✔︎ Bill C-27, Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill C-27, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts.
Vote
Paired.
Rationale
The Act ensures that Canadians have strong privacy protections and clear rules of the road for business, as well as guardrails to govern the responsible use of artificial intelligence.
Passed.
Bill Status
At consideration in committee in the House of Commons
✘ Bill C-239 (Provincial Tax Agreements)
Voted nay. Bill defeated.
Bill
Bill C-239, An Act to amend An Act to authorize the making of certain fiscal payments to provinces, and to authorize the entry into tax collection agreements with provinces
Vote
Nay.
Rationale
If this Bill passes as is, it could jeopardize the jobs of more than 7,000 employees in rural parts of Quebec, where good federal jobs have previously been inaccessible. Moving to a single tax return would also effectively end the CRA’s ability to effectively administer benefits in the province such as the CCB, GSC, and COVID-like benefit programs if any were ever needed in the future. A single tax administration by Quebec would require Canada to negotiate and enter into new international arrangements. Our international partners may not welcome or be prepared to interact with two separate administrations. These challenges could impact Canada’s ability to combat international tax evasion and meet its legal obligations under international tax agreements.
Failed.
Bill Status
Bill defeated.
✔︎ Bill S-214, International Mother Language Day
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill S-214, An Act to establish International Mother Language Day
Vote
Yea.
Rationale
The meaning behind International Mother Language Day is rooted in Canadian multiculturalism, openness, and diversity. It is also an empowerment of our Indigenous languages, and a loud symbol of acceptance, internationally, during a dark time in world history. If this bill passes, it will establish International Mother Language Day – a Day that promotes the preservation and protection of all languages used by peoples of the world – on February 21st.
Passed.
Bill Status
Royal Assent received
✔︎ Bill C-11, Online Streaming Act
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill C-11, an Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts
Vote
Yea.
Rationale
The Act ensures that online streamers contribute, in an equitable but fair way, to the creation of Canadian content. It ensures Canadians can easily find that content on their platforms.
Passed.
Bill Status
Royal Assent Received
✔︎ Bill C-26 (cyber security)
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill C-26, An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts
Vote
Yea.
Rationale
The Act will secure our cyber and telecommunications infrastructure and bolster protections for all Canadians against cybercrime.
Passed.
Bill Status
At consideration in committee in the House of Commons
✘ Bill C-289 (Identity Verification)
Voted nay. Bill defeated.
Bill
Bill C-289, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (identity verification)
Vote
Nay.
Rationale
The proposed measures of Bill C-289 would not effectively contribute to Canada’s ability to combat money laundering since they are duplicative of other applicable Criminal Code offences, including use of a forged document and fraud, and there are already measures in place for identify verification as a means to prevent money laundering.
Failed.
Bill Status
Bill Defeated.
✘ Bill C-283 (Addictions Treatment)
Voted nay. Bill defeated.
Bill
Bill C-283, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (addiction treatment in penitentiaries)
Vote
Nay.
Rationale
A registered health professional is better suited than a judge to determine whether one requires addiction treatment and what the suite of treatment should look like. This would remove classification of the inmate from the hands of CSC and into the hands of a judge with no knowledge of the inner workings of CSC.
Failed.
Bill Status
Bill Defeated.
✔︎ Bill C-44, Appropriation Act No. 1, 2023-24
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill C-44, An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.
Vote
Yea.
Rationale
The Act grants the Head of State, His Royal Majesty King Charles III, certain sums of money toward defraying the various charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.
Passed.
Bill Status
Royal Assent received
✔︎ Bill C-43, Appropriation Act No. 5, 2022-23
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill C-43, An Act for granting to His 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, His Royal Majesty King Charles III, 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-232, Arab Heritage Month Act
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill C-232, An Act respecting Arab Heritage Month
Vote
Yea.
Rationale
The Act aligns with the Government’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, and with the objectives of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act. Support is consistent with previous decisions to support similar Private Member’s bills and motions seeking the establishment of a heritage month, such as Tamil, Italian, German, Sikh, and Portuguese Heritage Months.
Passed.
Bill Status
At second reading in the Senate