✘ Bill C-246, Constitution Act, 2022 (representation of Quebec)
Voted nay. Bill defeated.
Bill
Bill C-246, An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (representation in the House of Commons)
Vote
Nay.
Rationale
After every decennial census, the Chief Electoral Officer is responsible for calculating the seats allocated to each province using the seat allocation formula and population supplied by Statistics Canada. Parliament has an important role to play in the decennial redistribution of federal electoral districts. While we support the principle of the Bill, where any scenario where Quebec loses a seat would be unfair, their proposal overreaches what is reasonable both in terms of fairness in the House of Commons and in what would be feasible without triggering the 7/50 amending formula.
Failed.
Bill Status
Bill defeated.
✘ Bill C-240 (Charity Donations)
Voted nay. Bill defeated.
Bill
Bill C-240, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (donations involving private corporation shares or real estate)
Vote
Nay.
Rationale
Bill C-240 would disproportionately benefit high-income Canadians, the benefits would not actually flow to charities and would be extremely costly to the federal fiscal framework.
Failed.
Bill Status
Bill defeated.
✔︎ Bill C-25, Appropriation Act No. 3, 2022-23
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill C-25, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.
Vote
Yea.
Rationale
The Act grants the Head of State, Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, certain sums of money toward defraying the various charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.
Passed.
Bill Status
Royal Assent received
✔︎ Bill C-24, Appropriation Act No. 2, 2022-23
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill C-24, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.
Vote
Yea.
Rationale
The Act grants the Head of State, Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, certain sums of money toward defraying the various charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.
Passed.
Bill Status
Royal Assent received
✘ Bill C-216, Health-Based Approach to Substance Use Act
Voted nay. Bill defeated.
Bill
Bill C-216, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to enact the Expungement of Certain Drug-related Convictions Act and the National Strategy on Substance Use Act
Vote
Nay.
Rationale
The fundamental purpose of Bill C-216 is to immediately decriminalize personal possession of illicit drugs across Canada, without addressing the complex issues of implementation. It fails to define personal possession, address other necessary public policy measures or needed extensive engagement with provinces, territories, Indigenous partners and other stakeholders.
Failed.
Bill Status
Bill defeated.
✔︎ Bill C-233 (Violence Against an Intimate Partner)
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against an intimate partner)
Vote
Yea.
Rationale
We support measures to better protect victims of domestic violence. Bill C-233 will help prevent deaths and save lives. In Canada, one woman or girl is killed every 2.5 days, and in most of there horrendous crimes, at least half of the accused killers were intimate partners or former intimate partners to these women.
Passed.
Bill Status
Royal Assent received
✔︎ Bill C-8, Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill C-8, An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures
Vote
Yea.
Rationale
The Act enacts measures laid out in the Economic and Fiscal Update announced by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance on December 14 2021.
Passed
Bill Status
Royal Assent received
✔︎ Bill C-16, Appropriation Act No. 1, 2022-23
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill C-16, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.
Vote
Yea.
Rationale
The Act grants the Head of State, Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, certain sums of money toward defraying the various charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.
Passed.
Bill Status
Royal Assent received
✔︎ Bill C-15, Appropriation Act No. 5, 2021-22
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill C-15, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022.
Vote
Yea.
Rationale
The Act grants the Head of State, Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, certain sums of money toward defraying the various charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022.
Passed.
Bill Status
Royal Assent received
✘ Conservative Opposition Motion (Tax reduction on gasoline and diesel)
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Conservative Opposition Motion (no. 40)
Vote
Nay.
Rationale
The Conservatives haven’t fully considered the outcomes of the policy they’re proposing. A tax holiday on oil and gas could result in energy companies pocketing the difference in cost and there is no guarantee savings will pass to Canadian consumers at the pumps.
Result
Defeated.