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C-7PASSEDJUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETYFEDERAL

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)

Introduced
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Royal assent
MARCH 17, 2021
Latest recorded vote
93 / 86
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Royal assent,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stOct 5, 2020
  2. 2ndOct 29, 2020
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rdDec 10, 2020
  5. SenateDec 10, 2020
  6. AssentMar 17, 2021

Bill overview

Bill C-7, “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)”, is a federal bill from session 43-2.

It reached first reading on October 5, 2020, second reading on October 29, 2020, third reading on December 10, 2020 and Senate consideration on December 10, 2020. It received royal assent on March 17, 2021.

In the recorded division on March 11, 2021 in the House of Commons, 89 members voted in favour and 87 against; 6 did not vote. In favour: Bloc Québécois (17) and Green (1). Against: Conservative (77) and NDP (5). Liberal members split 70 for and 4 against and Independent members split 1 for and 1 against. It is one of 7 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

43th Parliament · March 11, 2021

7 recorded divisions; showing the most recent.

89

Yea

87

Nay

0

Abstain

6

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — NAYGord Johns (NDP) — NAYHeather McPherson (NDP) — NAYJenny Kwan (NDP) — NAYLeah Gazan (NDP) — NAYElizabeth May (GPC) — YEAAlexis Brunelle-Duceppe (BQ) — YEAAndréanne Larouche (BQ) — YEAChristine Normandin (BQ) — YEAClaude DeBellefeuille (BQ) — YEAGabriel Ste-Marie (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) — YEAAlex Ruff (CPC) — NAYAndrew Scheer (CPC) — NAYArnold Viersen (CPC) — NAYBen Lobb (CPC) — NAYBernard Généreux (CPC) — NAYBlaine Calkins (CPC) — NAYBlake Richards (CPC) — NAYBob Zimmer (CPC) — NAYBrad Redekopp (CPC) — NAYBrad Vis (CPC) — NAYCheryl Gallant (CPC) — ABSENTChris Lewis (CPC) — NAYChris Warkentin (CPC) — NAYCorey Tochor (CPC) — NAYDan Albas (CPC) — NAYDan Mazier (CPC) — NAYDane Lloyd (CPC) — NAYDave Epp (CPC) — NAYDean Allison (CPC) — NAYDoug Shipley (CPC) — NAYEric Duncan (CPC) — NAYEric Melillo (CPC) — NAYGarnett Genuis (CPC) — NAYGlen Motz (CPC) — NAYGreg McLean (CPC) — NAYGérard Deltell (CPC) — NAYJacques Gourde (CPC) — NAYJames Bezan (CPC) — NAYJamie Schmale (CPC) — NAYJeremy Patzer (CPC) — NAYJohn Barlow (CPC) — NAYJohn Brassard (CPC) — NAYJohn Nater (CPC) — NAYJohn Williamson (CPC) — NAYJoël Godin (CPC) — NAYKelly Block (CPC) — NAYKelly McCauley (CPC) — NAYKerry Diotte (CPC) — NAYKevin Waugh (CPC) — NAYKyle Seeback (CPC) — NAYLianne Rood (CPC) — NAYLuc Berthold (CPC) — NAYMarc Dalton (CPC) — NAYMark Strahl (CPC) — NAYMel Arnold (CPC) — NAYMichael Barrett (CPC) — NAYMichael Chong (CPC) — NAYMichael Cooper (CPC) — NAYMichael Kram (CPC) — NAYMichelle Rempel Garner (CPC) — NAYMike Lake (CPC) — NAYPat Kelly (CPC) — NAYPhilip Lawrence (CPC) — NAYPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — NAYPierre Poilievre (CPC) — NAYRandy Hoback (CPC) — NAYRaquel Dancho (CPC) — NAYRichard Bragdon (CPC) — NAYRob Moore (CPC) — NAYRob Morrison (CPC) — NAYRosemarie Falk (CPC) — NAYScot Davidson (CPC) — NAYScott Aitchison (CPC) — NAYScott Reid (CPC) — NAYShannon Stubbs (CPC) — NAYStephanie Kusie (CPC) — NAYTako Van Popta (CPC) — NAYTamara Jansen (CPC) — NAYTed Falk (CPC) — NAYTerry Dowdall (CPC) — NAYTim Uppal (CPC) — NAYTodd Doherty (CPC) — NAYTom Kmiec (CPC) — NAYTony Baldinelli (CPC) — NAYWarren Steinley (CPC) — NAYZiad Aboultaif (CPC) — NAYAdam 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) — YEABardish Chagger (LPC) — YEAChris Bittle (LPC) — YEADarren Fisher (LPC) — YEADavid McGuinty (LPC) — YEADominic LeBlanc (LPC) — YEAEmmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC) — ABSENTFayçal El-Khoury (LPC) — YEAFrancis Scarpaleggia (LPC) — ABSENTFrançois-Philippe Champagne (LPC) — YEAGary Anandasangaree (LPC) — YEAGinette Petitpas Taylor (LPC) — YEAGreg Fergus (LPC) — YEAHedy Fry (LPC) — YEAHelena Jaczek (LPC) — YEAIqra Khalid (LPC) — YEAJaime Battiste (LPC) — YEAJames Maloney (LPC) — YEAJean Yip (LPC) — YEAJean-Yves Duclos (LPC) — YEAJoël Lightbound (LPC) — YEAJudy A. Sgro (LPC) — YEAJulie Dabrusin (LPC) — YEAJulie Dzerowicz (LPC) — ABSENTKarina Gould (LPC) — YEAKevin Lamoureux (LPC) — YEAKody Blois (LPC) — YEAManinder Sidhu (LPC) — YEAMarc Miller (LPC) — YEAMarcus Powlowski (LPC) — NAYMarie-France Lalonde (LPC) — YEAMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — NAYMark Gerretsen (LPC) — YEAMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — NAYMike Kelloway (LPC) — YEAMona Fortier (LPC) — YEAMélanie Joly (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) — YEARon McKinnon (LPC) — YEARuby Sahota (LPC) — YEARyan Turnbull (LPC) — YEASalma Zahid (LPC) — YEASameer Zuberi (LPC) — ABSENTSean Casey (LPC) — YEASean Fraser (LPC) — YEASerge Cormier (LPC) — YEASherry Romanado (LPC) — YEASonia Sidhu (LPC) — YEASteven MacKinnon (LPC) — NAYStéphane Lauzon (LPC) — YEASukh Dhaliwal (LPC) — YEATerry Beech (LPC) — ABSENTTerry Duguid (LPC) — YEATerry Sheehan (LPC) — YEATim Louis (LPC) — YEAWayne Long (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) — NAYSimon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (IND) — YEACathay Wagantall (CPC) — NAYRichard Martel (CPC) — NAYSpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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