Bill C-33

Law (royal assent given)
Law

Appropriation Act No. 3, 2026-27

Bill C-33 has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Sponsor:Shafqat Ali
Liberal
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2026-06-08

Other Bills Numbered C-33

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

45-1

Appropriation Act No. 3, 2026-27

Law (royal assent given)
Law
44-1

Strengthening the Port System and Railway Safety in Canada Act

Report stage (House)
43-2

Appropriation Act No. 2, 2021-22

Law (royal assent given)
Law
42-1

An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Second reading (House)
41-2

First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act

In committee (House)
41-1

Protecting Air Service Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-3

Safer Railways Act

Report stage (House)
40-2

An Act to amend the War Veterans Allowance Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
39-2

An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Law (royal assent given)
Law
39-1

Income Tax Amendments Act, 2006

Second reading (Senate)
38-1

Budget Implementation Act, 2004, No. 2

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-3

An Act to amend the Fisheries Act

Second reading (House)
37-2

International Transfer of Offenders Act

Report stage (House)
37-1

Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law

Division Votes (7)

Division #140
Agreed To
2026-06-08T23:20:16

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-33, An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027

191Yea
134Nay
12Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
167Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 134N
Bloc Québécois
17Y / 0N
NDP
5Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 0N
Green Party
1Y / 0N
Division #411
Agreed To
2023-09-26T15:25:00

2nd reading of Bill C-33, An Act to amend the Customs Act, the Railway Safety Act, the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992, the Marine Transportation Security Act, the Canada Transportation Act and the Canada Marine Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act

212Yea
114Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
153Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 114N
Bloc Québécois
31Y / 0N
NDP
23Y / 0N
Independent
3Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #410
Negatived
2023-09-26T15:15:00

2nd reading of Bill C-33, An Act to amend the Customs Act, the Railway Safety Act, the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992, the Marine Transportation Security Act, the Canada Transportation Act and the Canada Marine Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act (reasoned amendment)

116Yea
209Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
1Y / 151N
Conservative
114Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 23N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #367
Agreed To
2023-06-12T13:00:00

Time allocation for Bill C-33, An Act to amend the Customs Act, the Railway Safety Act, the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992, the Marine Transportation Security Act, the Canada Transportation Act and the Canada Marine Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act

174Yea
147Nay
4Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
149Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 113N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 30N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #154
Agreed To
2021-06-17T23:55:37

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-33, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022

208Yea
118Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
148Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 117N
Bloc Québécois
32Y / 0N
NDP
23Y / 0N
Independent
4Y / 1N
Green Party
1Y / 0N

Crossed party lines (1)

Derek Sloan (Independent · voted Nay)
Division #153
Agreed To
2021-06-17T22:50:21

Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-33, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022

209Yea
118Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
149Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 117N
Bloc Québécois
32Y / 0N
NDP
23Y / 0N
Independent
4Y / 1N
Green Party
1Y / 0N

Crossed party lines (1)

Derek Sloan (Independent · voted Nay)
Division #152
Agreed To
2021-06-17T22:45:49

2nd reading of Bill C-33, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022

209Yea
118Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
150Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 117N
Bloc Québécois
31Y / 0N
NDP
23Y / 0N
Independent
4Y / 1N
Green Party
1Y / 0N

Crossed party lines (1)

Derek Sloan (Independent · voted Nay)

Parliamentary Debates (110)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-33: the latest 20.

The Speaker2026-06-17
Procedural

Royal Assent

… sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027; and Bill C-33, An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027.

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Elizabeth May2026-05-08
Petitions

Routine Proceedings

… petitioners have asked me to present a petition around the export of thermal coal. We note that if Bill C-33 had not died on the Order Paper on January 6 last year, that bill would have banned the export of thermal coal as the government had previously committed to do. Petitioners point out to the governmen…

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Elizabeth May2025-10-24
Petitions

Routine Proceedings

…he export of thermal coal in the 2021 election. There were measures that were about to be passed in Bill C-33, which died on the Order Paper. The concerned citizens who have signed this petition are calling on the government to immediately put thermal coal on the priority substances list of the Canadian Envi…

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Elizabeth May2025-09-22
Business of Supply

Government Orders

…tes, takes it to the port of Vancouver and ships it to China. We did have a bill before this place, Bill C-33, which was at the point of third reading when it died on the Order Paper January 6, and it would have lived up to the Liberal election promise of 2021 to ban the export of thermal coal from the port …

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Elizabeth May2025-09-15
Citizenship Act

Government Orders

…into those 25 bills, many of them so close, such as Bill C-61 on first nations water sovereignty or Bill C-33 on rail safety and ports. Let us celebrate this: The deceased Bill C-71 is back as Bill C-3. Let us hope we can have collaboration now. The Liberals here in the House today celebrate the collaboratio…

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Elizabeth May2025-06-05
Business of Supply

Government Orders

Mr. Chair, will the hon. Minister of Transport commit to bringing back Bill C-33 on rail safety and ports that was at report stage when it died on the Order Paper?

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Elizabeth May2025-06-03
Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply

Speech from the Throne

…about an issue that was almost solved with a bill that died on the Order Paper on January 6. It was Bill C-33, and it dealt with an issue. There is another member of the House who happens to be here, the hon. member for Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, and we worked hard to amend Bill C-33 to have it …

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Ms. Elizabeth May2024-12-06
Transport

Oral Questions

…dwindling to when we can actually pass legislation, my constituents are particularly concerned with Bill C-33. It is on rail safety and management of marine issues around our ports. It was first introduced two ministers of transportation ago, more than two years ago, when the minister was the member for Miss…

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Mr. Xavier Barsalou-Duval2024-11-22
Privilege

Orders of the Day

…oward other types of energy. I found that very interesting. Not so long ago, when we were examining Bill C-33 in committee, I moved an amendment to the bill. This amendment sought to ban the export of thermal coal in order to help fight climate change. However, the member's Conservative colleagues voted agai…

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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux2024-11-18
Privilege

Orders of the Day

…ill C-66, which would transfer issues related to sexual abuse from military courts to civil courts; Bill C-33, strengthening the port system and railway safety in Canada act, which deals with our supply lines; and Bill C-63, the proposed online harms act to protect children on the Internet. This is not to me…

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Ms. Elizabeth May2024-11-08
Privilege

Orders of the Day

…d on the Speaker's ruling that there is a matter of privilege here, all other critical issues, like Bill C-33, are making no progress at all to the finish line, even though they have cleared almost every step in processing. Bills, like Bill C-33, which is on rail safety and marine matters, are waiting for re…

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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux2024-11-07
Committees of the House

Routine Proceedings

…d take sexual abuse issues out of military courts and put them into the civil courts. Also, we have Bill C-33, on the rail and marine safety issue, which is talking about economic supply lines. If we want to talk about improving the economy, this is one of the things that we should be discussing. My colleagu…

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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux2024-10-31
Committees of the House

Routine Proceedings

…he civil courts. My understanding is that every political party supports that legislation. There is Bill C-33 regarding rail and marine safety and supply lines, which is very important to Canada's economy. There is Bill C-63, the online harms bill. Last night, members talked about the importance of protectin…

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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux2024-09-25
Committees of the House

Routine Proceedings

… concurrence report. They say that they are concerned about the economy. Members can take a look at Bill C-33, which we were supposed to be debating last week, to enhance our trading opportunities. What did the Conservative members do? They did not want to debate that either, so they brought in another concu…

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Mr. Chandra Arya2024-09-20
Committees of the House

Routine Proceedings

Mr. Speaker, I was looking forward to debating Bill C-33, which in part would amend the Railway Safety Act. I wanted to bring forward the tragic accident that happened in my riding of Nepean a few years ago, where six people were killed when a city transpo…

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Mr. Richard Cannings2024-09-20
Strengthening the Port System and Railway Safety i…

Government Orders

Madam Speaker, I am happy to rise here today to speak to Bill C-33 at report stage. It has gone through committee and is going toward third reading. This is an act that would amend a number of other acts, and I will not list them all, but it is essentially a bill th…

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Mr. Vance Badawey2024-09-20
Strengthening the Port System and Railway Safety i…

Government Orders

…oods, it is the Niagara ports trade corridor along the St. Lawrence Seaway. How does the member see Bill C-33 contributing to the overall Canadian economy with respect to the supply chains that are identified, the capacity needed within those supply chains, and with that, the creation of fluidity, primarily …

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Ms. Elizabeth May2024-09-20
Strengthening the Port System and Railway Safety i…

Government Orders

Madam Speaker, it is a great honour for me to rise this morning to speak to Bill C-33. I would like to begin by thanking my dear colleague, the member for Richmond—Arthabaska, for supporting my amendments this morning. I am very pleased to finally be standing at report stage of the bi…

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Ms. Elizabeth May2024-09-20
Strengthening the Port System and Railway Safety i…

Government Orders

…nd passenger rail improvement in this country. We hope to work together on that. However, I support Bill C-33. I would ask the member to consider that the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is massively inefficient, that the anchorages that it sends to sit for free parking in the waters of the Salish Sea, in my…

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Mr. Philip Lawrence2024-09-20
Strengthening the Port System and Railway Safety i…

Government Orders

moved: Motion No. 123 That Bill C-33 be amended by deleting Clause 121. Motion No. 124 That Bill C-33 be amended by deleting Clause 122. Motion No. 125 That Bill C-33 be amended by deleting Clause 123. Motion No. 126 That Bill C-33 be a…

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