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An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's call to action number 94)

An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's call to action number 94)

Introduced
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Royal assent
JUNE 20, 2021
Latest recorded vote
159 / 17
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Royal assent,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stOct 22, 2020
  2. 2ndDec 10, 2020
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rdJun 3, 2021
  5. SenateJun 2, 2021
  6. AssentJun 20, 2021

Bill overview

Bill C-8, “An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's call to action number 94)”, is a federal bill from session 43-2.

It reached first reading on October 22, 2020, second reading on December 10, 2020, third reading on June 3, 2021 and Senate consideration on June 2, 2021. It received royal assent on June 20, 2021.

In the recorded division on December 10, 2020 in the House of Commons, 159 members voted in favour and 17 against; 6 did not vote. In favour: Liberal (75), Conservative (77), NDP (5) and Green (1). Against: Bloc Québécois (16). Independent members split 1 for and 1 against.

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 · December 10, 2020

159

Yea

17

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) — ABSENTAndréanne Larouche (BQ) — NAYChristine Normandin (BQ) — NAYClaude DeBellefeuille (BQ) — NAYGabriel Ste-Marie (BQ) — NAYLouis Plamondon (BQ) — NAYLuc Thériault (BQ) — NAYMarie-Hélène Gaudreau (BQ) — NAYMarilène Gill (BQ) — NAYMario Beaulieu (BQ) — NAYMario Simard (BQ) — NAYMartin Champoux (BQ) — NAYMaxime Blanchette-Joncas (BQ) — NAYSébastien Lemire (BQ) — NAYXavier Barsalou-Duval (BQ) — NAYYves Perron (BQ) — NAYYves-François Blanchet (BQ) — NAYAlex Ruff (CPC) — YEAAndrew Scheer (CPC) — YEAArnold Viersen (CPC) — YEABen Lobb (CPC) — YEABernard Généreux (CPC) — YEABlaine Calkins (CPC) — YEABlake Richards (CPC) — ABSENTBob Zimmer (CPC) — YEABrad Redekopp (CPC) — YEABrad Vis (CPC) — YEACheryl Gallant (CPC) — YEAChris Lewis (CPC) — YEAChris Warkentin (CPC) — YEACorey Tochor (CPC) — YEADan Albas (CPC) — YEADan Mazier (CPC) — YEADane Lloyd (CPC) — YEADave Epp (CPC) — YEADean Allison (CPC) — YEADoug Shipley (CPC) — YEAEric Duncan (CPC) — YEAEric Melillo (CPC) — YEAGarnett Genuis (CPC) — YEAGlen Motz (CPC) — YEAGreg McLean (CPC) — YEAGérard Deltell (CPC) — YEAJacques Gourde (CPC) — YEAJames Bezan (CPC) — YEAJamie Schmale (CPC) — YEAJeremy Patzer (CPC) — YEAJohn Barlow (CPC) — YEAJohn Brassard (CPC) — YEAJohn Nater (CPC) — YEAJohn Williamson (CPC) — YEAJoël Godin (CPC) — YEAKelly Block (CPC) — YEAKelly McCauley (CPC) — YEAKerry Diotte (CPC) — YEAKevin Waugh (CPC) — YEAKyle Seeback (CPC) — YEALianne Rood (CPC) — YEALuc Berthold (CPC) — YEAMarc Dalton (CPC) — YEAMark Strahl (CPC) — YEAMel Arnold (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) — YEARob Moore (CPC) — YEARob Morrison (CPC) — YEARosemarie Falk (CPC) — YEAScot Davidson (CPC) — YEAScott Aitchison (CPC) — YEAScott Reid (CPC) — YEAShannon Stubbs (CPC) — YEAStephanie Kusie (CPC) — YEATako Van Popta (CPC) — YEATamara Jansen (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) — ABSENTAnju Dhillon (LPC) — YEAAnnie Koutrakis (LPC) — YEAAnthony Housefather (LPC) — YEABardish Chagger (LPC) — YEAChris Bittle (LPC) — YEADarren Fisher (LPC) — YEADavid McGuinty (LPC) — YEADominic LeBlanc (LPC) — ABSENTEmmanuella 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) — 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) — YEAKarina Gould (LPC) — YEAKevin Lamoureux (LPC) — YEAKody Blois (LPC) — YEAManinder Sidhu (LPC) — YEAMarc Miller (LPC) — YEAMarcus Powlowski (LPC) — YEAMarie-France Lalonde (LPC) — YEAMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — YEAMark Gerretsen (LPC) — YEAMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — YEAMike 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) — ABSENTRachel Bendayan (LPC) — YEARandeep Sarai (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) — YEASherry Romanado (LPC) — YEASonia Sidhu (LPC) — YEASteven MacKinnon (LPC) — YEAStéphane Lauzon (LPC) — YEASukh Dhaliwal (LPC) — YEATerry Beech (LPC) — YEATerry Duguid (LPC) — YEATerry Sheehan (LPC) — YEATim Louis (LPC) — YEAWayne Long (LPC) — YEAYvan Baker (LPC) — YEAÉlisabeth Brière (LPC) — YEAJonathan Wilkinson (LPC) — YEAJustin Trudeau (LPC) — ABSENTNathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) — YEAShaun Chen (LPC) — YEASteven Guilbeault (LPC) — YEAAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — YEASimon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (IND) — NAYCathay Wagantall (CPC) — YEARichard Martel (CPC) — YEASpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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