Wednesday, June 10, 2015

C-51 passed on Tuesday

As of 5:30 PM Tuesday, Ottawa time, bill C-51 passed the Senate. All of the Liberals who were present voted against, along with the two independent senators who were present. All of the Conservatives who were present voted for it.

The breakdown is as follows:

Voted for C-51:
  • 44 Conservative senators
Voted against C-51:
  • 26 Liberal senators
  • 2 independent senators
    • Anne C. Cools
    • Elaine McCoy
Were not present to vote:
  • 6 Conservatives
    • A. Raynell Andreychuk
    • Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu (the seconder of C-51, currently under investigation by the Auditor General for expenses violations)
    • Jacques Demers
    •  
  • 2 Liberals
  • 3 "Independents"
    • Patrick Brazeau (formerly Conservative, currently suspended due to sexual assault allegations)
    •  Michael Duffy (formerly Conservative, currently suspended due to issues with senate expense claims)
    • Pamela Wallin (formerly Conservative, currently suspended due to issues with senate expense claims)
Further details to follow (I'll update this post - I just have to stop for tonight because it's late) but if you want to know who voted which way, go here for the vote breakdown, and here for full name, party affiliation, geographic constituency and contact information for each senator.