C-210 , 44th Parliament, 1st session Monday, November 22, 2021, to present
An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting age)
Short title:
Right to Vote at 16 Act
This bill was defeated at second reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Progress
House of Commons
End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, Monday, December 13, 2021
Chamber sittings
Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Monday, December 13, 2021 |
Placed on the order of precedence on Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Chamber sittings
Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Wednesday, May 4, 2022 |
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Friday, September 23, 2022 |
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Wednesday, September 28, 2022 |
Sitting 104
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Consideration in committee
Not reached
Report stage
Not reached
Third reading
Not reached
First reading
Not reached
Second reading
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Third reading
Not reached
Details
Recorded votes
House of Commons
Vote 179 — Wednesday, September 28, 2022
- Result:
- Negatived
2nd reading of Bill C-210, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting age)
- Yeas:
- 77
- Nays:
- 246
- Paired:
- 6
- Total:
- 329
Senate
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Major speeches at second reading
House of Commons
Speech date | Speech | Member of Parliament |
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Wednesday, May 4, 2022 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 64) | Taylor Bachrach (NDP) |
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 | Response speech(Sitting 64) | Kevin Lamoureux (Liberal) |
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 | Response speech(Sitting 64) | Tom Kmiec (Conservative) |
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 | Response speech(Sitting 64) | Alain Therrien (Bloc Québécois) |
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Further reading
Votes at 16? : how the rest of the world does it.
Christine Huebner and Constanza Sanhueza Petrarca.
Political insight, 15(1): p.8-11