
233 stances tracked · 7 shifts
Voting Nay means opposing reductions in mandatory penalties and preferring to retain stricter, legislated minimum punishments intended to deter and punish certain offences.
Voting Yea means supporting reforms to reduce mandatory minimums and increase judicial discretion in sentencing, aiming to make punishments more proportionate and flexible.
Voting Nay means opposing the specific textual amendments to the Criminal Code, whether due to concerns about scope, legal effects, or policy direction.
Voting Yea means supporting the set of statutory changes to modernize and recalibrate offences and sentencing provisions in the Criminal Code.
Voting Nay means opposing broader use of conditional sentences and preferring custodial sentences for the offences affected.
Voting Yea means supporting expanded use of alternative, community-based sentences and reducing reliance on incarceration for certain offences.
Voting Nay means opposing diversion/decriminalization measures and supporting continued criminal enforcement for possession as a deterrent or public safety tool.
Voting Yea means supporting moves away from criminalization for simple possession toward diversion and non-punitive responses focused on health and social supports.
Voting Nay means opposing formal adoption of harm-reduction principles in drug policy, preferring enforcement-focused approaches.
Voting Yea means endorsing a harm-reduction, public-health approach to substance use and supporting policies that reduce criminalization and stigma.
Support applying lawful interception powers to investigate foreign interference offences
Support strengthening sabotage laws to protect essential infrastructure from harmful acts
Oppose these public safety and policing appropriations
Oppose allocating these funds to the Administrative Tribunals Support Service, signaling objection to this tribunal funding
Voting Nay means opposing the additional funding for court administrative program expenditures, potentially slowing efforts to reduce backlogs or maintain services.
Support creation of new independent civilian oversight body for police and border officers
Support updating evidentiary rules to allow Commission proceedings to access necessary evidence
Voting Yea means supporting mandatory beneficial ownership disclosure and public availability of key ownership information to strengthen detection and prevention of criminal misuse of corporations (e.g., money laundering, illicit finance), and enable co-operation with provincial registries.
Voting Yea means supporting stronger criminal and administrative penalties and enforcement authority to ensure compliance with beneficial ownership rules and deter concealment of ownership tied to criminal activity.
Oppose the proposed policing and public safety funding in this appropriation Act.
Oppose providing these appropriations to the Administrative Tribunals Support Service.
Voting Yea means supporting a targeted change to the Criminal Code that creates a legal pathway for certain activities that might otherwise be treated as terrorist‑financing offences, with ministerial oversight and safeguards.
Oppose expanding public officer status to federal security employees
Oppose mandatory transfer/disposal pending court referral
Oppose broadening interception powers to include these offences
Oppose raising maximum sentences for weapons offences
Oppose new offences targeting computer data related to firearms
Oppose expanding ability to obtain emergency firearm prohibition orders
Oppose deeming additional firearms as prohibited devices
Oppose limiting licence eligibility based on protection orders/domestic violence convictions
Oppose creating a specific offence for magazine modification
Oppose the chosen commencement timing or coordination
Supports simultaneous bilingual publication of precedential federal decisions
Voting Yea means supporting a legal change to require judges to consider electronic monitoring as a release condition in intimate-partner violence cases, prioritizing victim safety in bail decisions and expanding explicit factors for pre-trial release.
Voting Yea means supporting mandatory judicial continuing education on intimate-partner violence, coercive control, sexual assault law, and related social context to improve judicial responses and fairness in such cases.
Oppose expanding criminal sanctions; prefer administrative penalties or alternative enforcement approaches
Oppose these climate adaptation appropriations in the estimates.
Oppose these appropriations for climate-related programs
Oppose this AECL appropriation, rejecting the proposed nuclear-related expenditures
Oppose NRCan appropriations for energy infrastructure in this Act
Oppose these Parks Canada appropriations
Oppose these appropriations for Fisheries and Oceans programs
Oppose these Transport Canada appropriations
Voting Nay means opposing the additional appropriations and authorities for agriculture operations and AgriStability administration, which could constrain program delivery.
Oppose formally expanding the Act’s scope to include offshore renewable energy management
Oppose changing methods for hydrocarbon demonstration and imposing a 25-year SDL cap
Oppose granting the executive power to regulate access and impose tolls on offshore infrastructure
Oppose granting GIC broad prohibitory regulatory power over offshore activity locations
Oppose replacing CEAA 2012 references or changing assessment role allocations
Oppose imposing new regulatory/financial liabilities on owners/operators for abandoned facilities
Oppose extending current S&P enforcement regimes to renewable energy activities
Voting Nay means opposing the statute-based framework for coordinating the net-zero transition and the related reporting/consultation structures, preferring either different mechanisms or fewer statutory obligations.
Voting Nay opposes the statutory approach to managing energy-sector transition impacts or prefers alternative (non-statutory) approaches.
Voting Nay opposes statutory emphasis on sustainable development / job-quality as central aims of climate/economic policy, or objects to legislative intervention in those policy areas.
Voting Nay means opposing the statutory obligation for ministerial oversight of Canadian companies' compliance with the Agreement's principles and guidelines (potentially citing regulatory burden or enforcement concerns).
Voting Yea means supporting expanded repair rights and independent maintenance by permitting circumvention of digital locks strictly for diagnosis, maintenance and repair, which proponents argue will reduce waste, extend product life, and strengthen secondary repair markets.
Oppose these NRCan funding allocations in this appropriation Act.
Oppose preamble commitments tying substitution and pollution prevention to biodiversity policy
Oppose enshrining a right to a healthy environment in CEPA
Oppose adding historic Food and Drugs Act substances to the DSL
Oppose imposing explicit government protection duties in CEPA
Oppose formal recognition/promotional language on Indigenous knowledge and alternative testing in CEPA preamble
Supports strengthening enforcement tools for the Commissioner
Voting Yea means supporting the federal designation of the specified Windsor parcels as a national urban park, endorsing expanded protected-area status, formal conservation of urban habitats, and placing those lands under the Canada National Parks Act's protection and management provisions.
Voting Nay means opposing the imposition of a federal-led assessment strategy (potentially on grounds of cost, scope, or preferring provincial/local jurisdiction) and resisting mandated data collection or policy changes driven by the strategy.
Voting Nay means opposing federal intervention in siting/management of waste sites (potentially arguing provincial jurisdiction or fiscal implications) or opposing policy measures like mandatory compensation or regulatory change.
Voting Yea means supporting expanding exemptions from the federal carbon price for specified farm equipment and fuels — lowering operating costs for farmers and recognizing on-farm heating/cooling and certain engines as exempt "eligible farming machinery", and adding marketable natural gas and propane to qualifying farming fuels.
Voting Nay means opposing the provision of these additional funds to the CNSC and withholding support for the nuclear-related appropriations.
Voting Nay means opposing the increased funding for the energy regulator and the related charges to support energy infrastructure oversight.
Voting Nay means opposing statutory requirements for federal coordination on climate adaptation infrastructure in the Prairies.
Voting Nay means opposing a mandated framework that directs federal coordination toward facilitating a net-zero transition in Prairie regions.
Voting Nay means opposing a framework that emphasizes federal promotion of renewable energy projects in the Prairies.
Voting Nay means opposing statutory encouragement for including nuclear energy in federally coordinated Prairie green-economy projects.
Voting Nay means opposing a federal framework that directs programs to accelerate the energy transition in the Prairies.
Voting Nay means opposing statutory encouragement for forest conservation projects as part of Prairie green-economy planning.
Voting Nay means opposing statutory direction to prioritize green infrastructure in federal programming for the Prairies.
Voting Nay means opposing federal direction to promote sustainable agriculture and clean-energy integration in the sector.
Voting Nay means opposing statutory coordination aimed at expanding public transportation options in Prairie small cities and communities.
Oppose statutory changes that alter carbon pricing mechanisms or create carve-outs for specific sectors
Oppose federal spending authority for school ventilation projects; prefer provincial or local funding responsibility
Voting Nay means opposing diversionary referrals to addiction services via criminal justice actors and favoring continued criminal processing.
Voting Yea means supporting integration of addiction services into responses to drug possession and prioritizing treatment over punishment.
Oppose these health appropriations, rejecting the proposed funding levels
Voting Nay means opposing federal transfer commitments or the conditional agreement-based funding model, or arguing for different fiscal arrangements.
Voting Nay means opposing the federal funding/conditional approach for expanding public drug coverage (or objecting to specified coverage mandates like first‑dollar or targeted drug categories).
Voting Nay means opposing the federal commitments or interventions aimed at reducing prescription costs, or disputing funding priorities (e.g., rare disease focus).
Voting Nay means opposing formal federal involvement in initiating/structuring national universal pharmacare as set out in the Act or preferring alternative approaches to drug coverage implementation.
Voting Nay means opposing federal-led bulk purchasing or centralized approaches to influence drug prices, preferring market-based or provincial solutions.
Voting Nay means opposing federally-driven standardization of drug lists or national formulary development, preferring provincial autonomy over coverage lists.
Voting Nay means opposing the push for federally supported universal pharmacare or specific coverage mechanisms that would standardize access across provinces/territories.
Voting Nay means opposing the supplementary grants to CIHR, possibly demanding reallocation or scrutiny of health research expenditures.
Voting Yea means supporting a temporary prohibition on MAiD for people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness, endorsing a precautionary approach and a parliamentary review process before potentially extending eligibility.
Voting Nay means opposing the advertising ban due to concerns about regulatory overreach, impacts on commercial speech and industry (including trademark use), potential economic effects on food and beverage companies, or believing voluntary industry measures are preferable.
Oppose the proposed federal health appropriations in this Act.
Oppose adding environmental preconditions that could restrict drug-related activities
Voting Nay means opposing the additional appropriations for CIHR and the related expansion of the healthcare-related budget allocations in this Act.
Voting Yea means supporting federal leadership to improve availability of health services related to occupational cancers for firefighters — funding/coordination for research, screening guidance, data collection, training of providers, and public awareness measures.
Voting Nay means opposing this specific federal spending approach—possibly on grounds of cost, preferring permanent universal coverage, provincial responsibility for dental care, or different program design.
Voting Yea means supporting recognition of private health insurance purchased outside Canada for visitor visa eligibility, which may reduce pressure on provincial health plans and enable extended family visits.
Oppose authorizing federal payments for proof-of-vaccination initiatives; raise concerns about cost or scope