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Bill C-218

Second reading (House)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)

Bill C-218 is at second reading in the House.

Sponsor:Tamara Jansen
Conservative
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2025-06-20

Other Bills Numbered C-218

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 16 sessions:

45-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)

Second reading (House)
44-1

An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (psychotherapy services)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
43-2

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sports betting)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
43-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sports betting)

Second reading (House)
42-1

An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (railway noise and vibration control)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
41-2

An Act to amend the Canada Health Act (Autism Spectrum Disorders)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
41-1

An Act to amend the Canada Health Act (Autism Spectrum Disorders)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-3

An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act (increase of allowance for surviving spouse and children)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-2

An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act (increase of allowance for surviving spouse and children)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-1

An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act (increase of allowance for surviving spouse and children)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
39-2

An Act for the recognition and promotion of agricultural supply management

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
39-1

An Act for the recognition and promotion of agricultural supply management

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
38-1

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deductibility of expense of tools provided as a requirement of employment)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
37-3

An Act to amend the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
37-2

An Act to amend the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
37-1

An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act

Dead

Division Votes (1)

Division #52
Agreed To
2021-02-17T15:05:00

2nd reading of Bill C-218, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sports betting)

303Yea
15Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
144Y / 1N
Conservative
99Y / 13N
Bloc Québécois
29Y / 0N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Independent
4Y / 1N
Green Party
3Y / 0N

Parliamentary Debates (33)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-218.

Cathay Wagantall2026-02-09
Petitions
0

Routine Proceedings

…m standing on behalf of individuals who are in support of MP Tamara Jansen's private member's bill, Bill C-218, an act to amend the Criminal Code with respect to medical assistance in dying. The Government of Canada intends to expand medical assistance in dying to individuals whose only medical condition is a…

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Dan Muys2026-02-02
Petitions
0

Routine Proceedings

…sent a petition on behalf of residents of Flamborough—Glanbrook—Brant North who write in support of Bill C-218, an excellent bill by my friend and colleague, the hon. member for Cloverdale—Langley City, which seeks to stop the expansion of medical assistance in dying to people with mental illness. We believe …

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Tamara Jansen2026-01-28
Petitions
0

Routine Proceedings

…ng instead of suicide prevention treatment. Therefore the petitioners call upon Parliament to adopt Bill C-218, ensuring that mental illness is not classified as a grievous and irremediable condition for the purposes of MAID.

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Andrew Lawton2025-12-05
Criminal Code
0

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, it is a great honour to rise and speak to Bill C-218. In less than a week, it will be 15 years since I almost lost my life to suicide. I overdosed. I was in the hospital for seven weeks. For much of it, I was on life support and had to be resuscitated …

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Kelly Block2025-12-05
Petitions
0

Routine Proceedings

… and should not be offered medical assistance in dying. As such, they call on this House to support Bill C-218.

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Tamara Jansen2025-12-05
Criminal Code
0

Private Members' Business

moved that Bill C-218, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, I want members to imagine someone's son. He is in his forties and l…

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Tamara Jansen2025-12-05
Criminal Code
0

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, it is very clear that Bill C-218 is only about MAID for people with mental health issues solely. I would like to say that no member of the House denies that some Canadians suffer profoundly from mental illness. Their pain is real, a…

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Tamara Jansen2025-12-05
Criminal Code
0

Private Members' Business

…nites people from many backgrounds, right across the country. That is the coalition standing behind Bill C-218.

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Juanita Nathan2025-12-05
Criminal Code
0

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to rise today to speak to Bill C-218, which proposes further amendments to Canada's federal legal framework for medical assistance in dying. Specifically, this bill aims to indefinitely exclude those patients whose only health condition…

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Claude DeBellefeuille2025-12-05
Criminal Code
0

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, you will not be surprised to learn that the Bloc Québécois will not be supporting Bill C-218. Although we do not support this bill, it is not because we are unconcerned with the issue of medical assistance in dying for people with mental disorders. It is because it is not up to a political p…

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