Image for Who’s on our side?: Here’s how your MPs voted on Bill C-51
Avatar image of Soledad Vega

Who’s on our side?: Here’s how your MPs voted on Bill C-51

Last Wednesday we witnessed how reckless Bill C-51 got a step closer to becoming the law of the land. The government used its majority to ram the unpopular legislation through Commons after only two days of debate. The legislation - now opposed by a whopping 56% of Canadians with just 33% in favour - will now be considered by the Senate. But many were wondering who were the MPs who sided with Canadians, and who were those who sided against them. Canadians from all political stripes have come together against reckless, dangerous, and ineffective Bill C-51, and top privacy and security experts have spoken out about the serious threat this Bill poses to our democratic rights. Bill C-51 underlines just how worrying Canada’s privacy deficit has become in addition to undermining our constitutional rights in many other ways.

But the government decided to disregard the many voices against it, and the Conservative and Liberal MPs voted in favour of Bill C-51 with 183 votes. The brave 96 MPs who said no to the unpopular legislation were the NDP, the Green Party, the Bloc Quebecois, independent MP Massimo Pacetti MP, and Jean-Francois Larose MP from Forces et Democratie.

Here is how your MPs voted, ordered by province:

Alberta


MPS & RIDINGSPartyFOR    AGAINST 
Mrs. Diane Ablonczy 

(Calgary—Nose Hill)
ConservativeYea 
Ms. Rona Ambrose 

(Edmonton—Spruce Grove)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Rob Anders 

(Calgary West)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. John Barlow 

(Macleod)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Leon Benoit 

(Vegreville—Wainwright)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Blaine Calkins 

(Wetaskiwin)
ConservativeYea 
Ms. Joan Crockatt 

(Calgary Centre)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Earl Dreeshen 

(Red Deer)
ConservativeYea 
Ms. Linda Duncan 

(Edmonton—Strathcona)
NDP Nay
Mr. Jim Eglinski 

(Yellowhead)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Peter Goldring 

(Edmonton East)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Laurie Hawn 

(Edmonton Centre)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Jim Hillyer 

(Lethbridge)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Jason Kenney 

(Calgary Southeast)
ConservativeYea 

Mr. Mike Lake 

(Edmonton—Mill

Woods—Beaumont)

ConservativeYea 
Mr. Deepak Obhrai 

(Calgary East)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. LaVar Payne 

(Medicine Hat)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. James Rajotte 

(Edmonton—Leduc)
ConservativeYea 
Ms. Michelle Rempel 

(Calgary Centre-North)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Blake Richards 

(Wild Rose)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Kevin Sorenson 

(Crowfoot)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Brian Storseth 

(Westlock—St. Paul)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Tim Uppal 

(Edmonton—Sherwood Park)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Chris Warkentin 

(Peace River)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. David Yurdiga 

(Fort McMurray—Athabasca)
ConservativeYea 

 

British Columbia

 
MPS & RIDINGSPartyFOR    AGAINST 
Mr. Dan Albas 

(Okanagan—Coquihalla)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Alex Atamanenko 

(British Columbia Southern Interior)
NDP Nay
Mr. Ron Cannan 

(Kelowna—Lake Country)
ConservativeYea 
Ms. Jean Crowder 

(Nanaimo—Cowichan)
NDP Nay
Mr. Nathan Cullen 

(Skeena—Bulkley Valley)
NDP Nay
Ms. Libby Davies 

(Vancouver East)
NDP Nay
Mr. Don Davies 

(Vancouver Kingsway)
NDP Nay
Mr. Fin Donnelly 

(New Westminster—Coquitlam)
NDP Nay
Mr. John Duncan 

(Vancouver Island North)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Ed Fast 

(Abbotsford)
ConservativeYea 
Ms. Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay 

(Delta—Richmond East)
ConservativeYea 
Ms. Hedy Fry 

(Vancouver Centre)
LiberalYea 
Mr. Randall Garrison 

(Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca)
NDP Nay
Mrs. Nina Grewal 

(Fleetwood—Port Kells)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Richard Harris 

(Cariboo—Prince George)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Russ Hiebert 

(South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Peter Julian 

(Burnaby—New Westminster)
NDP Nay
Mr. Randy Kamp 

(Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. James Lunney 

(Nanaimo—Alberni)
IndependentYea 
Ms. Elizabeth May 

(Saanich—Gulf Islands)
Green Party Nay
Mr. Colin Mayes 

(Okanagan—Shuswap)
ConservativeYea 
Mrs. Cathy McLeod 

(Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. James Moore 

(Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam)
ConservativeYea 
Ms. Joyce Murray 

(Vancouver Quadra)
LiberalYea 
Mr. Murray Rankin 

(Victoria)
NDP Nay
Mr. Jasbir Sandhu 

(Surrey North)
NDP Nay
Mr. Andrew Saxton 

(North Vancouver)
ConservativeYea 
Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims 

(Newton—North Delta)
NDP Nay
Mr. Kennedy Stewart 

(Burnaby—Douglas)
NDP Nay
Mr. Mark Strahl 

(Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Mark Warawa 

(Langley)
ConservativeYea 

Mr. John Weston 

(West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—

Sea to Sky Country)

ConservativeYea 
Mr. David Wilks 

(Kootenay—Columbia)
ConservativeYea 
Mrs. Alice Wong 

(Richmond)
ConservativeYea 
Ms. Wai Young 

(Vancouver South)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Bob Zimmer 

(Prince George—Peace River)
ConservativeYea 
Manitoba
 
MPS & RIDINGSPartyFOR     AGAINST 
Ms. Niki Ashton 

(Churchill)
NDP Nay
Ms. Candice Bergen 

(Portage—Lisgar)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. James Bezan 

(Selkirk—Interlake)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Ted Falk 

(Provencher)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Steven Fletcher 

(Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia)
ConservativeYea 
Mrs. Shelly Glover 

(Saint Boniface)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux 

(Winnipeg North)
LiberalYea 
Mr. Larry Maguire 

(Brandon—Souris)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Pat Martin 

(Winnipeg Centre)
NDP Nay
Mrs. Joy Smith 

(Kildonan—St. Paul)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Robert Sopuck 

(Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Lawrence Toet 

(Elmwood—Transcona)
ConservativeYea 

 

New Brunswick

 
MPS & RIDINGSPartyFOR     AGAINST 
Mr. Mike Allen 

(Tobique—Mactaquac)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Yvon Godin 

(Acadie—Bathurst)
NDP Nay
Mr. Robert Goguen 

(Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Dominic LeBlanc 

(Beauséjour)
LiberalYea 
Mr. Rob Moore 

(Fundy Royal)
ConservativeYea 
Mrs. Tilly O'Neill Gordon 

(Miramichi)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Bernard Valcourt 

(Madawaska—Restigouche)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Rodney Weston 

(Saint John)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. John Williamson 

(New Brunswick Southwest)
ConservativeYea 
 

Newfoundland and Labrador

 
MPS & RIDINGSPartyFOR    AGAINST 
Mr. Scott Andrews 

(Avalon)
IndependentYea 
Mr. Ryan Cleary 

(St. John's South—Mount Pearl)
NDP Nay
Ms. Judy Foote 

(Random—Burin—St. George's)
LiberalYea 
Mr. Jack Harris 

(St. John's East)
NDP Nay
Ms. Yvonne Jones 

(Labrador)
LiberalYea 
Mr. Scott Simms 

(Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor)
LiberalYea 

 

Northwest Territories

 
MPS & RIDINGSParty  FOR  AGAINST 
Mr. Dennis Bevington 

(Northwest Territories)
NDP Nay

 

Nova Scotia

 
MPS & RIDINGSPartyFOR    AGAINST
Mr. Scott Armstrong 

(Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Scott Brison 

(Kings—Hants)
LiberalYea 
Mr. Robert Chisholm 

(Dartmouth—Cole Harbour)
NDP Nay
Mr. Rodger Cuzner 

(Cape Breton—Canso)
LiberalYea 
Mr. Mark Eyking 

(Sydney—Victoria)
LiberalYea 
Mr. Gerald Keddy 

(South Shore—St. Margaret's)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Greg Kerr 

(West Nova)
ConservativeYea 
Ms. Megan Leslie 

(Halifax)
NDP Nay
Mr. Peter MacKay 

(Central Nova)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Geoff Regan 

(Halifax West)
LiberalYea 
Mr. Peter Stoffer 

(Sackville—Eastern Shore)
NDP Nay

 

Nunavut


MPS & RIDINGS FOR     AGAINST 
Mrs. Leona Aglukkaq 

(Nunavut)
ConservativeYea 

 

Ontario

 
MPS & RIDINGSPartyFOR     AGAINST 
Ms. Eve Adams 

(Mississauga—Brampton South)
LiberalYea 
Mr. Mark Adler 

(York Centre)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Harold Albrecht 

(Kitchener—Conestoga)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Malcolm Allen 

(Welland)
NDP Nay
Mr. Dean Allison 

(Niagara West—Glanbrook)
ConservativeYea 
Mrs. Stella Ambler 

(Mississauga South)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Charlie Angus 

(Timmins—James Bay)
NDP Nay
Mr. Jay Aspin 

(Nipissing—Timiskaming)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Mauril Bélanger 

(Ottawa—Vanier)
LiberalYea 
Ms. Carolyn Bennett 

(St. Paul's)
LiberalYea 
Mr. Peter Braid 

(Kitchener—Waterloo)
ConservativeYea 
Ms. Lois Brown 

(Newmarket—Aurora)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Gordon Brown 

(Leeds—Grenville)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Brad Butt 

(Mississauga—Streetsville)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Paul Calandra 

(Oak Ridges—Markham)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. John Carmichael 

(Don Valley West)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Colin Carrie 

(Oshawa)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Andrew Cash 

(Davenport)
NDP Nay
Ms. Chris Charlton 

(Hamilton Mountain)
NDP Nay
Mr. Corneliu Chisu 

(Pickering—Scarborough East)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Michael Chong 

(Wellington—Halton Hills)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. David Christopherson 

(Hamilton Centre)
NDP Nay
Mr. Tony Clement 

(Parry Sound—Muskoka)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Joe Comartin 

(Windsor—Tecumseh)
NDP Nay
Mr. Joe Daniel 

(Don Valley East)
ConservativeYea 
Mrs. Patricia Davidson 

(Sarnia—Lambton)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Bob Dechert 

(Mississauga—Erindale)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Barry Devolin 

(Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock)
ConservativeYea 
Mr. Paul Dewar 

(Ottawa Centre)
NDP Nay
Ms. Kirsty Duncan 

(Etobicoke North)
LiberalYea 
Mr. Julian Fantino 

(Vaughan)
ConservativeYea 
Ms. Diane Finley 

(Haldimand—Norfolk)
ConservativeYea 
Ms. Chrystia Freeland 

(Toronto Centre)
LiberalYea 
Mr. Royal Galipeau 

(Ottawa—Orléans)
ConservativeYea 

TOPICS