Review of treaties in Parliament

C-228 An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (prior review of treaties by Parliament)

Requires documents about international treaties signed on behalf of Canada to be tabled in Parliament.

What Bill C-228 would do

The bill would amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act to create requirements for tabling documents in Parliament related to treaties entered into on behalf of Canada. The published material gives no further detail.

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Official summary

This enactment amends the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act to add certain requirements for the tabling in Parliament of documents relating to treaties entered into by the Minister of Foreign Affairs on behalf of Canada.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind: Private member's bill
Sponsor: Mario Simard, Member of Parliament (Jonquière—Hébertville—Pays-des-Bleuets)
Introduced: September 18, 2025 in the House of Commons
Last activity: January 28

Where it stands

Voted down

Voted down in the House of Commons January 28

First reading in the House done September 18, 2025

Before the House on 1 sitting day, September 18, 2025
Second reading in the House stopped here

Before the House on 3 sitting days, October 21, 2025 to January 28

2nd reading and referral to committee - CIIT: negatived, 32–⁠302 (division 61), January 28
Committee in the House not yet
Report stage in the House not yet
Third reading in the House not yet
First reading in the Senate not yet
Second reading in the Senate not yet
Third reading in the Senate not yet
Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: Bill defeated · since September 18, 2025.

House
1. First reading in the House: done, 2025-09-18
2. Second reading in the House: stopped here
3. Committee in the House: not yet reached
4. Report stage in the House: not yet reached
5. Third reading in the House: not yet reached
Senate
1. First reading in the Senate: not yet reached
2. Second reading in the Senate: not yet reached
3. Third reading in the Senate: not yet reached
Royal assent
1. Royal assent: not yet reached

Debates in the House 0

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