C-238 — An Act respecting the French language
Last action — Bill defeated at second reading on September 28, 2022 (House of Commons)
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1Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed House of Commons
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 44-1 Parliament. It reached “Introduced” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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Read C-238 on the official Canada source →Sponsors
- Claude DeBellefeuille · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 338 not signed on · 184 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Claude DeBellefeuille Bloc Québécois
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (338)
338 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing
Votes
Failed
56 Yea
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268 Nay
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6 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 0 | 88 | 0 | 2 |
| Unaffiliated | 31 | 83 | 0 | 3 |
| Liberal | 1 | 96 | 0 | 0 |
| Bloc Québécois | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NDP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 56 | 268 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 17% | 81% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (330)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| John Aldag | — | Nay |
| Omar Alghabra | — | Nay |
| Charlie Angus | — | Yea |
| René Arseneault | — | Nay |
| Chandra Arya | — | Nay |
| Niki Ashton | — | Yea |
| Jenica Atwin | — | Nay |
| Taylor Bachrach | — | Yea |
| Vance Badawey | — | Nay |
| Lisa Marie Barron | — | Yea |
| Carolyn Bennett | — | Nay |
| Bob Benzen | — | Nay |
| Candice Bergen | — | Nay |
| Stéphane Bergeron | — | Yea |
| Sylvie Bérubé | — | Yea |
| Marie-Claude Bibeau | — | Not Voting |
| Daniel Blaikie | — | Yea |
| Bill Blair | — | Nay |
| Rachel Blaney | — | Yea |
| Randy Boissonnault | — | Not Voting |
| Valerie Bradford | — | Nay |
| Richard Cannings | — | Yea |
| Colin Carrie | — | Nay |
| Louise Chabot | — | Yea |
| George Chahal | — | Nay |
| Paul Chiang | — | Nay |
| Chad Collins | — | Nay |
| Laurel Collins | — | Yea |
| Pam Damoff | — | Nay |
| Caroline Desbiens | — | Yea |
| Luc Desilets | — | Yea |
| Blake Desjarlais | — | Yea |
| Han Dong | — | Nay |
| Earl Dreeshen | — | Nay |
| Francis Drouin | — | Nay |
| Emmanuel Dubourg | — | Nay |
| Stephen Ellis | — | Nay |
| Ed Fast | — | Nay |
| Michelle Ferreri | — | Nay |
| Andy Fillmore | — | Nay |
| Kerry-Lynne Findlay | — | Nay |
| Chrystia Freeland | — | Nay |
| Marc Garneau | — | Nay |
| Randall Garrison | — | Yea |
| Tracy Gray | — | Nay |
| Ken Hardie | — | Nay |
| Mark Holland | — | Nay |
| Carol Hughes | — | Yea |
| Gudie Hutchings | — | Nay |
| Marci Ien | — | Nay |
| Yvonne Jones | — | Nay |
| Majid Jowhari | — | Nay |
| Peter Julian | — | Yea |
| Kamal Khera | — | Nay |
| Robert Kitchen | — | Nay |
| Damien Kurek | — | Nay |
| Irek Kusmierczyk | — | Nay |
| David Lametti | — | Nay |
| Diane Lebouthillier | — | Nay |
| Richard Lehoux | — | Nay |
| Ron Liepert | — | Nay |
| Lloyd Longfield | — | Nay |
| Lawrence MacAulay | — | Nay |
| Alistair MacGregor | — | Yea |
| Dave MacKenzie | — | Nay |
| Larry Maguire | — | Nay |
| Soraya Martinez Ferrada | — | Nay |
| Brian Masse | — | Yea |
| Lindsay Mathyssen | — | Yea |
| Ken McDonald | — | Nay |
| John McKay | — | Nay |
| Michael McLeod | — | Nay |
| Marco Mendicino | — | Nay |
| Wilson Miao | — | Nay |
| Kristina Michaud | — | Yea |
| Mike Morrice | — | Nay |
| Joyce Murray | — | Nay |
| Mary Ng | — | Nay |
| Jennifer O'Connell | — | Nay |
| Seamus O'Regan | — | Nay |
| Erin O'Toole | — | Nay |
| Monique Pauzé | — | Yea |
| Rick Perkins | — | Nay |
| Carla Qualtrough | — | Nay |
| Alain Rayes | — | Yea |
| Yves Robillard | — | Nay |
| Pablo Rodriguez | — | Not Voting |
| Churence Rogers | — | Nay |
| Harjit S. Sajjan | — | Nay |
| Ya'ara Saks | — | Nay |
| Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay | — | Yea |
| Marc Serré | — | Nay |
| Brenda Shanahan | — | Nay |
| Martin Shields | — | Nay |
| Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné | — | Yea |
| Jagmeet Singh | — | Yea |
| Francesco Sorbara | — | Nay |
| Gerald Soroka | — | Nay |
| Jake Stewart | — | Nay |
| Pascale St-Onge | — | Nay |
| Filomena Tassi | — | Nay |
| Leah Taylor Roy | — | Nay |
| Alain Therrien | — | Yea |
| Justin Trudeau | — | Nay |
| Denis Trudel | — | Yea |
| Tony Van Bynen | — | Nay |
| Dan Vandal | — | Nay |
| Karen Vecchio | — | Nay |
| Gary Vidal | — | Nay |
| Julie Vignola | — | Yea |
| René Villemure | — | Yea |
| Arif Virani | — | Nay |
| Kevin Vuong | — | Nay |
| Len Webber | — | Nay |
| Jonathan Wilkinson | — | Nay |
| Ryan Williams | — | Nay |
| Bonita Zarrillo | — | Yea |
| Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Andréanne Larouche | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Christine Normandin | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Claude DeBellefeuille | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Gabriel Ste-Marie | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Jean-Denis Garon | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Louis Plamondon | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Luc Thériault | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Marie-Hélène Gaudreau | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Marilène Gill | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Mario Beaulieu | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Mario Simard | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Martin Champoux | Bloc Québécois | Not Voting |
| Maxime Blanchette-Joncas | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Rhéal Éloi Fortin | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Sébastien Lemire | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Xavier Barsalou-Duval | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Yves Perron | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Yves-François Blanchet | Bloc Québécois | Yea |
| Adam Chambers | Conservative | Not Voting |
| Alex Ruff | Conservative | Nay |
| Andrew Scheer | Conservative | Nay |
| Anna Roberts | Conservative | Nay |
| Arnold Viersen | Conservative | Nay |
| Ben Lobb | Conservative | Nay |
| Bernard Généreux | Conservative | Nay |
| Blaine Calkins | Conservative | Nay |
| Blake Richards | Conservative | Nay |
| Bob Zimmer | Conservative | Nay |
| Brad Redekopp | Conservative | Nay |
| Brad Vis | Conservative | Nay |
| Cathay Wagantall | Conservative | Nay |
| Cheryl Gallant | Conservative | Nay |
| Chris Lewis | Conservative | Nay |
| Chris Warkentin | Conservative | Nay |
| Clifford Small | Conservative | Nay |
| Corey Tochor | Conservative | Nay |
| Dan Albas | Conservative | Nay |
| Dan Mazier | Conservative | Nay |
| Dan Muys | Conservative | Nay |
| Dane Lloyd | Conservative | Nay |
| Dave Epp | Conservative | Nay |
| Dean Allison | Conservative | Nay |
| Dominique Vien | Conservative | Nay |
| Doug Shipley | Conservative | Nay |
| Eric Duncan | Conservative | Nay |
| Eric Duncan | Conservative | Nay |
| Eric Melillo | Conservative | Nay |
| Frank Caputo | Conservative | Nay |
| Fraser Tolmie | Conservative | Nay |
| Garnett Genuis | Conservative | Nay |
| Glen Motz | Conservative | Nay |
| Greg McLean | Conservative | Nay |
| Gérard Deltell | Conservative | Nay |
| Jacques Gourde | Conservative | Not Voting |
| James Bezan | Conservative | Nay |
| Jamie Schmale | Conservative | Nay |
| Jasraj Hallan | Conservative | Nay |
| Jeremy Patzer | Conservative | Nay |
| John Barlow | Conservative | Nay |
| John Brassard | Conservative | Nay |
| John Nater | Conservative | Nay |
| John Williamson | Conservative | Nay |
| Joël Godin | Conservative | Nay |
| Kelly Block | Conservative | Nay |
| Kelly McCauley | Conservative | Nay |
| Kevin Waugh | Conservative | Nay |
| Kyle Seeback | Conservative | Nay |
| Laila Goodridge | Conservative | Nay |
| Larry Brock | Conservative | Nay |
| Leslyn Lewis | Conservative | Nay |
| Lianne Rood | Conservative | Nay |
| Luc Berthold | Conservative | Nay |
| Marc Dalton | Conservative | Nay |
| Mark Strahl | Conservative | Nay |
| Mel Arnold | Conservative | Nay |
| Melissa Lantsman | Conservative | Nay |
| Michael Barrett | Conservative | Nay |
| Michael Chong | Conservative | Nay |
| Michael Cooper | Conservative | Nay |
| Michael Kram | Conservative | Nay |
| Michelle Rempel Garner | Conservative | Nay |
| Mike Lake | Conservative | Nay |
| Pat Kelly | Conservative | Nay |
| Philip Lawrence | Conservative | Nay |
| Pierre Paul-Hus | Conservative | Nay |
| Pierre Poilievre | Conservative | Nay |
| Rachael Thomas | Conservative | Nay |
| Randy Hoback | Conservative | Nay |
| Raquel Dancho | Conservative | Nay |
| Richard Bragdon | Conservative | Nay |
| Richard Martel | Conservative | Nay |
| Rob Moore | Conservative | Nay |
| Rob Morrison | Conservative | Nay |
| Rosemarie Falk | Conservative | Nay |
| Scot Davidson | Conservative | Nay |
| Scott Aitchison | Conservative | Nay |
| Scott Reid | Conservative | Nay |
| Shannon Stubbs | Conservative | Nay |
| Stephanie Kusie | Conservative | Nay |
| Tako Van Popta | Conservative | Nay |
| Ted Falk | Conservative | Nay |
| Terry Dowdall | Conservative | Nay |
| Tim Uppal | Conservative | Nay |
| Todd Doherty | Conservative | Nay |
| Tom Kmiec | Conservative | Nay |
| Tony Baldinelli | Conservative | Nay |
| Warren Steinley | Conservative | Nay |
| Ziad Aboultaif | Conservative | Nay |
| Elizabeth May | Green Party | Yea |
| Elizabeth May | Green Party | Nay |
| Alexandre Boulerice | Independent | Yea |
| Adam van Koeverden | Liberal | Nay |
| Ahmed Hussen | Liberal | Nay |
| Alexandra Mendès | Liberal | Nay |
| Ali Ehsassi | Liberal | Nay |
| Angelo Iacono | Liberal | Nay |
| Anita Anand | Liberal | Nay |
| Anita Vandenbeld | Liberal | Nay |
| Anju Dhillon | Liberal | Nay |
| Annie Koutrakis | Liberal | Nay |
| Anthony Housefather | Liberal | Nay |
| Arielle Kayabaga | Liberal | Nay |
| Bardish Chagger | Liberal | Nay |
| Ben Carr | Liberal | Nay |
| Brendan Hanley | Liberal | Nay |
| Chris Bittle | Liberal | Nay |
| Chris d'Entremont | Liberal | Nay |
| Darren Fisher | Liberal | Nay |
| David McGuinty | Liberal | Nay |
| Dominic LeBlanc | Liberal | Nay |
| Emmanuella Lambropoulos | Liberal | Nay |
| Fayçal El-Khoury | Liberal | Nay |
| Francis Scarpaleggia | Liberal | Nay |
| Gary Anandasangaree | Liberal | Nay |
| Ginette Petitpas Taylor | Liberal | Nay |
| Greg Fergus | Liberal | Nay |
| Heath MacDonald | Liberal | Nay |
| Hedy Fry | Liberal | Nay |
| Helena Jaczek | Liberal | Nay |
| Iqra Khalid | Liberal | Nay |
| Iqwinder Gaheer | Liberal | Nay |
| Jaime Battiste | Liberal | Nay |
| James Maloney | Liberal | Nay |
| Jean Yip | Liberal | Nay |
| Jean-Yves Duclos | Liberal | Nay |
| Jenna Sudds | Liberal | Nay |
| Joanne Thompson | Liberal | Nay |
| Joël Lightbound | Liberal | Nay |
| Judy A. Sgro | Liberal | Nay |
| Julie Dabrusin | Liberal | Nay |
| Julie Dzerowicz | Liberal | Nay |
| Karina Gould | Liberal | Nay |
| Kevin Lamoureux | Liberal | Nay |
| Kody Blois | Liberal | Nay |
| Lena Metlege Diab | Liberal | Nay |
| Lisa Hepfner | Liberal | Nay |
| Lori Idlout | Liberal | Yea |
| Maninder Sidhu | Liberal | Nay |
| Marc Miller | Liberal | Nay |
| Marcus Powlowski | Liberal | Nay |
| Marie-France Lalonde | Liberal | Nay |
| Marilyn Gladu | Liberal | Nay |
| Mark Gerretsen | Liberal | Nay |
| Matt Jeneroux | Liberal | Nay |
| Michael Coteau | Liberal | Nay |
| Mike Kelloway | Liberal | Nay |
| Mona Fortier | Liberal | Nay |
| Mélanie Joly | Liberal | Nay |
| Nathaniel Erskine-Smith | Liberal | Nay |
| Parm Bains | Liberal | Nay |
| Patricia Lattanzio | Liberal | Nay |
| Patrick Weiler | Liberal | Nay |
| Patty Hajdu | Liberal | Nay |
| Peter Fonseca | Liberal | Nay |
| Peter Fragiskatos | Liberal | Nay |
| Peter Schiefke | Liberal | Nay |
| Rachel Bendayan | Liberal | Nay |
| Randeep Sarai | Liberal | Nay |
| Rechie Valdez | Liberal | Nay |
| Robert Morrissey | Liberal | Nay |
| Robert Oliphant | Liberal | Nay |
| Ron McKinnon | Liberal | Nay |
| Ruby Sahota | Liberal | Nay |
| Ryan Turnbull | Liberal | Nay |
| Salma Zahid | Liberal | Nay |
| Sameer Zuberi | Liberal | Nay |
| Sean Casey | Liberal | Nay |
| Sean Fraser | Liberal | Nay |
| Serge Cormier | Liberal | Nay |
| Shafqat Ali | Liberal | Nay |
| Shaun Chen | Liberal | Nay |
| Sherry Romanado | Liberal | Nay |
| Sonia Sidhu | Liberal | Nay |
| Sophie Chatel | Liberal | Nay |
| Steven Guilbeault | Liberal | Nay |
| Steven MacKinnon | Liberal | Nay |
| Stéphane Lauzon | Liberal | Nay |
| Sukh Dhaliwal | Liberal | Nay |
| Taleeb Noormohamed | Liberal | Nay |
| Terry Beech | Liberal | Nay |
| Terry Duguid | Liberal | Nay |
| Terry Sheehan | Liberal | Nay |
| Tim Louis | Liberal | Nay |
| Viviane Lapointe | Liberal | Nay |
| Wayne Long | Liberal | Nay |
| Yasir Naqvi | Liberal | Nay |
| Yvan Baker | Liberal | Nay |
| Élisabeth Brière | Liberal | Nay |
| Gord Johns | NDP | Yea |
| Heather McPherson | NDP | Yea |
| Jenny Kwan | NDP | Yea |
| Leah Gazan | NDP | Yea |
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- Who sponsors C-238?
- C-238 is sponsored by Claude DeBellefeuille (Bloc Québécois).
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