Bill C-70

Historical
Law (royal assent given)
Law

An Act respecting countering foreign interference

Bill C-70 has received Royal Assent and is now law. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.

Sponsor:Dominic LeBlanc
Liberal
Session: 44-1
Introduced: 2024-05-06

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Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 4 sessions:

44-1

An Act respecting countering foreign interference

Law (royal assent given)
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42-1

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Law (royal assent given)
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41-2

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Second reading (House)
38-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conditional sentence of imprisonment)

Second reading (House)

Division Votes (1)

Division #814
Agreed To
2024-06-13T15:30:00

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-70, An Act respecting countering foreign interference

319Yea
0Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
145Y / 0N
Conservative
114Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
32Y / 0N
NDP
23Y / 0N
Independent
3Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N

Parliamentary Debates (35)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-70.

The Speaker2024-06-13
Countering Foreign Interference Act
Procedural

Government Orders

…proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at the third reading stage of Bill C-70. Call in the members.

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Mr. Han Dong2024-06-13
Business of Supply
0

Government Orders

…point of order. I apologize for the interruption. I missed the earlier vote on the third reading of Bill C-70. I humbly ask for the unanimous consent of the House to allow my vote to be recorded as in favour.

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Mr. Alistair MacGregor2024-06-10
Business of Supply
0

Government Orders

… on Public Safety and National Security, of which I am a member, we were doing a thorough review of Bill C-70, which I will talk about later, which is designed to deal with foreign interference. One of our witnesses was David Vigneault, who is the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. I ask…

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Ms. Elizabeth May2024-06-10
Business of Supply
0

Government Orders

Madam Speaker, the hon. member for Cowichan—Malahat—Langford made reference to Bill C-70 on a foreign interference registry, which we fast-tracked and which I supported. I have since heard from many concerned groups, and I wonder if he has as well, that in our collaborative spirit, which…

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Mrs. Julie Vignola2024-06-10
Business of Supply
0

Government Orders

…last-minute, urgent action because the report was released. The government quickly cobbled together Bill C-70. Here again, there was no planning, no preparation and no long-term vision. In short, it is important to make sure that the people's elected representatives represent the people who elected them. The…

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Mr. Sukh Dhaliwal2024-06-10
Business of Supply
0

Government Orders

…ith Motion No. 112 receiving support from all members who had voted, our government also introduced Bill C-70, the countering foreign interference act, to further combat foreign interference. By giving our law enforcement and intelligence agencies enhanced tools and authorities, the countering foreign interf…

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Mr. Sukh Dhaliwal2024-06-10
Business of Supply
0

Government Orders

… have introduced Motion No. 112, which the Bloc Québécois supported, and our government put forward Bill C-70 to further protect Canadians and Canadian democratic institutions from foreign interference.

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Hon. Mona Fortier2024-06-10
Business of Supply
0

Government Orders

…ffairs recently introduced two important bills in the House in support of these commitments. First, Bill C-70, an act respecting countering foreign interference, proposes important measures, including an update to CSIS' mandate. I would like to highlight the addition of offences related to foreign interferen…

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Mr. René Villemure2024-06-10
Business of Supply
0

Government Orders

…, as well as numerous other reports. Communication was identified as a problem, along with siloing. Bill C-70 seeks to solve part of this problem, but we will study that tomorrow. For now, I feel we should allow a culture of intelligence sharing, but above all, we should develop a culture of protecting ourse…

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Mr. Alistair MacGregor2024-06-10
Business of Supply
0

Government Orders

…ng sessions. I appreciated sitting next to him and getting through the important work of looking at Bill C-70. When we look at the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party, we see that the Liberals seem to be hiding behind judicial process and the need for the RCMP investigation. We know there is a big gulf …

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