Vote #40521 Jun 2023

This vote is about changes the Senate wants to make to Bill C-18, a proposed law about how online platforms share news in Canada.

Defeated114 Yeas

210 Nays

2 Paired

What This Vote Is Really About

This vote is about Bill C-18, which deals with news online. The government wants big tech companies like Google and Facebook to pay news organizations for using their content. The Senate, which is like another group of lawmakers, made some changes to Bill C-18. Now, the House of Commons has to decide if they agree with those changes. This vote is a special kind of vote where some Members of Parliament want to change the bill even more. They don't think the bill is good enough as it is. If Bill C-18 passes, you might see news shared differently online. News companies could get more money, which they say will help them produce better news. But some people worry that it could also change what news you see and how you see it on social media. This is why people should care about this vote. It affects how we get our news in the digital age.

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

Hon. Pablo Rodriguez

New Law

How Canada Voted

How the House Voted

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Speaker

Speaker's Left

Speaker's Right

Yea (91)

Nay (121)

Paired (2)

Did not vote (126)

Did Not Vote (126)

Liberal: 72Conservative: 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)

Marianne Dandurand (Liberal)

John-Paul Danko (Liberal)

Fred Davies (Conservative)

Don Davies (NDP)

Mike Dawson (Conservative)

Kelly DeRidder (Conservative)

Alexis Deschênes (Bloc Québécois)

Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (Liberal)

Caroline Desrochers (Liberal)

Kerry Diotte (Conservative)

Philip Earle (Liberal)

Doug Eyolfson (Liberal)

Jessica Fancy (Liberal)

Bruce Fanjoy (Liberal)

Stephen Fuhr (Liberal)

Anna Gainey (Liberal)

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)

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)

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 Williamson (Conservative)

John Zerucelli (Liberal)