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C-35PASSEDOTHERFEDERAL

Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act

An Act respecting early learning and child care in Canada

Introduced
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Royal assent
MARCH 19, 2024
Latest recorded vote
204 / 0
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Royal assent,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stDec 8, 2022
  2. 2ndFeb 1, 2023
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rdJun 19, 2023
  5. SenateJun 20, 2023
  6. AssentMar 19, 2024

Bill overview

Bill C-35, “Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act”, is a federal bill from session 44-1. Its long title is “An Act respecting early learning and child care in Canada”.

It reached first reading on December 8, 2022, second reading on February 1, 2023, third reading on June 19, 2023 and Senate consideration on June 20, 2023. It received royal assent on March 19, 2024.

In the recorded division on June 19, 2023 in the House of Commons, 204 members voted in favour and 0 against; 11 did not vote. Every party present voted in favour: Liberal (98), Conservative (84), Bloc Québécois (16), NDP (4), Independent (1) and Green (1). It is one of 5 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 · June 19, 2023

5 recorded divisions; showing the most recent.

204

Yea

0

Nay

0

Abstain

11

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — ABSENTGord Johns (NDP) — YEAHeather McPherson (NDP) — YEAJenny Kwan (NDP) — YEALeah Gazan (NDP) — YEAElizabeth May (GPC) — YEAAlexis Brunelle-Duceppe (BQ) — YEAAndréanne Larouche (BQ) — ABSENTChristine Normandin (BQ) — YEAClaude DeBellefeuille (BQ) — YEAGabriel Ste-Marie (BQ) — YEAJean-Denis Garon (BQ) — PAIREDLouis 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) — ABSENTGlen 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) — ABSENTJoël Godin (CPC) — YEAKelly 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) — ABSENTPat Kelly (CPC) — YEAPhilip Lawrence (CPC) — YEAPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — YEAPierre Poilievre (CPC) — YEARandy Hoback (CPC) — PAIREDRaquel Dancho (CPC) — ABSENTRichard Bragdon (CPC) — YEARob 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) — PAIREDGary 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) — YEARachel Bendayan (LPC) — YEARandeep Sarai (LPC) — YEARechie Valdez (LPC) — YEARobert Morrissey (LPC) — ABSENTRobert Oliphant (LPC) — YEARon McKinnon (LPC) — YEARuby Sahota (LPC) — YEARyan Turnbull (LPC) — YEASalma Zahid (LPC) — YEASameer Zuberi (LPC) — YEASean 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) — YEASteven Guilbeault (LPC) — YEAAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — YEASimon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (IND) — PAIREDCathay Wagantall (CPC) — YEALarry Brock (CPC) — YEARichard Martel (CPC) — YEASpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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