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Vote #2658 Mar 2023

Bill C-295 is a proposed law to change the rules about neglecting adults who need help.

Passed321 Yeas
0 Nays
2 Paired

What This Vote Is Really About

This vote is about a proposed law called Bill C-295. It wants to change the rules about how we protect adults who can't take care of themselves. These are people who might be sick, elderly, or have disabilities. Right now, the law says you can be charged with a crime if you don't provide the basic necessities of life to a child or someone you're legally responsible for. This proposed law would add "vulnerable adults" to that list. So, if you're supposed to be caring for a vulnerable adult and you don't give them food, shelter, or medical care, you could face criminal charges. This matters because it could give vulnerable adults more protection under the law. If this proposed law passes, people who neglect vulnerable adults could be held accountable. Citizens should care because it affects how we treat and protect the most vulnerable members of our society.

Related Bill

C-295

Protecting Vulnerable Adults Act

This proposed law is about protecting adults who can't care for themselves. It would make it a crime to neglect these adults if you're supposed to be taking care of them. This could include not giving them food, medicine, or a safe place to live.

Introduced Jun 20, 2022·Last discussed Dec 7, 2023
Liberal
Hon. Hedy Fry
Liberal
Chance of
Passing
15%
Very unlikely
How Canada Voted
How the House Voted

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Speaker
Speaker's Left
Speaker's Right
Yea (210)
Paired (1)
Did not vote (129)
Did Not Vote (129)
Liberal: 75Conservative: 51Bloc Québécois: 2NDP: 1
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)
Chris d'Entremont (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)
Jean-Yves Duclos (Liberal)
Philip Earle (Liberal)
Doug Eyolfson (Liberal)
Jessica Fancy (Liberal)
Bruce Fanjoy (Liberal)
Stephen Fuhr (Liberal)
Anna Gainey (Liberal)
Vince Gasparro (Liberal)
Leah Gazan (NDP)
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)
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)
David McGuinty (Liberal)
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)
Michelle Rempel Garner (Conservative)
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)
Amandeep Sodhi (Liberal)
Evan Solomon (Liberal)
Eric St-Pierre (Liberal)
William Stevenson (Conservative)
Matt Strauss (Conservative)
Kristina Tesser Derksen (Liberal)
Louis Villeneuve (Liberal)
Tim Watchorn (Liberal)
John Zerucelli (Liberal)