Bill C-47

Historical
Law (royal assent given)
Law

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1

Bill C-47 has received Royal Assent and is now law. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.

Sponsor:Chrystia Freeland
Session: 44-1
Introduced: 2023-04-20

Other Bills Numbered C-47

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 11 sessions:

44-1

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1

Law (royal assent given)
Law
42-1

An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-2

Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2014

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-1

Northern Jobs and Growth Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-3

Sustaining Canada's Economic Recovery Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-2

Technical Assistance for Law Enforcement in the 21st Century Act

In committee (House)
39-2

Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act

In committee (House)
39-1

Olympic and Paralympic Marks Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
38-1

An Act to amend the Air Canada Public Participation Act

In committee (House)
37-2

Appropriation Act No. 2, 2003-2004

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-1

Excise Act, 2001

Law (royal assent given)
Law

Division Votes (15)

Division #366
Agreed To
2023-06-08T15:15:00

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023

177Yea
146Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
150Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 114N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 1N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #365
Agreed To
2023-06-07T17:40:00

Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023

178Yea
145Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
149Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 113N
Bloc Québécois
1Y / 30N
NDP
25Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #364
Negatived
2023-06-07T17:30:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 730)

113Yea
207Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 148N
Conservative
112Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #363
Negatived
2023-06-07T17:20:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 441)

112Yea
208Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 149N
Conservative
111Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #362
Negatived
2023-06-07T17:10:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 233)

114Yea
208Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 149N
Conservative
113Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #361
Negatived
2023-06-07T17:00:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 126)

112Yea
208Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 149N
Conservative
111Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #360
Negatived
2023-06-07T16:50:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 122)

115Yea
207Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 148N
Conservative
114Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #359
Negatived
2023-06-07T16:40:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 112)

114Yea
206Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 148N
Conservative
113Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 23N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #358
Negatived
2023-06-07T16:30:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 15)

114Yea
206Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 148N
Conservative
113Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 23N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #357
Negatived
2023-06-07T16:20:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 3)

115Yea
209Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 149N
Conservative
114Y / 1N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #356
Negatived
2023-06-07T16:10:00

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (report stage amendment) (Motion 1)

116Yea
208Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 149N
Conservative
115Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #350
Agreed To
2023-06-06T11:55:52

Time allocation for Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023

175Yea
145Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
148Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 111N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
25Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
1Y / 1N
Division #308
Agreed To
2023-05-02T10:30:00

2nd reading of Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023

177Yea
149Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
149Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 115N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 32N
NDP
25Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #307
Negatived
2023-05-02T10:15:00

2nd reading of Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (reasoned amendment)

116Yea
210Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 149N
Conservative
115Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 32N
NDP
0Y / 25N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Division #306
Agreed To
2023-05-01T13:10:23

Time allocation for Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023

174Yea
148Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
151Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 113N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
22Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N

Parliamentary Debates (178)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-47.

Connie Cody2025-11-17
Food and Drugs Act
0

Private Members' Business

…e decisions. Over-regulation does not make anyone safer; it just makes life harder. Without debate, Bill C-47 was introduced with no consideration for consumers. We need proportionate, evidence-based standards that keep products safe without burying businesses in red tape. It is about respecting personal res…

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Luc Thériault2025-11-17
Food and Drugs Act
0

Private Members' Business

…g. Obviously, the member has not read the natural health products regulations. The member said that Bill C-47 gives more powers, when all of that is already set out in the regulations, which are quite lengthy. I read them all so that I could introduce the amendments that I mentioned earlier. The member clear…

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Blaine Calkins2025-11-17
Food and Drugs Act
0

Private Members' Business

…had the member been listening to my speech, he would have heard me say that Health Canada, prior to Bill C-47, had the power to stop any sale of any natural health product that is regulated in this country. That product cannot be sold as a natural health product until it has a natural product number, which m…

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Hon. Kevin Lamoureux2025-11-17
Food and Drugs Act
0

Private Members' Business

…then our industry. Having more oversight is ultimately good for the industry, and when I reflect on Bill C-47, what I see is legislation that ensured that there would be more oversight of an industry that is really important to Canada. When we talk about how we can grow our economy, we often talk about the b…

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Michael Cooper2025-10-03
Petitions
0

Routine Proceedings

…Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition from petitioners who call upon the government to repeal Bill C-47 so that natural health products are no longer regulated in the same manner as therapeutic chemical drugs. The petitioners note that natural health products are already appropriately regulated and tha…

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Blaine Calkins2025-09-18
Food and Drugs Act
0

Routine Proceedings

…t I rise today to table my private member's bill to reverse the changes that the government made in Bill C-47 with regard to the definition of natural health products. In the last Parliament, the bill was known as Bill C-368. Eighty per cent of Canadians use natural health products, and virtually everybody i…

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Alex Ruff2025-09-15
Questions on the Order Paper
0

Routine Proceedings

…implement changes regarding the regulation of Natural Health Products through regulation enabled by Bill C-47 (Budget Implementation Act, 2023, 44th Parliament) through sections 500-504: (a) how many individual pieces of correspondence has the Minister of Health received in support of these regulations to da…

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Mr. Blaine Calkins2024-12-12
Privilege
0

Orders of the Day

…hat if we pursue the current agenda of the Liberal government, with the support of the NDP, through Bill C-47 and the self-care framework that the regulatory framework entails, we will actually destroy the gold standard, the gold star, the institution that the rest of the world should be modelling itself aft…

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Mrs. Cheryl Gallant2024-12-11
Petitions
0

Routine Proceedings

…alth's very own riding of Ajax. They call on the House to immediately repeal sections 500 to 504 of Bill C-47, which was passed last year. These amendments made to the Food and Drugs Act are new regulatory constraints on natural health products that millions of Canadians rely upon and has since affected thei…

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Mr. Adam van Koeverden2024-11-04
The Environment
0

Adjournment Proceedings

…tect Canadians and the environment. Last summer, the Minister of Transport announced the passage of Bill C-47, which took budget funds and allocated them to specific oceans protection measures and we created better compensation for communities that would feel the impact in the event of a hazardous substance …

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