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C-291DEFEATEDHEALTHFEDERAL

An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (genetically modified food)

An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (genetically modified food)

Introduced
JUNE 14, 2016
Latest recorded vote
17 / 78
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Recorded division,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stJun 14, 2016
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Bill overview

Bill C-291, “An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (genetically modified food)”, is a federal bill from session 42-1.

It reached first reading on June 14, 2016. Its latest recorded status is “Defeated”.

In the recorded division on May 17, 2017 in the House of Commons, 17 members voted in favour and 78 against; 14 did not vote. In favour: Bloc Québécois (3), NDP (3), Green (1) and Independent (1). Against: Conservative (37). Liberal members split 9 for and 41 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

42th Parliament · May 17, 2017

17

Yea

78

Nay

0

Abstain

14

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — YEAGord Johns (NDP) — YEAJenny Kwan (NDP) — YEAElizabeth May (GPC) — YEAGabriel Ste-Marie (BQ) — YEALouis Plamondon (BQ) — YEAMario Beaulieu (BQ) — ABSENTXavier Barsalou-Duval (BQ) — YEAAndrew Scheer (CPC) — ABSENTArnold Viersen (CPC) — NAYBen Lobb (CPC) — NAYBlaine Calkins (CPC) — NAYBlake Richards (CPC) — NAYBob Zimmer (CPC) — NAYCheryl Gallant (CPC) — NAYChris Warkentin (CPC) — NAYDan Albas (CPC) — NAYDean Allison (CPC) — NAYGarnett Genuis (CPC) — ABSENTGlen Motz (CPC) — NAYJacques Gourde (CPC) — ABSENTJames Bezan (CPC) — NAYJamie Schmale (CPC) — NAYJohn Barlow (CPC) — NAYJohn Brassard (CPC) — NAYJohn Nater (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) — NAYMike Lake (CPC) — NAYPat Kelly (CPC) — NAYPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — NAYPierre Poilievre (CPC) — NAYRandy Hoback (CPC) — NAYScott Reid (CPC) — NAYShannon Stubbs (CPC) — NAYStephanie Kusie (CPC) — NAYTed Falk (CPC) — NAYTodd Doherty (CPC) — NAYTom Kmiec (CPC) — ABSENTZiad Aboultaif (CPC) — NAYAhmed Hussen (LPC) — ABSENTAlexandra Mendès (LPC) — NAYAli Ehsassi (LPC) — NAYAngelo Iacono (LPC) — ABSENTAnita Vandenbeld (LPC) — NAYAnju Dhillon (LPC) — NAYAnthony Housefather (LPC) — NAYBardish Chagger (LPC) — NAYChris Bittle (LPC) — NAYDarren Fisher (LPC) — NAYDavid McGuinty (LPC) — NAYDominic LeBlanc (LPC) — NAYDoug Eyolfson (LPC) — NAYEmmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC) — ABSENTFrancis Scarpaleggia (LPC) — NAYGary Anandasangaree (LPC) — NAYGinette Petitpas Taylor (LPC) — NAYGreg Fergus (LPC) — NAYHedy Fry (LPC) — YEAIqra Khalid (LPC) — ABSENTJames Maloney (LPC) — NAYJean-Yves Duclos (LPC) — ABSENTJudy A. Sgro (LPC) — NAYJulie Dabrusin (LPC) — YEAJulie Dzerowicz (LPC) — YEAKarina Gould (LPC) — ABSENTKevin Lamoureux (LPC) — NAYLinda Lapointe (LPC) — NAYMarc Miller (LPC) — NAYMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — NAYMark Gerretsen (LPC) — NAYMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — ABSENTMona Fortier (LPC) — NAYPatty Hajdu (LPC) — ABSENTPeter Fonseca (LPC) — NAYPeter Fragiskatos (LPC) — NAYPeter Schiefke (LPC) — YEARandeep Sarai (LPC) — NAYRobert Morrissey (LPC) — NAYRobert Oliphant (LPC) — NAYRon McKinnon (LPC) — YEARuby Sahota (LPC) — NAYSalma Zahid (LPC) — NAYSean Casey (LPC) — YEASean Fraser (LPC) — NAYSerge Cormier (LPC) — NAYSherry Romanado (LPC) — NAYSonia Sidhu (LPC) — NAYStephen Fuhr (LPC) — YEASteven MacKinnon (LPC) — NAYSukh Dhaliwal (LPC) — NAYTerry Beech (LPC) — YEATerry Duguid (LPC) — NAYTerry Sheehan (LPC) — NAYWayne Long (LPC) — NAYJonathan Wilkinson (LPC) — NAYJustin Trudeau (LPC) — ABSENTNathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) — YEAShaun Chen (LPC) — NAYAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — YEACathay Wagantall (CPC) — NAYSpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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