Bill C-65

Historical
In committee (House)

Electoral Participation Act

Bill C-65 is being studied in committee. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.

Sponsor:Dominic LeBlanc
Liberal
Session: 44-1
Introduced: 2024-03-20

Other Bills Numbered C-65

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 5 sessions:

44-1

Electoral Participation Act

In committee (House)
42-1

An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (harassment and violence), the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-2

Support for Canadians with Print Disabilities Act

Second reading (House)
41-1

Respect for Communities Act

Second reading (House)
38-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (street racing) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act

In committee (House)

Division Votes (3)

Division #849
Agreed To
2024-06-19T15:50:00

2nd reading of Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act

170Yea
148Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
144Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 116N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
23Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 1N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #848
Negatived
2024-06-19T15:40:00

2nd reading of Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (reasoned amendment)

119Yea
204Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 146N
Conservative
118Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 23N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #829
Agreed To
2024-06-17T17:30:00

Time allocation for Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act

173Yea
146Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
150Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 116N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 26N
NDP
23Y / 0N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Independent
0Y / 2N

Parliamentary Debates (78)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-65.

Mr. Brad Vis2024-06-18
Electoral Participation Act
0

Government Orders

Madam Speaker, a key problem with Bill C-65 is that clauses 40 and 41 would amend sections 269 and 279 of the Elections Canada Act to allow voters to write in the name of a political party rather than a candidate. Does the member opposite agre…

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Mr. Vance Badawey2024-06-18
Electoral Participation Act
0

Government Orders

…the Leader of the Opposition, that fans the flames of hate and misinformation. We are here now with Bill C-65 speaking about misinformation, and that is a perfect example of it.

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Mr. Peter Julian2024-06-18
Electoral Participation Act
0

Government Orders

…lection campaigns. With all of those provisions, things that the NDP pushed for and that we have in Bill C-65, why would Conservatives oppose the legislation? I believe that Conservatives are taking their lead from what we are seeing happening with the deplorable Republican Party south of the border. What Re…

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Mr. Peter Julian2024-06-18
Electoral Participation Act
0

Government Orders

…ed to make sure that this does not happen in Canada. That is why we pressed for these provisions in Bill C-65, to ensure that we increase protections against election interference and that we stop the ability of foreign financing of third party campaigns or of the parties or candidates themselves. We all nee…

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Mr. Bob Zimmer2024-06-17
Electoral Participation Act
0

Government Orders

…. It states, “Canada soon to be governed by the pension coalition in Ottawa.” It says this new law, Bill C-65, proposes to move the election date, meaning 80 MPs would get vested in their pension. Let us just call the government we have in Ottawa what it would be after this new law, Bill C-65, passes: the pe…

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Mr. Len Webber2024-06-17
Electoral Participation Act
0

Government Orders

Madam Speaker, today I rise to speak to this bill, Bill C-65, the electoral participation act. However, I like to refer to it as the electoral ousted Liberal pension act. Some of my colleagues refer to it as the NDP-Liberal election pension protection act. As …

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Mr. Francesco Sorbara2024-06-17
Electoral Participation Act
0

Government Orders

…better and be better, I wish to send my thanks as well. I am proud to rise this evening to speak to Bill C-65, the electoral participation act. The government introduced Bill C-65 to increase participation and confidence in Canada's electoral process. This bill implements lessons learned from recent election…

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Mr. Damien Kurek2024-06-17
Electoral Participation Act
0

Government Orders

Madam Speaker, Bill C-65 is filled with nothing but rank hypocrisy. First, the Liberals talk about giving voters access to voting, yet it was the Prime Minister and the minister who sat around the cabinet table and chose to …

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2024-06-17
Electoral Participation Act
Procedural

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion that Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act, be read the second time and referred to a committee, and of the amendment.

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Mr. Eric Duncan2024-06-17
Electoral Participation Act
0

Government Orders

…ember for Winnipeg North gave his speech and his comments on the government's proposed legislation, Bill C-65. One thing he forgot to mention was probably the most well-known part of the bill he has just spoken about for several minutes, which is the Liberals' attempt to change the election date; we have aff…

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