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International Mother Language Day Act

An Act to establish International Mother Language Day

Introduced
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Royal assent
APRIL 26, 2023
Latest recorded vote
204 / 0
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Royal assent,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stDec 14, 2021
  2. 2ndJun 15, 2022
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rdMar 30, 2023
  5. SenateNov 23, 2021
  6. AssentApr 26, 2023

Bill overview

Bill S-214, “International Mother Language Day Act”, is a federal bill from session 44-1. Its long title is “An Act to establish International Mother Language Day”.

It reached first reading on December 14, 2021, second reading on June 15, 2022, third reading on March 30, 2023 and Senate consideration on November 23, 2021. It received royal assent on April 26, 2023.

In the recorded division on June 15, 2022 in the House of Commons, 204 members voted in favour and 0 against; 6 did not vote. Every party present voted in favour: Liberal (93), Conservative (85), Bloc Québécois (18), NDP (5), Independent (2) and Green (1).

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

44th Parliament · June 15, 2022

204

Yea

0

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) — YEAAndréanne Larouche (BQ) — YEAChristine Normandin (BQ) — YEAClaude DeBellefeuille (BQ) — YEAGabriel Ste-Marie (BQ) — YEAJean-Denis Garon (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) — YEAAdam Chambers (CPC) — YEAAlex Ruff (CPC) — YEAAndrew Scheer (CPC) — YEAAnna Roberts (CPC) — YEAArnold Viersen (CPC) — YEABen Lobb (CPC) — YEABernard Généreux (CPC) — YEABlaine Calkins (CPC) — YEABlake Richards (CPC) — YEABob Zimmer (CPC) — YEABrad Redekopp (CPC) — YEABrad Vis (CPC) — YEACheryl Gallant (CPC) — PAIREDChris Lewis (CPC) — YEAChris Warkentin (CPC) — YEAClifford Small (CPC) — YEACorey Tochor (CPC) — YEADan Albas (CPC) — YEADan Mazier (CPC) — YEADan Muys (CPC) — YEADane Lloyd (CPC) — YEADave Epp (CPC) — YEADean Allison (CPC) — YEADominique Vien (CPC) — YEADoug Shipley (CPC) — YEAEric Duncan (CPC) — YEAEric Melillo (CPC) — YEAFrank Caputo (CPC) — YEAFraser Tolmie (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) — YEAKevin Waugh (CPC) — YEAKyle Seeback (CPC) — YEALaila Goodridge (CPC) — YEALeslyn Lewis (CPC) — YEALianne Rood (CPC) — YEALuc Berthold (CPC) — YEAMarc Dalton (CPC) — YEAMark Strahl (CPC) — YEAMel Arnold (CPC) — YEAMelissa Lantsman (CPC) — YEAMichael Barrett (CPC) — YEAMichael Chong (CPC) — YEAMichael Cooper (CPC) — YEAMichael Kram (CPC) — YEAMichelle Rempel Garner (CPC) — YEAMike Lake (CPC) — PAIREDPat Kelly (CPC) — YEAPhilip Lawrence (CPC) — YEAPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — YEAPierre Poilievre (CPC) — YEARandy Hoback (CPC) — PAIREDRaquel 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) — YEAShelby Kramp-Neuman (CPC) — YEAStephanie Kusie (CPC) — YEATako Van Popta (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) — PAIREDAnita Vandenbeld (LPC) — YEAAnju Dhillon (LPC) — YEAAnnie Koutrakis (LPC) — YEAAnthony Housefather (LPC) — YEAArielle Kayabaga (LPC) — YEABardish Chagger (LPC) — YEABrendan Hanley (LPC) — YEAChris Bittle (LPC) — YEADarren Fisher (LPC) — YEADavid McGuinty (LPC) — YEADominic LeBlanc (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) — YEAHeath MacDonald (LPC) — YEAHedy Fry (LPC) — YEAHelena Jaczek (LPC) — YEAIqra Khalid (LPC) — YEAIqwinder Gaheer (LPC) — YEAJaime Battiste (LPC) — YEAJames Maloney (LPC) — YEAJean Yip (LPC) — YEAJean-Yves Duclos (LPC) — YEAJenna Sudds (LPC) — YEAJoanne Thompson (LPC) — YEAJoël Lightbound (LPC) — YEAJudy A. Sgro (LPC) — YEAJulie Dabrusin (LPC) — YEAJulie Dzerowicz (LPC) — YEAKarina Gould (LPC) — YEAKevin Lamoureux (LPC) — YEAKody Blois (LPC) — ABSENTLena Metlege Diab (LPC) — YEALisa Hepfner (LPC) — YEALori Idlout (LPC) — YEAManinder Sidhu (LPC) — YEAMarc Miller (LPC) — YEAMarcus Powlowski (LPC) — YEAMarie-France Lalonde (LPC) — YEAMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — YEAMark Gerretsen (LPC) — YEAMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — YEAMichael Coteau (LPC) — YEAMike Kelloway (LPC) — YEAMona Fortier (LPC) — YEAMélanie Joly (LPC) — YEAParm Bains (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) — YEARechie Valdez (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) — YEAShafqat Ali (LPC) — YEASherry Romanado (LPC) — YEASonia Sidhu (LPC) — YEASophie Chatel (LPC) — YEASteven MacKinnon (LPC) — YEAStéphane Lauzon (LPC) — YEASukh Dhaliwal (LPC) — YEATaleeb Noormohamed (LPC) — YEATerry Beech (LPC) — YEATerry Duguid (LPC) — YEATerry Sheehan (LPC) — YEATim Louis (LPC) — YEAViviane Lapointe (LPC) — YEAWayne Long (LPC) — YEAYasir Naqvi (LPC) — YEAYvan Baker (LPC) — YEAÉlisabeth Brière (LPC) — YEAJonathan Wilkinson (LPC) — YEAJustin Trudeau (LPC) — YEANathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) — ABSENTShaun Chen (LPC) — YEASteven Guilbeault (LPC) — YEAAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — YEASimon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (IND) — YEACathay Wagantall (CPC) — YEALarry Brock (CPC) — YEARichard Martel (CPC) — YEASpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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