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Bill C-18

Second reading (Senate)

An Act to implement the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Canada and Indonesia

Bill C-18 has passed the House and is being considered in the Senate.

Sponsor:Maninder Sidhu
Liberal
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2025-12-11

Other Bills Numbered C-18

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

45-1

An Act to implement the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Canada and Indonesia

Second reading (Senate)
44-1

An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada

Law (royal assent given)
Law
43-2

An Act to implement the Agreement on Trade Continuity between Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Law (royal assent given)
Law
43-1

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021

Law (royal assent given)
Law
42-1

An Act to amend the Rouge National Urban Park Act, the Parks Canada Agency Act and the Canada National Parks Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-2

An Act to amend certain Acts relating to agriculture and agri-food

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-1

An Act to reorganize the Canadian Wheat Board and to make consequential and related amendments to certain Acts

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-3

An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act

Second reading (House)
40-2

An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act, to validate certain calculations and to amend other Acts

Law (royal assent given)
Law
39-2

An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (verification of residence)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
39-1

An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to DNA identification

Law (royal assent given)
Law
38-1

An Act to amend the Telefilm Canada Act and another Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-3

An Act respecting equalization and authorizing the Minister of Finance to make certain payments related to health

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-2

An Act respecting Canadian citizenship

In committee (House)
37-1

An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law

Division Votes (9)

Division #62
Agreed To
2026-02-02T15:15:00

2nd reading of Bill C-18, An Act to implement the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Canada and Indonesia

332Yea
1Nay
4Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
165Y / 0N
Conservative
139Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
22Y / 0N
NDP
6Y / 0N
Green Party
0Y / 1N
Division #406
Agreed To
2023-06-21T23:00:00

Motion respecting Senate amendments to Bill C-18, An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada

208Yea
113Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
150Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 112N
Bloc Québécois
31Y / 0N
NDP
23Y / 0N
Independent
2Y / 1N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #405
Negatived
2023-06-21T22:55:01

Motion respecting Senate amendments to Bill C-18, An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada (reasoned amendment)

114Yea
210Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 152N
Conservative
113Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 23N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #390
Agreed To
2023-06-20T11:57:07

Time allocation for Bill C-18, An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada

170Yea
144Nay
4Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
146Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 111N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 29N
NDP
23Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #244
Agreed To
2022-12-14T15:10:00

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-18, An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada

213Yea
114Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
152Y / 0N
Conservative
1Y / 114N
Bloc Québécois
32Y / 0N
NDP
25Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 0N
Division #112
Agreed To
2022-05-31T16:15:00

2nd reading of Bill C-18, An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada

207Yea
116Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
151Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 115N
Bloc Québécois
30Y / 0N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
0Y / 1N
Division #111
Negatived
2022-05-31T16:00:00

Bill C-18, An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada (amendment)

117Yea
206Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 150N
Conservative
116Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 30N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Independent
1Y / 0N
Division #69
Agreed To
2021-03-10T15:50:00

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-18, An Act to implement the Agreement on Trade Continuity between Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

305Yea
25Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
150Y / 0N
Conservative
119Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
32Y / 0N
NDP
0Y / 22N
Independent
4Y / 0N
Green Party
0Y / 3N
Division #43
Agreed To
2021-02-01T15:00:00

2nd reading of Bill C-18, An Act to implement the Agreement on Trade Continuity between Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

300Yea
26Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
148Y / 0N
Conservative
118Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
31Y / 0N
NDP
0Y / 23N
Green Party
0Y / 3N
Independent
3Y / 0N

Parliamentary Debates (237)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-18.

Marilyn Gladu2025-10-23
Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Bord…
0

Government Orders

…of behaviour with the government. With Bill C-11, it tried to shut down people's freedom of speech. Bill C-18 tried to mess with the freedom of the press. The freedom of religion issue is constantly coming up, with the Liberals trying to remove charitable status from churches and the Canada summer jobs progr…

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Andrew Lawton2025-10-08
Canadian Heritage
0

Adjournment Proceedings

…1, which forced the government to mandate YouTube algorithms and streaming. I was not talking about Bill C-18, which the government used to ultimately pull local news and all journalism off the Facebook and Instagram platforms in Canada. I was talking specifically about online harms, a term that the governme…

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Madeleine Chenette2025-10-08
Canadian Heritage
0

Adjournment Proceedings

…by users of social media services. It is the same concern with freedom of expression that motivates Bill C-18's requirement that tech giants that act as gatekeepers of online news must negotiate fairly with the new businesses that inform Canadians. News outlets play a vital role in maintaining a healthy demo…

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Dane Lloyd2025-09-26
An Act Respecting Cyber Security
0

Government Orders

…fy”. Considering the Liberal government's habit of limiting free speech in bills like Bill C-11 and Bill C-18 in the last Parliament, and the illegal use of the Emergencies Act, I believe that many of these concerns are valid and should be addressed. Conservatives need to be able to study the bill, so we can…

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Rachael Thomas2025-09-24
Committees of the House
0

Routine Proceedings

…idation tactics, along with excessive censorship from the Liberal government. Through Bill C-11 and Bill C-18, the government has chosen to censor what Canadians can see, say and share online. Bill C-11 makes Ottawa bureaucrats and the government the gatekeepers of the Internet rather than allowing Canadians…

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Marilyn Gladu2025-06-17
Business of Supply
0

Government Orders

…gh buying the media by donating huge sums of money to mainstream media, but also with bills such as Bill C-18, which really compromised the ability of Canadians to share news links now on things like Meta and hurt a lot of local smaller media because of it. Freedom of religion has got to be a concern for eve…

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Rachael Thomas2025-06-13
Freedom of Expression
0

Statements by Members

… fear and eventually oppression. In the last Parliament, the Liberals pushed Canada down that path. Bill C-18 banned news from social media. Bill C-11 manipulated what Canadians can see and say online, and Bill C-63, a bloated censorship regime, threatened to put in place an Internet czar and sweeping new po…

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Rachael Thomas2025-06-12
Canadian Heritage
0

Oral Questions

…the last Parliament, the Liberals forced through one piece of censorship legislation after another: Bill C-18, which stops the spread of news on social media outlets; Bill C-11, which controls what Canadians can see and say online; and then Bill C-63, which is bloated censorship legislation that brought in a…

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Andrew Lawton2025-06-12
Canadian Heritage
0

Oral Questions

…ans see and say online, from Bill C-11, which put the Liberals in control of YouTube algorithms, to Bill C-18, which squeezed out small and independent media, and their thought crime bill, Bill C-63. Now we have learned through the National Post that the cabinet ministers over there are all clamouring over w…

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Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner2025-06-05
Strong Borders Act
0

Government Orders

…used the Emergencies Act, froze Canadians' bank accounts, introduced censorship bills Bill C-11 and Bill C-18, and introduced Bill C-63, wants to insert itself. Can members imagine if the Liberals were to retable Bill C-63, with all of their suspicion of hate crime stuff? That bill would couple with this bil…

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