Bill C-23

Law (royal assent given)
Law

Appropriation Act No. 4, 2025-26

Bill C-23 has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Sponsor:Shafqat Ali
Liberal
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2026-03-24

Other Bills Numbered C-23

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 14 sessions:

45-1

Appropriation Act No. 4, 2025-26

Law (royal assent given)
Law
44-1

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Second reading (House)
43-2

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Second reading (House)
42-1

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Law (royal assent given)
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41-2

Fair Elections Act

Law (royal assent given)
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41-1

Canada–Jordan Economic Growth and Prosperity Act

Law (royal assent given)
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40-3

Eliminating Pardons for Serious Crimes Act

In committee (House)
40-2

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

Second reading (House)
39-2

An Act to amend the Canada Marine Act, the Canada Transportation Act, the Pilotage Act and other Acts in consequence

Law (royal assent given)
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39-1

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

Second reading (Senate)
38-1

Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-3

First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act

Third reading (House)
37-2

Sex Offender Information Registration Act

Second reading (Senate)
37-1

An Act to amend the Competition Act and the Competition Tribunal Act

Law (royal assent given)
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Division Votes (0)

No recorded division votes found for this bill.

Parliamentary Debates (924)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-23.

James Bezan2025-11-19
Export and Import Permits Act
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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
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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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Jenny Kwan2025-11-19
Export and Import Permits Act
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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 seco…

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

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Hon. Mona Fortier2025-11-19
Export and Import Permits Act
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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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Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay2025-11-19
Export and Import Permits Act
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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 t…

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Jonathan Rowe2025-11-05
Fisheries Act
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Private Members' Business

moved that Bill C-237, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (Atlantic groundfish fisheries), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, the collapse of our cod fishery was over 30 years ago. Stocks ar…

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Philip Earle2025-11-05
Fisheries Act
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Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak to private member’s bill, Bill C-237, an act that would amend the Fisheries Act. As a Labradorian, I know how important the fishery is to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada and Quebec, not just for the livelihoods…

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Clifford Small2025-11-05
Fisheries Act
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Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, I am proud to stand here today and second Bill C-237 for my colleague from Terra Nova—The Peninsulas. This piece of legislation has been long-awaited. The people of Newfoundland and Labrador have been crying out for better access to the recreational f…

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Alexis Deschênes2025-11-05
Fisheries Act
0

Private Members' Business

…ge decisions in court. As long as section 2.5 remains in its current form, the addition proposed by Bill C-237 would have a fairly limited impact. We could still debate it, though. The monitoring system is something that will have to be studied. Obviously, when it comes to fish stocks, we want to make sure t…

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