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Vote #82717 Jun 2024

Bill C-40 would change the rules for reviewing possible wrongful convictions.

Passed206 Yeas
118 Nays
2 Paired

What This Vote Is Really About

This vote is about a proposed law called Bill C-40. It wants to change the rules for people in jail who think they were wrongly convicted. Right now, it's hard for these people to get a new review of their case. Bill C-40 would make it easier to prove a possible mistake. It lets them present new evidence that wasn't available at their trial. If passed, more people might get a chance to prove they were wrongly sent to jail. This matters because everyone deserves a fair trial. If someone is in jail for a crime they didn't commit, that's a big problem. This vote decides if we should make it easier to fix those mistakes. Citizens should care because it affects how fair our justice system is.

Related Bill

C-40

Wrongful Conviction Review Law

This new law creates a special group to review potential wrongful convictions. It makes it easier and faster to look at these cases. The goal is to fix mistakes in the justice system.

Introduced Feb 16, 2023·Last discussed Dec 17, 2024
Independent
Hon. Arif Virani
New Law
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Speaker
Speaker's Left
Speaker's Right
Yea (121)
Nay (97)
Paired (1)
Did not vote (121)
Did Not Vote (121)
Liberal: 71Conservative: 46Bloc Québécois: 3NDP: 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)
Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc Québécois)
Patrick Bonin (Bloc Québécois)
Steven Bonk (Conservative)
Kathy Borrelli (Conservative)
Mark Carney (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)
Greg Fergus (Liberal)
Stephen Fuhr (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)
Natilien Joseph (Liberal)
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)
Michael Ma (Liberal)
Kent MacDonald (Liberal)
Jagsharan Singh Mahal (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 Zerucelli (Liberal)