Bill C-233

Defeated

An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act

Bill C-233 was defeated and did not become law.

Sponsor:Jenny Kwan
NDP
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2025-09-19

Other Bills Numbered C-233

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 16 sessions:

45-1

An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act

Defeated
44-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against an intimate partner)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
43-2

Sex-selective Abortion Act

Defeated
43-1

Sex-selective Abortion Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
42-1

National Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-2

Poverty Elimination Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
41-1

Poverty Elimination Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-3

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (benefit period increase for regional rate of unemployment)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-2

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (benefit period increase for regional rate of unemployment)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-1

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (benefit period increase for regional rate of unemployment)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
39-2

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (public transportation costs)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
39-1

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (public transportation costs)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
38-1

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (community service group membership dues)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
37-3

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of child before birth)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
37-2

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of child before birth)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
37-1

An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (withdrawal of applications for full parole by offenders serving two or more years)

Dead

Division Votes (3)

Division #85
Negatived
2026-03-11T15:30:00

2nd reading of Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act

22Yea
295Nay
6Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
15Y / 140N
Conservative
0Y / 133N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 22N
NDP
6Y / 0N
Green Party
1Y / 0N
Division #115
Agreed To
2022-06-01T15:35:00

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against an intimate partner)

326Yea
0Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
155Y / 0N
Conservative
117Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
28Y / 0N
NDP
23Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 0N
Division #125
Negatived
2021-06-02T15:10:00

2nd reading of Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion)

82Yea
248Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 150N
Conservative
81Y / 38N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 22N
Independent
1Y / 4N
Green Party
0Y / 3N

Parliamentary Debates (82)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-233.

The Speaker2021-06-02
Sex-Selective Abortion Act
Procedural

Private Members' Business

…ow proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-233 under Private Members' Business.

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2021-06-02
Sex-Selective Abortion Act
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from May 28 consideration of the motion that Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

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Ms. Iqra Khalid2021-06-02
Women and Gender Equality
0

Oral Questions

… right to choose what happens to her own body. Today we will be voting on a Conservative MP's bill, Bill C-233, which is yet another attempt to police women's bodies. It is an attack on women's autonomy over their bodies by the Conservatives. Canadian women need to know. Will the Prime Minister stand against …

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Mr. John Williamson2021-06-01
Petitions
0

Routine Proceedings

…not be permitted. I hope the House of Commons will reflect this consensus when we vote Wednesday on Bill C-233.

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Mr. Arnold Viersen2021-05-31
Petitions
0

Routine Proceedings

… recognize that sex selection is a problem in Canada. The petitioners call for the quick passage of Bill C-233.

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Ms. Kristina Michaud2021-05-28
Sex-Selective Abortion Act
0

Private Members' Business

… want to reopen the abortion debate. It boggles the mind. Let us just say what this bill really is. Bill C-233 is an anti-abortion bill. My colleagues will say that opinion is divided within the Conservative Party, but each Conservative member chose to join a party with common values. When I went into politic…

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2021-05-28
Sex-Selective Abortion Act
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from April 14 consideration of the motion that Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

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Mrs. Kelly Block2021-05-28
Sex-Selective Abortion Act
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to speak to my hon. colleague's private member's bill, Bill C-233, the sex-selective abortion act. Canada is a nation that has long been firmly committed to and defended human rights, both at home and abroad. We have often been proactive in our efforts to protect t…

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Mrs. Cathay Wagantall2021-05-28
Sex-Selective Abortion Act
0

Private Members' Business

… continue to honour the wishes of Canadians by taking the next step forward and voting in favour of Bill C-233. To me the choice could not be clearer. On the one hand, we can allow divisive politics to continue to obscure this debate and permit the deliberate termination of baby girls to continue solely becau…

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Ms. Anita Vandenbeld2021-05-28
Sex-Selective Abortion Act
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I am here today to speak to private member's bill, Bill C-233, an act to amend the Criminal Code, sex-selective abortion, at second reading. I really wish I did not have to do this. I am, quite frankly, disappointed that I have to spend time in the year 2021 on…

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