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Journalistic Sources Protection Act

An Act to amend the Canada Evidence Act and the Criminal Code (protection of journalistic sources)

Introduced
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
Royal assent
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Latest recorded vote
86 / 0
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Royal assent,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stMay 3, 2017
  2. 2ndJun 9, 2017
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rdOct 4, 2017
  5. SenateNov 21, 2016
  6. AssentOct 17, 2017

Bill overview

Bill S-231, “Journalistic Sources Protection Act”, is a federal bill from session 42-1. Its long title is “An Act to amend the Canada Evidence Act and the Criminal Code (protection of journalistic sources)”.

It reached first reading on May 3, 2017, second reading on June 9, 2017, third reading on October 4, 2017 and Senate consideration on November 21, 2016. It received royal assent on October 17, 2017.

In the recorded division on October 4, 2017 in the House of Commons, 86 members voted in favour and 0 against; 23 did not vote. Every party present voted in favour: Liberal (51), Conservative (27), Bloc Québécois (4), NDP (3) 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

42th Parliament · October 4, 2017

86

Yea

0

Nay

0

Abstain

23

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) — ABSENTArnold Viersen (CPC) — YEABen Lobb (CPC) — YEABlaine Calkins (CPC) — YEABlake Richards (CPC) — YEABob Zimmer (CPC) — ABSENTCheryl Gallant (CPC) — YEAChris Warkentin (CPC) — YEADan Albas (CPC) — ABSENTDean Allison (CPC) — YEAGarnett Genuis (CPC) — YEAGlen Motz (CPC) — YEAJacques Gourde (CPC) — YEAJames Bezan (CPC) — YEAJamie Schmale (CPC) — YEAJohn Barlow (CPC) — ABSENTJohn Brassard (CPC) — ABSENTJohn Nater (CPC) — YEAKelly Block (CPC) — YEAKelly McCauley (CPC) — YEAKerry Diotte (CPC) — YEAKevin Waugh (CPC) — YEALuc Berthold (CPC) — ABSENTMark Strahl (CPC) — YEAMel Arnold (CPC) — YEAMichael Chong (CPC) — YEAMichael Cooper (CPC) — ABSENTMichelle Rempel Garner (CPC) — YEAMike Lake (CPC) — YEAPat Kelly (CPC) — ABSENTPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — ABSENTPierre Poilievre (CPC) — YEARandy Hoback (CPC) — ABSENTScott Reid (CPC) — YEAShannon Stubbs (CPC) — ABSENTStephanie Kusie (CPC) — YEATed Falk (CPC) — YEATodd Doherty (CPC) — ABSENTTom Kmiec (CPC) — ABSENTZiad Aboultaif (CPC) — YEAAhmed 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) — ABSENTDoug Eyolfson (LPC) — YEAEmmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC) — YEAFrancis Scarpaleggia (LPC) — YEAGary Anandasangaree (LPC) — YEAGinette Petitpas Taylor (LPC) — YEAGreg Fergus (LPC) — ABSENTHedy Fry (LPC) — ABSENTIqra 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) — YEALinda Lapointe (LPC) — YEAMarc Miller (LPC) — YEAMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — YEAMark Gerretsen (LPC) — YEAMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — ABSENTMona Fortier (LPC) — YEAPatty Hajdu (LPC) — YEAPeter Fonseca (LPC) — YEAPeter Fragiskatos (LPC) — YEAPeter Schiefke (LPC) — YEARandeep Sarai (LPC) — ABSENTRobert Morrissey (LPC) — YEARobert Oliphant (LPC) — YEARon McKinnon (LPC) — YEARuby Sahota (LPC) — YEASalma Zahid (LPC) — ABSENTSean Casey (LPC) — YEASean Fraser (LPC) — YEASerge Cormier (LPC) — YEASherry Romanado (LPC) — YEASonia 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) — ABSENTJustin Trudeau (LPC) — YEANathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) — ABSENTShaun Chen (LPC) — YEAAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — ABSENTCathay Wagantall (CPC) — ABSENTSpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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