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Bill C-245

Defeated

An Act to amend the Canadian Multiculturalism Act (non-application in Quebec)

Bill C-245 was defeated and did not become law.

Sponsor:Xavier Barsalou Duval
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2025-09-23

Other Bills Numbered C-245

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

45-1

An Act to amend the Canadian Multiculturalism Act (non-application in Quebec)

Defeated
44-1

An Act to amend the Canada Infrastructure Bank Act

Defeated
43-2

An Act respecting the development of a national strategy in relation to fresh water

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)
43-1

An Act respecting the development of a national strategy in relation to fresh water

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 concerning the development of a national poverty reduction strategy in Canada

Defeated
41-2

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (expenses incurred by caregivers)

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 Income Tax Act (expenses incurred by caregivers)

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 Canada Evidence Act (interpretation of numerical dates)

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 Canada Evidence Act (interpretation of numerical dates)

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 Canada Evidence Act (interpretation of numerical dates)

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 Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (trafficking in a controlled substance within five hundred metres of an elementary school or a high school)

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 Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (trafficking in a controlled substance within five hundred metres of an elementary school or a high school)

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 Divorce Act (shared parenting)

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 Divorce Act (shared parenting)

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 Divorce Act (shared parenting)

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 Criminal Code (search and seizure without warrant)

Dead

Division Votes (2)

Division #65
Negatived
2026-02-04T16:00:00

2nd reading of Bill C-245, An Act to amend the Canadian Multiculturalism Act (non-application in Quebec)

22Yea
307Nay
4Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 163N
Conservative
0Y / 137N
Bloc Québécois
22Y / 0N
NDP
0Y / 6N
Green Party
0Y / 1N
Division #168
Negatived
2022-06-22T15:30:00

2nd reading of Bill C-245, An Act to amend the Canada Infrastructure Bank Act

59Yea
260Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
3Y / 145N
Conservative
0Y / 114N
Bloc Québécois
30Y / 0N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
0Y / 1N

Parliamentary Debates (33)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-245.

2026-02-04
Canadian Multiculturalism Act
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from February 2 consideration of the motion that Bill C-245, An Act to amend the Canadian Multiculturalism Act (non-application in Quebec), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

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The Speaker2026-02-04
Canadian Multiculturalism Act
Procedural

Private Members' Business

…ow proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-245. The question is on the motion.

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Doug Eyolfson2026-02-02
Canadian Multiculturalism Act
0

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak to Bill C-245, an act to amend the Canadian Multiculturalism Act. It is a bill that seeks to exempt the province of Quebec from the application of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act. The debate is not merely legisl…

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Maxime Blanchette-Joncas2026-02-02
Canadian Multiculturalism Act
0

Private Members' Business

…tional vision, which sometimes directly contradicts Quebec's vision. The solution proposed today in Bill C-245 is simple: We need to stop applying this law in Quebec. Let us be very clear. Bill C-245 does not amend the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It does not take away any rights and it does not e…

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2026-02-02
Canadian Multiculturalism Act
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from October 27 consideration of the motion that Bill C-245, An Act to amend the Canadian Multiculturalism Act (non-application in Quebec), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

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Martin Champoux2026-02-02
Canadian Multiculturalism Act
0

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, Bill C-245, which was introduced by the Bloc Québécois, seeks to exclude Quebec from Canadian multiculturalism so that it can implement its own model for integrating immigrants. It is simple. The bill has just …

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Andréanne Larouche2026-02-02
Canadian Multiculturalism Act
0

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, it is somewhat unusual for me to be rising this morning to speak to Bill C-245, which was introduced by my colleague from Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères and which seeks to amend the Canadian Multiculturalism Act so that it does not apply in Quebec. This is something tha…

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Martin Champoux2026-02-02
Canadian Multiculturalism Act
0

Private Members' Business

… the member for Drummond be permitted to give the five-minute right of reply to close the debate on Bill C-245 on behalf of the member for Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères.

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Xavier Barsalou-Duval2025-10-27
Canadian Multiculturalism Act
0

Private Members' Business

moved that Bill C-245, An Act to amend the Canadian Multiculturalism Act (non-application in Quebec), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to start debate on Bill C‑245, which I tab…

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Martin Champoux2025-10-27
Canadian Multiculturalism Act
0

Private Members' Business

…bec must be exempted from the Canadian Multiculturalism Act. That is why I am very proud to support Bill C-245, which my colleague from Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères introduced in the House this morning.

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