Repealing oil tanker restrictions

C-264 An Act to repeal certain restrictions on shipping

Repeals the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act to lift federal restrictions on oil tanker shipping.

What Bill C-264 would do

This bill would repeal the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act. The published material gives no further detail.

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Official summary

This enactment repeals the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act .

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

Kind: Private member's bill
Sponsor: David McKenzie, Member of Parliament (Calgary Signal Hill)
Introduced: March 11 in the House of Commons
Last activity: October 28

Where it stands

Voted down

Voted down in the House of Commons October 28

First reading in the House done March 11

Before the House on 1 sitting day, March 11
Second reading in the House stopped here

Before the House on 3 sitting days, May 26 to October 28 · 2 debates here

2nd reading and referral to committee - RNNR: negatived, 132–⁠191 (division 186), October 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 March 11, 2026.

House
1. First reading in the House: done, 2026-03-11
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 2

Members who spoke: Conservative 8 Liberal 3 Bloc Québécois 2

Second reading 2

An Act to repeal certain restrictions on shipping

2026-05-26 · Sitting 122 · 12 statements · 11 graded
8 members spoke
- David McKenzie Conservative A+ statement 1, graded A+B statement 2, graded B A statement 3, graded A A+ statement 4, graded A+
- Kevin Lamoureux Liberal 1 statement 1
- Mario Simard Bloc Québécois A+ statement 1, graded A+B+ statement 2, graded B+
- Shannon Stubbs Conservative A+ statement 1, graded A+
- Taleeb Noormohamed Liberal A– statement 1, graded A–
- Ellis Ross Conservative B+ statement 1, graded B+
- Claude Guay Liberal A+ statement 1, graded A+
- Kelly McCauley Conservative A statement 1, graded A
An Act to Repeal Certain Restrictions on Shipping

2026-10-26 · Sitting 155 · 7 statements · 7 graded
7 members spoke
- Kevin Lamoureux Liberal B statement 1, graded B
- Pat Kelly Conservative A+ statement 1, graded A+
- Branden Leslie Conservative A– statement 1, graded A–
- Martin Champoux Bloc Québécois A statement 1, graded A
- Garnett Genuis Conservative A statement 1, graded A
- Andrew Scheer Conservative A– statement 1, graded A–
- David McKenzie Conservative A statement 1, graded A

Also raised in 4

Question Period, members' statements and other debates where the bill came up.

Show 4

Oil and Gas Industry

2026-10-27 · Oral Questions · named 2 times
Natural Resources

2026-10-26 · Oral Questions · named 1 time
Natural Resources

2026-10-23 · Oral Questions · named 1 time
Building Canada Strong Act

2026-09-24 · Government Orders · named 1 time

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Status, stages and votes from LEGISinfo. Debates are linked from the House's own record of what was before it. Grades are the site's analysis of each statement.