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C-91PASSEDINDIGENOUS AFFAIRSFEDERAL

Indigenous Languages Act

An Act respecting Indigenous languages

Introduced
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
Royal assent
JUNE 20, 2019
Latest recorded vote
97 / 0
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Royal assent,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stFeb 5, 2019
  2. 2ndFeb 20, 2019
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rdMay 9, 2019
  5. SenateMay 9, 2019
  6. AssentJun 20, 2019

Bill overview

Bill C-91, “Indigenous Languages Act”, is a federal bill from session 42-1. Its long title is “An Act respecting Indigenous languages”.

It reached first reading on February 5, 2019, second reading on February 20, 2019, third reading on May 9, 2019 and Senate consideration on May 9, 2019. It received royal assent on June 20, 2019.

In the recorded division on May 2, 2019 in the House of Commons, 97 members voted in favour and 0 against; 27 did not vote. Every party present voted in favour: Liberal (52), Conservative (39), Bloc Québécois (3), NDP (1), Green (1) and Independent (1). It is one of 3 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 · May 2, 2019

3 recorded divisions; showing the most recent.

97

Yea

0

Nay

0

Abstain

27

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — ABSENTGord Johns (NDP) — ABSENTJenny Kwan (NDP) — YEAElizabeth May (GPC) — YEAGabriel Ste-Marie (BQ) — YEALouis Plamondon (BQ) — ABSENTLuc Thériault (BQ) — ABSENTMarilène Gill (BQ) — YEAMario Beaulieu (BQ) — ABSENTXavier Barsalou-Duval (BQ) — YEAAndrew Scheer (CPC) — ABSENTArnold Viersen (CPC) — YEABen Lobb (CPC) — YEABernard Généreux (CPC) — ABSENTBlaine Calkins (CPC) — ABSENTBlake Richards (CPC) — YEABob Zimmer (CPC) — YEACheryl Gallant (CPC) — YEAChris Warkentin (CPC) — YEADan Albas (CPC) — YEADane Lloyd (CPC) — YEADean Allison (CPC) — YEAGarnett Genuis (CPC) — YEAGlen Motz (CPC) — YEAGérard Deltell (CPC) — YEAJacques Gourde (CPC) — YEAJames Bezan (CPC) — YEAJamie Schmale (CPC) — YEAJohn Barlow (CPC) — YEAJohn Brassard (CPC) — YEAJohn Nater (CPC) — YEAJoël Godin (CPC) — ABSENTKelly Block (CPC) — YEAKelly McCauley (CPC) — YEAKerry Diotte (CPC) — YEAKevin Waugh (CPC) — YEALuc Berthold (CPC) — YEAMark Strahl (CPC) — YEAMel Arnold (CPC) — YEAMichael Barrett (CPC) — YEAMichael Chong (CPC) — YEAMichael Cooper (CPC) — YEAMichelle Rempel Garner (CPC) — ABSENTMike Lake (CPC) — ABSENTPat Kelly (CPC) — YEAPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — ABSENTPierre Poilievre (CPC) — YEARandy Hoback (CPC) — YEARosemarie Falk (CPC) — YEAScot Davidson (CPC) — YEAScott Reid (CPC) — YEAShannon Stubbs (CPC) — ABSENTStephanie Kusie (CPC) — YEATed Falk (CPC) — YEATodd Doherty (CPC) — ABSENTTom Kmiec (CPC) — YEAZiad Aboultaif (CPC) — YEAAhmed 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) — ABSENTDoug Eyolfson (LPC) — YEAEmmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC) — ABSENTFayçal El-Khoury (LPC) — YEAFrancis Scarpaleggia (LPC) — YEAFrançois-Philippe Champagne (LPC) — YEAGary Anandasangaree (LPC) — YEAGinette Petitpas Taylor (LPC) — ABSENTGreg Fergus (LPC) — YEAHedy Fry (LPC) — ABSENTIqra Khalid (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) — YEALinda Lapointe (LPC) — YEAMarc Miller (LPC) — YEAMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — ABSENTMark Gerretsen (LPC) — YEAMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — ABSENTMona Fortier (LPC) — YEAMélanie Joly (LPC) — YEAPatty Hajdu (LPC) — YEAPeter Fonseca (LPC) — YEAPeter Fragiskatos (LPC) — ABSENTPeter Schiefke (LPC) — ABSENTRachel Bendayan (LPC) — YEARandeep Sarai (LPC) — YEARon McKinnon (LPC) — YEARuby Sahota (LPC) — YEASalma Zahid (LPC) — YEASean Casey (LPC) — ABSENTSean Fraser (LPC) — YEASerge Cormier (LPC) — YEASherry Romanado (LPC) — YEASonia Sidhu (LPC) — YEAStephen Fuhr (LPC) — YEASteven MacKinnon (LPC) — YEAStéphane Lauzon (LPC) — ABSENTSukh Dhaliwal (LPC) — YEATerry Beech (LPC) — YEATerry Duguid (LPC) — YEATerry Sheehan (LPC) — YEAWayne Long (LPC) — YEAJonathan Wilkinson (LPC) — YEAJustin Trudeau (LPC) — ABSENTNathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) — YEAShaun Chen (LPC) — YEAAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — YEACathay Wagantall (CPC) — ABSENTRichard Martel (CPC) — YEASpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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