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S-8PASSEDIMMIGRATIONFEDERAL

An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Introduced
MAY 16, 2022
Royal assent
JUNE 22, 2023
Latest recorded vote
207 / 0
Official record on parl.caLatest recorded step: Royal assent,

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stOct 4, 2022
  2. 2ndFeb 13, 2023
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rdJun 21, 2023
  5. SenateMay 16, 2022
  6. AssentJun 22, 2023

Bill overview

Bill S-8, “An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection…”, is a federal bill from session 44-1.

It reached first reading on October 4, 2022, second reading on February 13, 2023, third reading on June 21, 2023 and Senate consideration on May 16, 2022. It received royal assent on June 22, 2023.

In the recorded division on June 19, 2023 in the House of Commons, 88 members voted in favour and 115 against; 12 did not vote. In favour: Conservative (85). Against: Bloc Québécois (16), NDP (4) and Independent (1). Liberal members split 3 for and 94 against. It is one of 4 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

44th Parliament · June 19, 2023

4 recorded divisions; showing the most recent.

88

Yea

115

Nay

0

Abstain

12

Absent

Don Davies (NDP) — ABSENTGord Johns (NDP) — NAYHeather McPherson (NDP) — NAYJenny Kwan (NDP) — NAYLeah Gazan (NDP) — NAYElizabeth May (GPC) — ABSENTAlexis Brunelle-Duceppe (BQ) — NAYAndréanne Larouche (BQ) — NAYChristine Normandin (BQ) — NAYClaude DeBellefeuille (BQ) — NAYGabriel Ste-Marie (BQ) — NAYJean-Denis Garon (BQ) — PAIREDLouis Plamondon (BQ) — NAYLuc Thériault (BQ) — NAYMarie-Hélène Gaudreau (BQ) — NAYMarilène Gill (BQ) — ABSENTMario 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) — NAYAdam 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) — YEAChris 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) — ABSENTJames Bezan (CPC) — YEAJamie Schmale (CPC) — YEAJasraj Hallan (CPC) — YEAJeremy Patzer (CPC) — YEAJohn Barlow (CPC) — YEAJohn Brassard (CPC) — YEAJohn Nater (CPC) — YEAJohn Williamson (CPC) — ABSENTJoël 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) — ABSENTPat 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) — NAYAhmed Hussen (LPC) — NAYAlexandra Mendès (LPC) — NAYAli Ehsassi (LPC) — NAYAngelo Iacono (LPC) — NAYAnita Anand (LPC) — NAYAnita Vandenbeld (LPC) — NAYAnju Dhillon (LPC) — NAYAnnie Koutrakis (LPC) — NAYAnthony Housefather (LPC) — NAYArielle Kayabaga (LPC) — NAYBardish Chagger (LPC) — NAYBrendan Hanley (LPC) — NAYCharles Sousa (LPC) — NAYChris Bittle (LPC) — NAYChris d'Entremont (LPC) — YEADarren Fisher (LPC) — NAYDavid McGuinty (LPC) — NAYDominic LeBlanc (LPC) — NAYEmmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC) — NAYFayçal El-Khoury (LPC) — NAYFrancis Scarpaleggia (LPC) — NAYFrançois-Philippe Champagne (LPC) — PAIREDGary Anandasangaree (LPC) — NAYGinette Petitpas Taylor (LPC) — NAYGreg Fergus (LPC) — NAYHeath MacDonald (LPC) — NAYHedy Fry (LPC) — NAYHelena Jaczek (LPC) — NAYIqra Khalid (LPC) — NAYIqwinder Gaheer (LPC) — NAYJaime Battiste (LPC) — NAYJames Maloney (LPC) — NAYJean Yip (LPC) — NAYJean-Yves Duclos (LPC) — NAYJenna Sudds (LPC) — NAYJoanne Thompson (LPC) — NAYJoël Lightbound (LPC) — NAYJudy A. Sgro (LPC) — NAYJulie Dabrusin (LPC) — NAYJulie Dzerowicz (LPC) — NAYKarina Gould (LPC) — NAYKevin Lamoureux (LPC) — NAYKody Blois (LPC) — NAYLena Metlege Diab (LPC) — NAYLisa Hepfner (LPC) — NAYLori Idlout (LPC) — NAYManinder Sidhu (LPC) — NAYMarc Miller (LPC) — NAYMarcus Powlowski (LPC) — NAYMarie-France Lalonde (LPC) — NAYMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — YEAMark Gerretsen (LPC) — NAYMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — YEAMichael Coteau (LPC) — NAYMike Kelloway (LPC) — NAYMona Fortier (LPC) — NAYMélanie Joly (LPC) — NAYParm Bains (LPC) — NAYPatricia Lattanzio (LPC) — NAYPatrick Weiler (LPC) — NAYPatty Hajdu (LPC) — ABSENTPeter Fonseca (LPC) — NAYPeter Fragiskatos (LPC) — NAYPeter Schiefke (LPC) — NAYRachel Bendayan (LPC) — NAYRandeep Sarai (LPC) — NAYRechie Valdez (LPC) — NAYRobert Morrissey (LPC) — ABSENTRobert Oliphant (LPC) — NAYRon McKinnon (LPC) — NAYRuby Sahota (LPC) — NAYRyan Turnbull (LPC) — NAYSalma Zahid (LPC) — NAYSameer Zuberi (LPC) — NAYSean Casey (LPC) — NAYSean Fraser (LPC) — NAYSerge Cormier (LPC) — NAYShafqat Ali (LPC) — NAYSherry Romanado (LPC) — NAYSonia Sidhu (LPC) — NAYSophie Chatel (LPC) — NAYSteven MacKinnon (LPC) — NAYStéphane Lauzon (LPC) — NAYSukh Dhaliwal (LPC) — NAYTaleeb Noormohamed (LPC) — NAYTerry Beech (LPC) — NAYTerry Duguid (LPC) — NAYTerry Sheehan (LPC) — NAYTim Louis (LPC) — NAYViviane Lapointe (LPC) — NAYWayne Long (LPC) — NAYYasir Naqvi (LPC) — NAYYvan Baker (LPC) — NAYÉlisabeth Brière (LPC) — NAYJonathan Wilkinson (LPC) — NAYJustin Trudeau (LPC) — NAYNathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) — NAYShaun Chen (LPC) — NAYSteven Guilbeault (LPC) — NAYAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — NAYSimon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (IND) — PAIREDCathay Wagantall (CPC) — YEALarry Brock (CPC) — YEARichard Martel (CPC) — YEASpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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