Bill C-28

Second reading (House)

Canadian Space Launch Act

Bill C-28 is at second reading in the House.

Sponsor:Steven MacKinnon
Liberal
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2026-04-21

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

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Division Votes (0)

No recorded division votes found for this bill.

Parliamentary Debates (364)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-28.

Frank Caputo2026-03-10
Corrections and Conditional Release Act
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Private Members' Business

…his private member's bill. It was because the law was different. The Liberals changed the law. With Bill C-28, in the 42nd Parliament, they changed the threshold for correctional custody for all decision-making to what is called the least restrictive measure. That means a person must be incarcerated under th…

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Garnett Genuis2026-02-06
Standing Orders and Procedure
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Orders of the Day

…st to prevent them from passing. In the last Parliament, we had the international human rights act, Bill C-281, brought forward by my colleague from what was then Northumberland—Peterborough South. That bill was indefinitely delayed, probably because the government did not want it to pass, even though its me…

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Garnett Genuis2026-02-06
Standing Orders and Procedure
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Orders of the Day

…ntil they die at the time of the next election. I was very frustrated by how the government handled Bill C-281, the international human rights bill. This was a bill that the government did not like very much but supported for political reasons. It was a good bill and had unanimous consent in the House, but t…

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Garnett Genuis2025-12-08
Petitions
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Routine Proceedings

…cide and to designate September 25 as Hazara genocide memorial day. They also expressed support for Bill C-287. This was a bill in a previous Parliament. It is not a bill in the current Parliament, as far as I know.

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Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe2025-11-26
Sergei Magnitsky International Anti-Corruption and…
0

Private Members' Business

…ith, and he is going through some difficult times these days. Bill C-219 is similar in some ways to Bill C-281, which died on the Order Paper in the Senate after receiving unanimous support in the House of Commons at third reading, including support from the Bloc Québécois. As I was saying, Bill C-219 incorp…

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Scot Davidson2025-10-22
Holland Marsh
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Statements by Members

…unity. It is an honour to represent the Holland Marsh growers in Parliament and to have helped make Bill C-280 law. Here is to the Holland Marsh's proud past and to the farmers who will carry its legacy forward.

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James Bezan2025-09-16
Sergei Magnitsky International Anti-Corruption and…
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Routine Proceedings

…e for seconding the bill. In the last Parliament, he introduced the international human rights act, Bill C-281. Despite the long title just read, the bill has a short title, the Sergei Magnitsky international anti-corruption and human rights act. Sergei Magnitsky, to remind everybody in the House, was a Russ…

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Brad Vis2025-06-16
Petitions
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Routine Proceedings

Mr. Speaker, the second petition is on behalf of Seabird Island First Nation. On June 23, 2022, Bill C-28 received royal assent, which allowed for extreme intoxication to be used as a defence for violent crimes such as sexual assault, where a reasonable person would not have foreseen the risk of a violen…

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Mrs. Marilène Gill2024-12-13
International Trade
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Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, again yesterday, senators conspired to delay a crucial vote on Bill C-282, which would protect supply management. They have been working against our farmers for 18 months by putting off passing this one-clause bill. Rather than respecting the will of elected members of al…

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Mrs. Marilène Gill2024-12-13
International Trade
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Oral Questions

…e sitting again next week. Will all the leaders, starting with the Prime Minister, ask them to pass Bill C-282 before the holidays?

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