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Bill C-47

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Law (royal assent given)
Law

An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023

Bill C-47 has received Royal Assent and is now law. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.

Sponsor:Chrystia Freeland
Session: 44-1
Introduced: 2023-04-20

Other Bills Numbered C-47

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 11 sessions:

44-1

An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023

Law (royal assent given)
Law
42-1

An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-2

An Act to correct certain anomalies, inconsistencies and errors and to deal with other matters of a non-controversial and uncomplicated nature in the Statutes of Canada and to repeal certain provisions that have expired, lapsed or otherwise ceased to have effect

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-1

An Act to enact the Nunavut Planning and Project Assessment Act and the Northwest Territories Surface Rights Board Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-3

A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 4, 2010 and other measures

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-2

An Act regulating telecommunications facilities to support investigations

In committee (House)
39-2

An Act respecting family homes situated on First Nation reserves and matrimonial interests or rights in or to structures and lands situated on those reserves

In committee (House)
39-1

An Act respecting the protection of marks related to the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games and protection against certain misleading business associations and making a related amendment to the Trade-marks Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
38-1

An Act to amend the Air Canada Public Participation Act

In committee (House)
37-2

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2004

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-1

An Act respecting the taxation of spirits, wine and tobacco and the treatment of ships' stores

Law (royal assent given)
Law

Division Votes (15)

Division #366
Agreed To
2023-06-08T15:15:00

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023

177Yea
146Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
150Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 114N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 1N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #365
Agreed To
2023-06-07T17:40:00

Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023

178Yea
145Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
149Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 113N
Bloc Québécois
1Y / 30N
NDP
25Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #364
Negatived
2023-06-07T17:30:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 730)

113Yea
207Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 148N
Conservative
112Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #363
Negatived
2023-06-07T17:20:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 441)

112Yea
208Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 149N
Conservative
111Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #362
Negatived
2023-06-07T17:10:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 233)

114Yea
208Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 149N
Conservative
113Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #361
Negatived
2023-06-07T17:00:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 126)

112Yea
208Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 149N
Conservative
111Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #360
Negatived
2023-06-07T16:50:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 122)

115Yea
207Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 148N
Conservative
114Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #359
Negatived
2023-06-07T16:40:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 112)

114Yea
206Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 148N
Conservative
113Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 23N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #358
Negatived
2023-06-07T16:30:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 15)

114Yea
206Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 148N
Conservative
113Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 23N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #357
Negatived
2023-06-07T16:20:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 3)

115Yea
209Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 149N
Conservative
114Y / 1N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #356
Negatived
2023-06-07T16:10:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 1)

116Yea
208Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 149N
Conservative
115Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #350
Agreed To
2023-06-06T11:55:52

Time allocation for Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023

175Yea
145Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
148Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 111N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
25Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
1Y / 1N
Division #308
Agreed To
2023-05-02T10:30:00

2nd reading of Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023

177Yea
149Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
149Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 115N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 32N
NDP
25Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #307
Negatived
2023-05-02T10:15:00

2nd reading of Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (reasoned amendment)

116Yea
210Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 149N
Conservative
115Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 32N
NDP
0Y / 25N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #306
Agreed To
2023-05-01T13:10:23

Time allocation for Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023

174Yea
148Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
151Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 113N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
22Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N

Parliamentary Debates (168)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-47.

James Bezan2026-03-24
Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Per…
0

Private Members' Business

…0 years of parole ineligibility. I originally drafted this bill back in 2013, when it was tabled as Bill C-478 in the 41st Parliament. Later that year, in 2013, I was promoted to parliamentary secretary, so I was not allowed to carry forward the bill. It was dropped and was then picked up by one of our forme…

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Hon. Mona Fortier2025-11-19
Export and Import Permits Act
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Private Members' Business

… Canada joined the Arms Trade Treaty in 2019 and updated our laws to ensure full compliance through Bill C-47, a bill that many members, including the member for Vancouver East, should remember well. Canada's export control system aims to limit the illicit arms trade by preventing weapons from falling into t…

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

Private Members' Business

…great fanfare, promising to uphold the highest standards of transparency, accountability and peace. Bill C-47 passed to amend the Export and Import Permits Act, establishing a new framework for arms brokering and export controls. At the time, Canadians were told that our government was committed to ensuring …

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

Private Members' Business

… I would remind the member for Vancouver East of the debate while she was an MP in 2018, respecting Bill C-47 during the 42nd Parliament. Canada had a strong debate about that and put in standards that not only meet the Arms Trade Treaty requirements but exceed them. We apply exemptions more narrowly than an…

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Luc Thériault2025-11-17
Food and Drugs Act
0

Private Members' Business

…g. Obviously, the member has not read the natural health products regulations. The member said that Bill C-47 gives more powers, when all of that is already set out in the regulations, which are quite lengthy. I read them all so that I could introduce the amendments that I mentioned earlier. The member clear…

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Blaine Calkins2025-11-17
Food and Drugs Act
0

Private Members' Business

…had the member been listening to my speech, he would have heard me say that Health Canada, prior to Bill C-47, had the power to stop any sale of any natural health product that is regulated in this country. That product cannot be sold as a natural health product until it has a natural product number, which m…

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Connie Cody2025-11-17
Food and Drugs Act
0

Private Members' Business

…e decisions. Over-regulation does not make anyone safer; it just makes life harder. Without debate, Bill C-47 was introduced with no consideration for consumers. We need proportionate, evidence-based standards that keep products safe without burying businesses in red tape. It is about respecting personal res…

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Blaine Calkins2025-11-17
Food and Drugs Act
0

Private Members' Business

…ight recall that back in the last Parliament, in 2023, the Trudeau government of the day introduced Bill C-47, the budget implementation act, which redefined natural health products. Basically, they had a stand-alone regulatory body that had its own regulations and legislation. The government of the day chan…

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Hon. Kevin Lamoureux2025-11-17
Food and Drugs Act
0

Private Members' Business

…then our industry. Having more oversight is ultimately good for the industry, and when I reflect on Bill C-47, what I see is legislation that ensured that there would be more oversight of an industry that is really important to Canada. When we talk about how we can grow our economy, we often talk about the b…

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Michael Cooper2025-10-03
Petitions
0

Routine Proceedings

…Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition from petitioners who call upon the government to repeal Bill C-47 so that natural health products are no longer regulated in the same manner as therapeutic chemical drugs. The petitioners note that natural health products are already appropriately regulated and tha…

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