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Bill C-233

Defeated

An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act

Bill C-233 was defeated and did not become law.

Sponsor:Jenny Kwan
NDP
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2025-09-19

Other Bills Numbered C-233

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

45-1

An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act

Defeated
44-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against an intimate partner)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
43-2

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion)

Defeated
43-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion)

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)
42-1

An Act respecting a national strategy for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-2

An Act to eliminate poverty in Canada

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 eliminate poverty in Canada

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 Employment Insurance Act (benefit period increase for regional rate of unemployment)

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 Employment Insurance Act (benefit period increase for regional rate of unemployment)

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 Employment Insurance Act (benefit period increase for regional rate of unemployment)

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 to amend the Income Tax Act (public transportation costs)

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 to amend the Income Tax Act (public transportation costs)

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 (community service group membership dues)

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 Criminal Code (protection of child before birth)

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 Criminal Code (protection of child before birth)

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 Corrections and Conditional Release Act (withdrawal of applications for full parole by offenders serving two or more years)

Dead

Division Votes (3)

Division #85
Negatived
2026-03-11T15:30:00

2nd reading of Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act

22Yea
295Nay
6Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
15Y / 140N
Conservative
0Y / 133N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 22N
NDP
6Y / 0N
Green Party
1Y / 0N
Division #115
Agreed To
2022-06-01T15:35:00

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against an intimate partner)

326Yea
0Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
155Y / 0N
Conservative
117Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
28Y / 0N
NDP
23Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 0N
Division #125
Negatived
2021-06-02T15:10:00

2nd reading of Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion)

82Yea
248Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 150N
Conservative
81Y / 38N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 22N
Independent
1Y / 4N
Green Party
0Y / 3N

Parliamentary Debates (46)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-233.

Jenny Kwan2026-02-09
Petitions
0

Routine Proceedings

Mr. Speaker, I rise to table a petition in support of Bill C-233, which would close the arms loophole. It is signed by residents of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and gathered by Palestinian Solidarity Thunder Bay. The group says that they requested to meet with the member…

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Jenny Kwan2026-02-02
International Trade
0

Oral Questions

…retti. Will the Prime Minister live by his words “to stop pretending, to name reality,” and support Bill C-233, the no more loopholes act, so that Canada is not complicit in these horrific acts against humanity?

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Andréanne Larouche2025-12-01
Criminal Code
0

Private Members' Business

…. First there was Bill C-247, Bill C-202, then Bill C-332, which is more recent. In 2023, we passed Bill C-233, which was drafted by the Liberals and was on electronic monitoring and continuing education for judges. A widely publicized increase in femicides has added more political pressure to take action and…

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Hon. Robert Oliphant2025-11-19
Export and Import Permits Act
0

Private Members' Business

…ut also the safety of Canadians and of our allies around the world. Accountability does matter, but Bill C-233 as it is drafted, while perhaps well-intentioned, would risk undermining Canada's security, international security, our defence industry and our international partnerships at a critical moment. Indee…

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Hon. Mona Fortier2025-11-19
Export and Import Permits Act
0

Private Members' Business

…n principle. Canada must maintain strong export controls to prevent the misuse of weapons. However, Bill C-233 rests upon a false premise. Canada has one of the world's strongest export control regimes in the world and has updated it over the years accordingly. That is why Canada joined the Arms Trade Treaty …

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Jenny Kwan2025-11-19
Export and Import Permits Act
0

Private Members' Business

…using Canadian-made arms. That is wrong and has to stop. I urge all members of the House to support Bill C-233.

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Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay2025-11-19
Export and Import Permits Act
0

Private Members' Business

…ic support for military intervention in coalition countries. However, if I understand the spirit of Bill C-233 correctly, striking locations like schools and hospitals would immediately force Canada to halt its exports to coalition countries. The Bloc Québécois thinks it would be better to leave this up to th…

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James Bezan2025-11-19
Export and Import Permits Act
0

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate that I will not have more time to discuss Bill C-233, the amendments being proposed by the NDP to the Export and Import Permits Act. The intent is laudable in wanting to make sure that Canadian-made weapons and components are not being used in weapons …

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Jenny Kwan2025-11-19
Export and Import Permits Act
0

Private Members' Business

moved that Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act, be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague, the member for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, for secon…

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Patricia Lattanzio2025-10-20
Criminal Code
0

Private Members' Business

…e, time and time again, that they want to repeal this critical piece of legislation. A former bill, Bill C-233, was introduced in 2023 by my friend and colleague, the member for Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle. It brought in critical tools, such as the electronic monitoring of IPV offenders, ensuring that courts could…

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