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C-51PASSEDJUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETYFEDERAL

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act

Introduced
JUNE 6, 2017
Royal assent
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Latest recorded vote
50 / 41
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Royal assent,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stJun 6, 2017
  2. 2ndJun 15, 2017
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rdDec 11, 2017
  5. SenateDec 11, 2017
  6. AssentDec 12, 2018

Bill overview

Bill C-51, “An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act”, is a federal bill from session 42-1.

It reached first reading on June 6, 2017, second reading on June 15, 2017, third reading on December 11, 2017 and Senate consideration on December 11, 2017. It received royal assent on December 12, 2018.

In the recorded division on December 10, 2018 in the House of Commons, 50 members voted in favour and 41 against; 30 did not vote. Against: Conservative (33), Bloc Québécois (4) and NDP (2). Liberal members split 50 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.

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Vote roll

42th Parliament · December 10, 2018

2 recorded divisions; showing the most recent.

50

Yea

41

Nay

0

Abstain

30

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — ABSENTGord Johns (NDP) — NAYJenny Kwan (NDP) — NAYElizabeth May (GPC) — ABSENTGabriel Ste-Marie (BQ) — ABSENTLouis Plamondon (BQ) — ABSENTLuc Thériault (BQ) — NAYMarilène Gill (BQ) — NAYMario Beaulieu (BQ) — NAYXavier Barsalou-Duval (BQ) — NAYAndrew Scheer (CPC) — ABSENTArnold Viersen (CPC) — ABSENTBen Lobb (CPC) — ABSENTBernard Généreux (CPC) — ABSENTBlaine Calkins (CPC) — ABSENTBlake Richards (CPC) — NAYBob Zimmer (CPC) — ABSENTCheryl 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) — NAYJohn Barlow (CPC) — NAYJohn Brassard (CPC) — ABSENTJohn Nater (CPC) — NAYJoël Godin (CPC) — ABSENTKelly Block (CPC) — NAYKelly McCauley (CPC) — NAYKerry Diotte (CPC) — NAYKevin Waugh (CPC) — NAYLuc Berthold (CPC) — NAYMark Strahl (CPC) — NAYMel Arnold (CPC) — NAYMichael Chong (CPC) — ABSENTMichael Cooper (CPC) — NAYMichelle Rempel Garner (CPC) — NAYMike Lake (CPC) — ABSENTPat Kelly (CPC) — NAYPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — NAYPierre Poilievre (CPC) — NAYRandy Hoback (CPC) — ABSENTRosemarie Falk (CPC) — NAYScott Reid (CPC) — ABSENTShannon Stubbs (CPC) — NAYStephanie Kusie (CPC) — NAYTed Falk (CPC) — NAYTodd Doherty (CPC) — NAYTom Kmiec (CPC) — NAYZiad Aboultaif (CPC) — NAYAhmed Hussen (LPC) — ABSENTAlexandra 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) — YEADoug Eyolfson (LPC) — YEAEmmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC) — YEAFayçal El-Khoury (LPC) — YEAFrancis Scarpaleggia (LPC) — YEAFrançois-Philippe Champagne (LPC) — YEAGary Anandasangaree (LPC) — YEAGinette Petitpas Taylor (LPC) — YEAGreg Fergus (LPC) — YEAHedy Fry (LPC) — ABSENTIqra Khalid (LPC) — ABSENTJames Maloney (LPC) — ABSENTJean 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) — ABSENTPeter Schiefke (LPC) — YEARandeep Sarai (LPC) — YEARon McKinnon (LPC) — YEARuby Sahota (LPC) — YEASalma Zahid (LPC) — YEASean Casey (LPC) — ABSENTSean Fraser (LPC) — YEASerge Cormier (LPC) — ABSENTSherry Romanado (LPC) — YEASonia Sidhu (LPC) — ABSENTStephen Fuhr (LPC) — YEASteven MacKinnon (LPC) — YEAStéphane Lauzon (LPC) — ABSENTSukh Dhaliwal (LPC) — YEATerry Beech (LPC) — ABSENTTerry Duguid (LPC) — YEATerry Sheehan (LPC) — YEAWayne Long (LPC) — YEAJonathan Wilkinson (LPC) — YEAJustin Trudeau (LPC) — YEANathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) — YEAShaun Chen (LPC) — ABSENTAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — ABSENTCathay Wagantall (CPC) — NAYRichard Martel (CPC) — NAYSpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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