44th Canadian Parliament
The 44th Canadian Parliament is the current session of the Parliament of Canada, which began on 22 November 2021, with the membership of its Lower House, the House of Commons of Canada, having been determined by the results of the 2021 federal election held on 20 September 2021. Parliament officially resumed on 22 November 2021, with the re-election of Speaker, Anthony Rota, followed by a Speech from the Throne by the Governor-General the following day.
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It is led by a Liberal Party minority government under the premiership of Justin Trudeau. The New Democratic Party is supplying the government with confidence and supply.[1][2]
Timeline
| Seat | Before | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party | |
| Spadina—Fort York | November 22, 2021 | Kevin Vuong | █ Liberal | Excluded from caucus | █ Independent | ||
2021
- 20 September 2021: In the 44th Canadian federal election, the incumbent Liberal Party won the most seats in the House of Commons, but failed to reach a majority government.[3]
- 26 October 2021: The new Ministry was sworn-in, the first overseen by Governor General Mary Simon.[4]
- 22 November 2021: Opening of the 44th Parliament, and election of the Honourable Anthony Rota as Speaker of the House of Commons.[5]
2022
- 2 February 2022: Erin O'Toole is removed as the leader of the Conservative Party, and consequently as the Leader of the Official Opposition, in a caucus vote.[6]
- 21 February 2022: The House of Commons voted to confirm the Emergencies Act, with 185 for and 151 opposing the motion. The act was invoked in relation to the convoy protests in Ottawa and at border points.[7]
- 23 February 2022: The equivalent Emergencies Act confirmation motion in the Senate is withdrawn without a vote by Representative of the Government in the Senate, Marc Gold, following the revocation of the Emergencies Act by the government earlier that day.[8]
- 22 March 2022: The Liberal Party and New Democratic Party announce a confidence-and-supply agreement that will see the NDP support the Liberals on confidence motions (including budgets) until 2025 in exchange for Liberal support of certain NDP policies.[9]
Standings
| Affiliation | House members | Senate members | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 election results |
Current | +/– | On election day 2021 |
Current | +/– | ||
| Liberal | 160 | 159 |  1[10] |
– | – |  | |
| Conservative | 119 | 119 | |
18 | 16 | 2[11] | |
| Bloc Québécois | 32 | 32 | |
– | – | | |
| New Democratic | 25 | 25 | |
– | – | | |
| Green | 2 | 2 | |
– | – | | |
| Independent | 0 | 1 |  1 |
9 | 6 | 3 | |
| Independent Senators Group | – | – | |
40 | 42 | 2 | |
| Progressive Senate Group | – | – | |
14 | 14 | | |
| Canadian Senators Group | – | – | |
13 | 13 | | |
| Total members | 338 | 338 | |
94 | 91 | 3 | |
| Vacant | – | – | |
11 | 14 | 3 | |
| Total seats | 338 | – | 105 | – | |||
References
- Andy Blatchford. "Trudeau will be prime minister until 2025". POLITICO. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- Scherer, Steve; Shakil, Ismail (22 March 2022). "Canada's Trudeau strikes surprise deal to keep power until 2025". Reuters. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- Tasker, John Paul (20 September 2021). "Canadians have re-elected a Liberal minority government". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- Catharine Tunney (25 October 2021). "Anand to defence, Joly to foreign affairs: Trudeau announces major cabinet shakeup". CBC. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- "NewsAlert: MPs re-elect Liberal Anthony Rota to be House of Commons Speaker". INFOnews. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- Tasker, John Paul (2 February 2022). "Conservative MPs vote to remove Erin O'Toole as leader". CBC News. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- Major, Darren (21 February 2022). "Emergencies Act passes crucial House of Commons vote with NDP support". CBC News. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- "MOTION TO CONFIRM THE DECLARATION OF A PUBLIC ORDER EMERGENCY WITHDRAWN" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Canada: Senate of Canada. 23 February 2022. p. 686.
- Aiello, Rachel (22 March 2022). "Liberals, NDP agree to confidence deal seeing Trudeau government maintain power until 2025". CTV News. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- Burke, Ashley (22 September 2021). "Expelled Liberal candidate says he'll sit as an Independent as angry voters call for byelection". cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 10 October 2021.
- Neary, Derek (4 February 2022). "Senator Patterson leaves Conservative caucus in protest: media report". NNSL Media. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
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