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.

Ms. Niki Ashton2021-05-28
Sex-Selective Abortion Act
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak against Bill C-233, which is nothing more than a backdoor attempt to criminalize abortion and attack our reproductive rights. I want to acknowledge the critical work of so many advocates of Abortion Rights Coalition, w…

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Ms. Christine Normandin2021-05-28
Sex-Selective Abortion Act
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I would really like to say that I am pleased to rise in the House today to speak to Bill C-233, which was introduced by the member for Yorkton—Melville, but that would be a lie. Unlike what some would have us believe, Bill C-233 does not seek to restore the balance between the situation of you…

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Mrs. Cathay Wagantall2021-05-07
Petitions
0

Routine Proceedings

…ouse of Commons to pass a Criminal Code prohibition of sex-selective abortion. It is in response to Bill C-233. This is legal in Canada. It is antithetical to our commitment to human rights and equality between men and women. Many polls show that the vast majority of Canadians want to see this in our laws, an…

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Mrs. Cathay Wagantall2021-04-23
Petitions
0

Routine Proceedings

Madam Speaker, my second petition is in regard to Bill C-233, the sex-selective abortion act, calling on the Parliament of Canada to pass an amendment to the Criminal Code prohibiting sex-selective abortion, on the basis that the majority of Canadians believe …

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Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen2021-04-14
Sex-Selective Abortion Act
0

Private Members' Business

…anada Health Act or the charter. To my utter dismay, here we are again. This private member's bill, Bill C-233, is nothing short of a direct attack on women. Despite all the rhetoric claiming to be in defence of women's equality and despite the Conservative leader's assurances that his party will not reopen t…

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Ms. Andréanne Larouche2021-04-14
Sex-Selective Abortion Act
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that I rise today to speak to Bill C-233. The Bloc Québécois is obviously against the bill, which is essentially an anti-choice bill. The Bloc Québécois unequivocally defends the right of women to control their own bodies, their right to fr…

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Ms. Pam Damoff2021-04-14
Sex-Selective Abortion Act
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to speak today to Bill C-233. Let me start by saying that our government condemns all forms of gender-based violence. We have taken strong legislative action and made investments to protect women and girls since we took office, …

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Ms. Helena Jaczek2021-04-14
Justice
0

Oral Questions

… away their right to choose. Women's advocacy groups disagree with the extreme measures proposed in Bill C-233. This is not the time to debate women's rights; it is the time to uplift and support their economic recovery. Will the Prime Minister recommit to this House that he will always stand up for a woman's…

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Mrs. Cathay Wagantall2021-04-14
Sex-Selective Abortion Act
0

Private Members' Business

moved that Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Madam Speaker, one of my responsibilities I have greatly enjoyed and look forward to …

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Mrs. Karen Vecchio2021-04-14
Sex-Selective Abortion Act
0

Private Members' Business

…pped and torn apart and we are losing the opportunity to have a real discussion and properly debate Bill C-233, the bill introduced by my colleague and friend from Yorkton—Melville. This is a topic that people are very vocal on, with people being labelled as either absolutely right or completely wrong. Everyo…

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