Bill C-13

In committee (Senate)

An Act to implement the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

Bill C-13 has passed the House and is being considered in the Senate.

Sponsor:Maninder Sidhu
Liberal
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2025-10-21

Other Bills Numbered C-13

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 15 sessions:

45-1

An Act to implement the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

In committee (Senate)
44-1

An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts

Law (royal assent given)
Law
43-2

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (single event sport betting)

Second reading (House)
43-1

An Act respecting certain measures in response to COVID-19

Law (royal assent given)
Law
42-1

An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act, the Hazardous Products Act, the Radiation Emitting Devices Act, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the Pest Control Products Act and the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and to make related amendments to another Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-2

An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Canada Evidence Act, the Competition Act and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-1

An Act to implement certain provisions of the 2011 budget as updated on June 6, 2011 and other measures

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-3

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-2

An Act to amend the Canada Grain Act, chapter 22 of the Statutes of Canada, 1998 and chapter 25 of the Statutes of Canada, 2004

Second reading (House)
39-2

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal procedure, language of the accused, sentencing and other amendments)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
39-1

An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on May 2, 2006

Law (royal assent given)
Law
38-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the DNA Identification Act and the National Defence Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-3

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (capital markets fraud and evidence-gathering)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-2

An Act respecting assisted human reproduction and related research

In committee (Senate)
37-1

An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law

Division Votes (9)

Division #323
Agreed To
2023-05-15T15:25:00

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts

301Yea
1Nay
14Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
141Y / 1N
Conservative
104Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
28Y / 0N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
2Y / 0N
Division #320
Agreed To
2023-05-11T15:45:00

Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts

311Yea
1Nay
4Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
144Y / 1N
Conservative
109Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
28Y / 0N
NDP
25Y / 0N
Independent
3Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #319
Agreed To
2023-05-11T15:35:00

Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts (report stage amendment)

319Yea
0Nay
4Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
149Y / 0N
Conservative
109Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
31Y / 0N
NDP
25Y / 0N
Independent
3Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #318
Agreed To
2023-05-11T15:25:00

Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts (report stage amendment)

318Yea
0Nay
4Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
147Y / 0N
Conservative
110Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
31Y / 0N
NDP
25Y / 0N
Independent
3Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #317
Agreed To
2023-05-11T15:15:00

Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts (report stage amendment)

316Yea
0Nay
4Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
148Y / 0N
Conservative
109Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
29Y / 0N
NDP
25Y / 0N
Independent
3Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #108
Agreed To
2022-05-30T15:30:00

2nd reading of Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts

289Yea
29Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
151Y / 0N
Conservative
111Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 29N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 0N
Division #107
Negatived
2022-05-30T15:20:00

2nd reading of Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts (amendment)

29Yea
289Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 151N
Conservative
0Y / 111N
Bloc Québécois
29Y / 0N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Independent
0Y / 1N
Division #106
Negatived
2022-05-30T15:10:00

2nd reading of Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts (subamendment)

29Yea
288Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 151N
Conservative
0Y / 110N
Bloc Québécois
29Y / 0N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Independent
0Y / 1N
Division #102
Agreed To
2022-05-20T11:00:56

Time allocation for Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts

168Yea
131Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
146Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 102N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 27N
NDP
22Y / 0N
Green Party
0Y / 1N
Independent
0Y / 1N

Parliamentary Debates (230)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-13.

David McKenzie2025-10-28
An Act to Implement the Protocol on the Accession …
0

Government Orders

…thing all trading partners understand. Unfortunately, in waving through and taking this approach to Bill C-13, approving the U.K. accession without any reciprocal concessions or rebalancing of the trade relationship with the U.K., we would be setting a terrible precedent.

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Hon. Kevin Lamoureux2025-10-28
An Act to Implement the Protocol on the Accession …
0

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, with respect to Bill C-13, the agreement we are talking about today, we can ask the question, what is the number one export from Canada to the U.K.? We see that it is gold. The two provinces that would get the greatest benefi…

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Hon. Steven Guilbeault2025-10-28
An Act to Implement the Protocol on the Accession …
Procedural

Government Orders

moved that Bill C-13, An Act to implement the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, be read th…

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Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay2025-10-28
An Act to Implement the Protocol on the Accession …
0

Government Orders

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to speak to Bill C-13 as the Bloc Québécois critic for international trade. As members know, the bill enables the U.K.'s accession to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Let me end the suspense and say that we are voting in fa…

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Hon. Steven MacKinnon2025-10-23
Business of the House
0

Oral Questions

…pe is to deal with third reading of this bill on Wednesday of next week. Next Tuesday, we will call Bill C-13, an act to implement the protocol on the accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, which was …

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Hon. Maninder Sidhu2025-10-21
An Act to Implement the Protocol on the Accession …
Procedural

Routine Proceedings

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-13, An Act to implement the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. (Motions d…

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Mr. Scott Reid2024-09-24
Business of Supply
0

Government Orders

…on March 24, 2020. It is on my website: Indeed, if we are to take our signs from the first draft of Bill C-13, which is to be introduced today..., it would appear that the Government's primary interest is in using the COVID-19 crisis to strip away any Parliamentary oversight whatever, between now and Decembe…

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Mrs. Salma Zahid2024-05-21
Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1
0

Government Orders

Madam Speaker, I want to highlight that in Bill C-13 there are major investments for the French language. Within the 2024 budget, we are here to support Quebec by investing $3.4 billion to support young researchers in Canada and in Quebec, $1.28 billio…

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Mr. Randall Garrison2024-04-09
Stopping Internet Sexual Exploitation Act
0

Private Members' Business

…were a number of things, to be honest, that New Democrats objected to, but when the bill, which was Bill C-13 at the time, was brought forward, our spokesperson Françoise Boivin offered to the government to split the bill, take out the section on online exploitation without consent and pass it through all st…

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Mr. Mark Gerretsen2024-03-22
Privilege
0

Routine Proceedings

…iament of Canada. To demonstrate this, the House passed amendments to the Official Languages Act in Bill C-13. Bill C-13 would implement a series of proposals that promote the progression toward the equality of status and the use of English and French. Several provisions of the enactment are therefore concre…

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