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C-291PASSEDJUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETYFEDERAL

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (child sexual abuse and exploitation material)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (child sexual abuse and exploitation material)

Introduced
JUNE 17, 2022
Royal assent
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Latest recorded vote
209 / 0
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Royal assent,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stJun 17, 2022
  2. 2ndNov 23, 2022
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rdFeb 1, 2023
  5. SenateFeb 2, 2023
  6. AssentOct 10, 2024

Bill overview

Bill C-291, “An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (child sexual abuse and exploitation material)”, is a federal bill from session 44-1.

It reached first reading on June 17, 2022, second reading on November 23, 2022, third reading on February 1, 2023 and Senate consideration on February 2, 2023. It received royal assent on October 10, 2024.

In the recorded division on February 1, 2023 in the House of Commons, 209 members voted in favour and 0 against; 6 did not vote. Every party present voted in favour: Liberal (96), Conservative (87), Bloc Québécois (18), NDP (5), Independent (2) and Green (1). 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.

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Vote roll

44th Parliament · February 1, 2023

2 recorded divisions; showing the most recent.

209

Yea

0

Nay

0

Abstain

6

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — YEAGord Johns (NDP) — YEAHeather McPherson (NDP) — YEAJenny Kwan (NDP) — YEALeah Gazan (NDP) — YEAElizabeth May (GPC) — YEAAlexis Brunelle-Duceppe (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) — YEASébastien Lemire (BQ) — YEAXavier Barsalou-Duval (BQ) — YEAYves Perron (BQ) — YEAYves-François Blanchet (BQ) — YEAAdam Chambers (CPC) — YEAAlex Ruff (CPC) — YEAAndrew Scheer (CPC) — YEAAnna Roberts (CPC) — YEAArnold Viersen (CPC) — YEABen Lobb (CPC) — YEABernard Généreux (CPC) — YEABlaine Calkins (CPC) — YEABlake Richards (CPC) — YEABob Zimmer (CPC) — YEABrad Redekopp (CPC) — YEABrad Vis (CPC) — YEACheryl Gallant (CPC) — YEAChris Lewis (CPC) — YEAChris Warkentin (CPC) — YEAClifford Small (CPC) — YEACorey Tochor (CPC) — YEADan Albas (CPC) — YEADan Mazier (CPC) — YEADan Muys (CPC) — YEADane Lloyd (CPC) — YEADave Epp (CPC) — YEADean Allison (CPC) — YEADominique Vien (CPC) — YEADoug Shipley (CPC) — YEAEric Duncan (CPC) — YEAEric Melillo (CPC) — YEAFrank Caputo (CPC) — YEAFraser Tolmie (CPC) — YEAGarnett Genuis (CPC) — YEAGlen Motz (CPC) — YEAGreg McLean (CPC) — YEAGérard Deltell (CPC) — YEAJacques Gourde (CPC) — YEAJames Bezan (CPC) — YEAJamie Schmale (CPC) — YEAJasraj Hallan (CPC) — YEAJeremy Patzer (CPC) — YEAJohn Barlow (CPC) — YEAJohn Brassard (CPC) — YEAJohn Nater (CPC) — YEAJohn Williamson (CPC) — YEAJoël Godin (CPC) — ABSENTKelly Block (CPC) — YEAKelly McCauley (CPC) — YEAKevin Waugh (CPC) — YEAKyle Seeback (CPC) — YEALaila Goodridge (CPC) — YEALeslyn Lewis (CPC) — YEALianne Rood (CPC) — YEALuc Berthold (CPC) — YEAMarc Dalton (CPC) — YEAMark Strahl (CPC) — YEAMel Arnold (CPC) — YEAMelissa Lantsman (CPC) — YEAMichael Barrett (CPC) — YEAMichael Chong (CPC) — YEAMichael Cooper (CPC) — YEAMichael Kram (CPC) — YEAMichelle Rempel Garner (CPC) — YEAMike Lake (CPC) — YEAPat Kelly (CPC) — YEAPhilip Lawrence (CPC) — YEAPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — YEAPierre Poilievre (CPC) — YEARandy Hoback (CPC) — YEARaquel Dancho (CPC) — YEARichard Bragdon (CPC) — ABSENTRob Moore (CPC) — YEARob Morrison (CPC) — YEARosemarie Falk (CPC) — YEAScot Davidson (CPC) — YEAScott Aitchison (CPC) — YEAScott Reid (CPC) — YEAShannon Stubbs (CPC) — YEAShelby Kramp-Neuman (CPC) — YEAStephanie Kusie (CPC) — YEATako Van Popta (CPC) — YEATed Falk (CPC) — YEATerry Dowdall (CPC) — YEATim Uppal (CPC) — YEATodd Doherty (CPC) — YEATom Kmiec (CPC) — YEATony Baldinelli (CPC) — YEAWarren Steinley (CPC) — YEAZiad Aboultaif (CPC) — YEAAdam van Koeverden (LPC) — YEAAhmed Hussen (LPC) — YEAAlexandra Mendès (LPC) — YEAAli Ehsassi (LPC) — YEAAngelo Iacono (LPC) — YEAAnita Anand (LPC) — YEAAnita Vandenbeld (LPC) — YEAAnju Dhillon (LPC) — YEAAnnie Koutrakis (LPC) — YEAAnthony Housefather (LPC) — YEAArielle Kayabaga (LPC) — YEABardish Chagger (LPC) — YEABrendan Hanley (LPC) — YEACharles Sousa (LPC) — YEAChris Bittle (LPC) — YEAChris d'Entremont (LPC) — YEADarren Fisher (LPC) — YEADavid McGuinty (LPC) — YEADominic LeBlanc (LPC) — YEAEmmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC) — YEAFayçal El-Khoury (LPC) — YEAFrancis Scarpaleggia (LPC) — YEAFrançois-Philippe Champagne (LPC) — ABSENTGary Anandasangaree (LPC) — YEAGinette Petitpas Taylor (LPC) — YEAGreg Fergus (LPC) — YEAHeath MacDonald (LPC) — YEAHedy Fry (LPC) — YEAHelena Jaczek (LPC) — YEAIqra Khalid (LPC) — YEAIqwinder Gaheer (LPC) — YEAJaime Battiste (LPC) — YEAJames Maloney (LPC) — YEAJean Yip (LPC) — YEAJean-Yves Duclos (LPC) — YEAJenna Sudds (LPC) — YEAJoanne Thompson (LPC) — YEAJoël Lightbound (LPC) — YEAJudy A. Sgro (LPC) — YEAJulie Dabrusin (LPC) — YEAJulie Dzerowicz (LPC) — YEAKarina Gould (LPC) — YEAKevin Lamoureux (LPC) — YEAKody Blois (LPC) — YEALena Metlege Diab (LPC) — YEALisa Hepfner (LPC) — YEALori Idlout (LPC) — YEAManinder Sidhu (LPC) — YEAMarc Miller (LPC) — YEAMarcus Powlowski (LPC) — YEAMarie-France Lalonde (LPC) — YEAMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — YEAMark Gerretsen (LPC) — YEAMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — YEAMichael Coteau (LPC) — YEAMike Kelloway (LPC) — YEAMona Fortier (LPC) — YEAMélanie Joly (LPC) — YEAParm Bains (LPC) — YEAPatricia Lattanzio (LPC) — YEAPatrick Weiler (LPC) — YEAPatty Hajdu (LPC) — YEAPeter Fonseca (LPC) — YEAPeter Fragiskatos (LPC) — YEAPeter Schiefke (LPC) — ABSENTRachel Bendayan (LPC) — YEARandeep Sarai (LPC) — YEARechie Valdez (LPC) — YEARobert Morrissey (LPC) — YEARobert Oliphant (LPC) — YEARon McKinnon (LPC) — YEARuby Sahota (LPC) — YEARyan Turnbull (LPC) — YEASalma Zahid (LPC) — YEASameer Zuberi (LPC) — ABSENTSean Casey (LPC) — YEASean Fraser (LPC) — YEASerge Cormier (LPC) — YEAShafqat Ali (LPC) — YEASherry Romanado (LPC) — YEASonia Sidhu (LPC) — YEASophie Chatel (LPC) — YEASteven MacKinnon (LPC) — YEAStéphane Lauzon (LPC) — YEASukh Dhaliwal (LPC) — YEATaleeb Noormohamed (LPC) — YEATerry Beech (LPC) — YEATerry Duguid (LPC) — YEATerry Sheehan (LPC) — YEATim Louis (LPC) — YEAViviane Lapointe (LPC) — YEAWayne Long (LPC) — YEAYasir Naqvi (LPC) — YEAYvan Baker (LPC) — YEAÉlisabeth Brière (LPC) — YEAJonathan Wilkinson (LPC) — YEAJustin Trudeau (LPC) — YEANathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) — YEAShaun Chen (LPC) — ABSENTSteven Guilbeault (LPC) — YEAAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — YEASimon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (IND) — YEACathay Wagantall (CPC) — YEALarry Brock (CPC) — YEARichard Martel (CPC) — YEASpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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