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Vote #11231 May 2022

Bill C-18 is a proposed law about how online companies share news in Canada.

Passed207 Yeas
116 Nays

What This Vote Is Really About

This vote is about a proposed law called Bill C-18. It deals with how news is shared online in Canada. Right now, big online companies like Google and Facebook share news articles. Bill C-18 would make these companies pay news organizations for using their content. The idea is to help Canadian news companies make money, since many people now read news online instead of buying newspapers or watching TV news. If this law passes, news companies might be able to hire more journalists and create more local news. This matters because it could change how you see news online. It might also help support Canadian journalism. Some people worry that it could also lead to less news being shared on social media.

Related Bill

C-18

Tech Giants to Pay for News

This proposed law makes tech companies pay news organizations. It's for when companies like Google and Facebook share news. The goal is to support Canadian journalism. It has now passed.

Introduced Apr 5, 2022·Last discussed Jun 22, 2023
Independent
Hon. Pablo Rodriguez
New Law
How Canada Voted
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Speaker
Speaker's Left
Speaker's Right
Yea (119)
Nay (90)
Did not vote (131)
Did Not Vote (131)
Liberal: 76Conservative: 53Bloc Québécois: 2
Sima Acan (Liberal)
Fares Al Soud (Liberal)
Rebecca Alty (Liberal)
Scott Anderson (Conservative)
Carol Anstey (Conservative)
Chak Au (Conservative)
Roman Baber (Conservative)
Burton Bailey (Conservative)
Karim Bardeesy (Liberal)
Buckley Belanger (Liberal)
Jim Bélanger (Conservative)
David Bexte (Conservative)
Patrick Bonin (Bloc Québécois)
Steven Bonk (Conservative)
Kathy Borrelli (Conservative)
Mark Carney (Liberal)
Ben Carr (Liberal)
Wade Chang (Liberal)
Rebecca Chartrand (Liberal)
Madeleine Chenette (Liberal)
Maggie Chi (Liberal)
Leslie Church (Liberal)
Braedon Clark (Liberal)
Sandra Cobena (Conservative)
Connie Cody (Conservative)
Paul Connors (Liberal)
Marianne Dandurand (Liberal)
John-Paul Danko (Liberal)
Fred Davies (Conservative)
Mike Dawson (Conservative)
Kelly DeRidder (Conservative)
Alexis Deschênes (Bloc Québécois)
Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (Liberal)
Caroline Desrochers (Liberal)
Kerry Diotte (Conservative)
Julie Dzerowicz (Liberal)
Philip Earle (Liberal)
Doug Eyolfson (Liberal)
Jessica Fancy (Liberal)
Bruce Fanjoy (Liberal)
Darren Fisher (Liberal)
Stephen Fuhr (Liberal)
Anna Gainey (Liberal)
Cheryl Gallant (Conservative)
Vince Gasparro (Liberal)
Dalwinder Gill (Conservative)
Amarjeet Gill (Conservative)
Harb Gill (Conservative)
Sukhman Gill (Conservative)
Amanpreet Gill (Conservative)
Wade Grant (Liberal)
Will Greaves (Liberal)
Jason Groleau (Conservative)
Claude Guay (Liberal)
Michael Guglielmin (Conservative)
Steven Guilbeault (Liberal)
Mandy Gull-Masty (Liberal)
Aaron Gunn (Conservative)
Gabriel Hardy (Conservative)
Emma Harrison (Liberal)
Alana Hirtle (Liberal)
Vincent Ho (Conservative)
Tim Hodgson (Liberal)
Corey Hogan (Liberal)
Kurt Holman (Conservative)
Grant Jackson (Conservative)
Tamara Jansen (Conservative)
Jamil Jivani (Conservative)
Natilien Joseph (Liberal)
Arpan Khanna (Conservative)
Jeff Kibble (Conservative)
Rhonda Kirkland (Conservative)
Ernie Klassen (Liberal)
Helena Konanz (Conservative)
Tamara Kronis (Conservative)
Ned Kuruc (Conservative)
Linda Lapointe (Liberal)
Ginette Lavack (Liberal)
Steeve Lavoie (Liberal)
Andrew Lawton (Conservative)
Eric Lefebvre (Conservative)
Carlos Leitão (Liberal)
Branden Leslie (Conservative)
Michael Ma (Liberal)
Kent MacDonald (Liberal)
Jagsharan Singh Mahal (Conservative)
Shuvaloy Majumdar (Conservative)
Chris Malette (Liberal)
Gaétan Malette (Conservative)
Jacob Mantle (Conservative)
Jennifer McKelvie (Liberal)
David McKenzie (Conservative)
Jill McKnight (Liberal)
Stephanie McLean (Liberal)
Marie-Gabrielle Ménard (Liberal)
Costas Menegakis (Conservative)
Marjorie Michel (Liberal)
Shannon Miedema (Liberal)
Giovanna Mingarelli (Liberal)
Billy Morin (Conservative)
David Myles (Liberal)
Juanita Nathan (Liberal)
Chi Nguyen (Liberal)
Bienvenu-Olivier Ntumba (Liberal)
Dominique O'Rourke (Liberal)
Eleanor Olszewski (Liberal)
Tom Osborne (Liberal)
Nathalie Provost (Liberal)
Jacques Ramsay (Liberal)
Aslam Rana (Liberal)
Colin Reynolds (Conservative)
Gregor Robertson (Liberal)
Pauline Rochefort (Liberal)
Ellis Ross (Conservative)
Jonathan Rowe (Conservative)
Zoe Royer (Liberal)
Gurbux Saini (Liberal)
Abdelhaq Sari (Liberal)
Jake Sawatzky (Liberal)
Kyle Seeback (Conservative)
Amandeep Sodhi (Liberal)
Evan Solomon (Liberal)
Charles Sousa (Liberal)
Eric St-Pierre (Liberal)
William Stevenson (Conservative)
Matt Strauss (Conservative)
Kristina Tesser Derksen (Liberal)
Fraser Tolmie (Conservative)
Louis Villeneuve (Liberal)
Tim Watchorn (Liberal)
John Zerucelli (Liberal)