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An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act

An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act

Introduced
FEBRUARY 25, 2016
Royal assent
JUNE 18, 2017
Latest recorded vote
61 / 43
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Royal assent,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stFeb 25, 2016
  2. 2ndMar 21, 2016
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rdJun 17, 2016
  5. SenateJun 17, 2016
  6. AssentJun 18, 2017

Bill overview

Bill C-6, “An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act”, is a federal bill from session 42-1.

It reached first reading on February 25, 2016, second reading on March 21, 2016, third reading on June 17, 2016 and Senate consideration on June 17, 2016. It received royal assent on June 18, 2017.

In the recorded division on June 13, 2017 in the House of Commons, 61 members voted in favour and 43 against; 5 did not vote. In favour: Bloc Québécois (4), NDP (3), Green (1) and Independent (1). Against: Conservative (41). Liberal members split 52 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 · June 13, 2017

2 recorded divisions; showing the most recent.

61

Yea

43

Nay

0

Abstain

5

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — YEAGord Johns (NDP) — YEAJenny Kwan (NDP) — YEAElizabeth May (GPC) — YEAGabriel Ste-Marie (BQ) — YEALouis Plamondon (BQ) — YEAMario Beaulieu (BQ) — YEAXavier Barsalou-Duval (BQ) — YEAAndrew Scheer (CPC) — NAYArnold 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) — NAYGlen Motz (CPC) — NAYJacques Gourde (CPC) — NAYJames 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) — 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) — YEADoug Eyolfson (LPC) — YEAEmmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC) — YEAFrancis Scarpaleggia (LPC) — ABSENTGary Anandasangaree (LPC) — YEAGinette Petitpas Taylor (LPC) — YEAGreg Fergus (LPC) — YEAHedy Fry (LPC) — YEAIqra Khalid (LPC) — YEAJames Maloney (LPC) — YEAJean-Yves Duclos (LPC) — YEAJudy A. Sgro (LPC) — YEAJulie Dabrusin (LPC) — YEAJulie Dzerowicz (LPC) — YEAKarina Gould (LPC) — YEAKevin Lamoureux (LPC) — ABSENTLinda Lapointe (LPC) — YEAMarc Miller (LPC) — YEAMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — NAYMark Gerretsen (LPC) — YEAMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — NAYMona Fortier (LPC) — YEAPatty Hajdu (LPC) — ABSENTPeter Fonseca (LPC) — YEAPeter Fragiskatos (LPC) — YEAPeter Schiefke (LPC) — YEARandeep Sarai (LPC) — YEARobert Morrissey (LPC) — YEARobert Oliphant (LPC) — YEARon McKinnon (LPC) — YEARuby Sahota (LPC) — YEASalma Zahid (LPC) — YEASean Casey (LPC) — YEASean Fraser (LPC) — YEASerge Cormier (LPC) — YEASherry Romanado (LPC) — ABSENTSonia Sidhu (LPC) — YEAStephen Fuhr (LPC) — YEASteven MacKinnon (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) — ABSENTAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — YEACathay Wagantall (CPC) — NAYSpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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