Bill C-244

In committee (House)

Clean Coasts Act

Bill C-244 is being studied in committee.

Sponsor:Patrick Weiler
Liberal
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2025-09-22

Other Bills Numbered C-244

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

45-1

Clean Coasts Act

In committee (House)
44-1

An Act to amend the Copyright Act (diagnosis, maintenance and repair)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
43-2

An Act to amend the Canadian Navigable Waters Act (North Thames River, Middle Thames River and Thames River)

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)
43-1

An Act to amend the Canadian Navigable Waters Act (North Thames River, Middle Thames River and Thames River)

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

Leif Erikson Day 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)
41-2

Assistance to Students Visiting Military Memorial Sites Abroad 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

Assistance to Students Visiting Military Memorial Sites Abroad 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 (removal of waiting period)

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 (removal of waiting period)

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 (removal of waiting period)

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

ALS Month 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)
39-1

ALS Month 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)
38-1

An Act to amend the Interest Act (interest payable on repayment of a mortgage loan before maturity)

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

Remembrance Day National Flag Act

Second reading (House)
37-2

Remembrance Day National Flag 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)
37-1

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction of mechanics' tool expenses)

Dead

Division Votes (4)

Division #73
Agreed To
2026-02-25T15:25:00

2nd reading of Bill C-244, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 and the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act

202Yea
125Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
168Y / 0N
Conservative
4Y / 125N
Bloc Québécois
22Y / 0N
NDP
7Y / 0N
Green Party
1Y / 0N
Division #424
Agreed To
2023-10-18T16:00:00

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-244, An Act to amend the Copyright Act (diagnosis, maintenance and repair)

325Yea
0Nay
4Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
153Y / 0N
Conservative
114Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
30Y / 0N
NDP
23Y / 0N
Independent
3Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #342
Agreed To
2023-05-31T15:45:32

Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-244, An Act to amend the Copyright Act (diagnosis, maintenance and repair)

324Yea
0Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
150Y / 0N
Conservative
113Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
32Y / 0N
NDP
25Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
2Y / 0N
Division #187
Agreed To
2022-10-05T16:00:00

2nd reading of Bill C-244, An Act to amend the Copyright Act (diagnosis, maintenance and repair)

323Yea
0Nay
4Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
150Y / 0N
Conservative
113Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
32Y / 0N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
2Y / 0N

Parliamentary Debates (54)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-244.

2022-10-03
Copyright Act
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from April 8 consideration of the motion that Bill C-244, An Act to amend the Copyright Act (diagnosis, maintenance and repair), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

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Mr. Ted Falk2022-10-03
Copyright Act
0

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, it is an honour for me to rise in the House today to speak to this legislation, Bill C-244. This is a good day. It is not a super common day in the House that all parties come together and, for the most part, agree on the generality or principles of a bill, but I think this happens to be o…

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Mr. Sébastien Lemire2022-10-03
Copyright Act
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to be here today to speak to Bill C-244, which amends the Copyright Act “to allow the circumvention of a technological protection measure in a computer program if the circumvention is solely for the purpose of the diagnosis, maintenance or…

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Mr. Wilson Miao2022-10-03
Copyright Act
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today in support of my private member's bill, Bill C-244, an act to amend the Copyright Act, which would allow all Canadians the right to diagnosis, maintenance and repair, and I am very excited to see this bill come up for a vote very soon. The concerns o…

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Hon. Erin O'Toole2022-10-03
Copyright Act
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure for me to stand today and speak to Bill C-244, an act to amend the Copyright Act. This bill is pretty much the same bill that Parliament expressed a majority opinion in favour of in the last Parliament, with Bill C-272. Copyright law is somethin…

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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux2022-10-03
Copyright Act
0

Private Members' Business

…nment, whether it is our landfill sites or even our recycle depots. Could we be doing a better job? Bill C-244 provides that opportunity to ensure that we have a healthier environment, that our consumers are better protected and that we allow for creativity. The government is not trying to prevent creativity …

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Mr. Taylor Bachrach2022-10-03
Copyright Act
0

Private Members' Business

…morning on behalf of the people of Skeena—Bulkley Valley to speak to this important bill before us, Bill C-244, which deals with the right to repair. I thought I would direct my remarks perhaps more broadly at this idea of the right to repair. It is an idea that has a lot of resonance for people I speak to, b…

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Mr. Wilson Miao2022-04-08
Copyright Act
0

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, Bill C-244 addresses the right to repair for all Canadians. I know the member for Windsor West previously tabled a bill similar to this for the auto industry. I understand that it was at a point where voluntari…

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Mr. Brian Masse2022-04-08
Copyright Act
0

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to join the debate today on Bill C-244. I was able to leave committee and jump in here. My colleague from the Bloc who spoke prior to me made a very good analysis of the bill, as well as of the efforts of the legislature in Quebec to deal…

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Ms. Christine Normandin2022-04-08
Copyright Act
0

Private Members' Business

…not be able to invoke the Copyright Act to thwart the Quebec National Assembly's plans to implement Bill C-244. That is really good, because it is not very often that the two governments complement rather than contradict each other. I talked about planned obsolescence, which is psychological, as it relates to…

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