz (CPC) — NAYGérard Deltell (CPC) — NAYJacques Gourde (CPC) — NAYJames Bezan (CPC) — ABSENTJamie Schmale (CPC) — ABSENTJohn Barlow (CPC) — NAYJohn Brassard (CPC) — NAYJohn Nater (CPC) — NAYJoël Godin (CPC) — NAYKelly Block (CPC) — NAYKelly McCauley (CPC) — NAYKerry Diotte (CPC) — NAYKevin Waugh (CPC) — NAYLuc Berthold (CPC) — NAYMark Strahl (CPC) — NAYMel Arnold (CPC) — NAYMichael Chong (CPC) — NAYMichael Cooper (CPC) — NAYMichelle Rempel Garner (CPC) — ABSENTMike Lake (CPC) — NAYPat Kelly (CPC) — NAYPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — NAYPierre Poilievre (CPC) — NAYRandy Hoback (CPC) — NAYRosemarie Falk (CPC) — NAYScott Reid (CPC) — NAYShannon Stubbs (CPC) — NAYStephanie Kusie (CPC) — ABSENTTed Falk (CPC) — NAYTodd Doherty (CPC) — ABSENTTom Kmiec (CPC) — NAYZiad Aboultaif (CPC) — NAYAhmed Hussen (LPC) — YEAAlexandra Mendès (LPC) — YEAAli Ehsassi (LPC) — YEAAngelo Iacono (LPC) — YEAAnita Vandenbeld (LPC) — YEAAnju Dhillon (LPC) — YEAAnthony Housefather (LPC) — YEABardish Chagger (LPC) — YEAChris Bittle (LPC) — YEADarren Fisher (LPC) — YEADavid McGuinty (LPC) — YEADominic LeBlanc (LPC) — ABSENTDoug Eyolfson (LPC) — ABSENTEmmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC) — YEAFayçal El-Khoury (LPC) — YEAFrancis Scarpaleggia (LPC) — YEAFrançois-Philippe Champagne (LPC) — ABSENTGary Anandasangaree (LPC) — YEAGinette Petitpas Taylor (LPC) — YEAGreg Fergus (LPC) — YEAHedy Fry (LPC) — YEAIqra Khalid (LPC) — YEAJames Maloney (LPC) — YEAJean Yip (LPC) — YEAJean-Yves Duclos (LPC) — YEAJoël Lightbound (LPC) — YEAJudy A. Sgro (LPC) — YEAJulie Dabrusin (LPC) — YEAJulie Dzerowicz (LPC) — YEAKarina Gould (LPC) — YEAKevin Lamoureux (LPC) — YEALinda Lapointe (LPC) — YEAMarc Miller (LPC) — YEAMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — NAYMark Gerretsen (LPC) — YEAMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — NAYMona Fortier (LPC) — YEAMélanie Joly (LPC) — YEAPatty Hajdu (LPC) — YEAPeter Fonseca (LPC) — YEAPeter Fragiskatos (LPC) — YEAPeter Schiefke (LPC) — YEARandeep Sarai (LPC) — YEARon McKinnon (LPC) — YEARuby Sahota (LPC) — YEASalma Zahid (LPC) — ABSENTSean Casey (LPC) — YEASean Fraser (LPC) — YEASerge Cormier (LPC) — YEASherry Romanado (LPC) — YEASonia Sidhu (LPC) — YEAStephen Fuhr (LPC) — YEASteven MacKinnon (LPC) — YEAStéphane Lauzon (LPC) — YEASukh Dhaliwal (LPC) — YEATerry Beech (LPC) — YEATerry Duguid (LPC) — YEATerry Sheehan (LPC) — YEAWayne Long (LPC) — YEAJonathan Wilkinson (LPC) — YEAJustin Trudeau (LPC) — YEANathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) — YEAShaun Chen (LPC) — YEAAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — YEACathay Wagantall (CPC) — ABSENTSpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

Keep exploring

Other bills from this session

People and places