DossierCanada — who sits and votes in Canada's Parliament
Challenged bills
✋ Challenge a billFederal MPs
Who represents you, how they vote, how often they sit.
The federal Cabinet
Who decides what, since when, and how they vote.
Up to date. These ministers come directly from the official Cabinet page on pm.gc.ca, scraped live — not a hand-maintained list.
Federal bills
Every bill summarized in plain language. Not clear enough? Ask for an explanation.
Votes in the Commons
Every recorded vote — who voted what, and by what margin.
On the “who voted what” detail — the House of Commons publishes each member's name for every recorded (nominal) vote (Yea / Nay / paired). The by-member breakdown above (the "+" button on each row) comes directly from that official source (ourcommons.ca), not an estimate. The party shown next to each name is taken from the current House roster; people who have since left the House appear separately under "Former members".
How to read a vote
Recorded vote
Members vote one by one and each choice is entered in the public record. That is what lets us say exactly who voted what — no interpretation.
Passed is not law
A passed vote clears ONE stage. A bill must pass both chambers and then receive royal assent before it becomes law.
Paired is not absent
In the Commons, two members from opposing sides can agree not to vote: their voices cancel out. It is neither an absence nor an abstention.
DossierCanada updates
What changed on the site, newest first
Hi! My name is
Martin Archambault
I'm 45, and I'm the idea behind this site.
September 2026
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“and me” becomes the site updates page
The “and me” link at the bottom of every page now leads here: the person behind the site, then what changes on it, newest first. The comic strip gives way to its photo panel alone, readable on a phone.
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Pages search engines can understand
Every page has its own title, description and a single main heading that states its subject. The menu, the logo and the FR/EN switch are real links, and a breadcrumb (DossierCanada › Votes) shows where you are. The top of each page (count, filters, first cards) can be read even without JavaScript, and English pages are in English from the first load.
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Pages about six times lighter
The site’s data (bills, votes, MPs) is no longer copied into every page: a single file, which your browser keeps from one page to the next. Each page goes from about 2.1 MB to 0.35 MB.
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The site loads even when accounts are down
If the sign-in service doesn’t respond, the site still loads and works; only accounts have to wait. Before, the page could stay blank.
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Official sources at the bottom of every page
The footer now links straight to LEGISinfo, the House of Commons, the Senate and the Commissioner of Lobbying, where the data comes from.
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English gets its own addresses
Every page exists in English at its own address (/en, /en/votes, /en/projets-de-loi…). You can share it as is, and the FR/EN switch changes the address too.
- Bills
Declared lobbying, on bill cards
Each bill named in the lobbying registry shows the communications declared to the Commissioner of Lobbying: how many, which organizations, and recent meetings, with a link to each official record and the date of the data. A “Lobbying” filter groups them, and search also finds organizations. Only records that cite both the bill number and words from its title are counted, because bill numbers are reused from one Parliament to the next.
- Bills
Pro forma bills are explained
C-1 and S-1 aren’t real legislation: each chamber introduces one as a formality at the start of each session, before taking up the Speech from the Throne. They now have their own status, “Pro forma”, and an explanation, instead of a bill with no summary.
- Bills
Bill cards that are easier to read
Only one bill stays open at a time, summaries use a more comfortable typeface, and “Copy link” confirms by changing colour instead of opening a pop-up. Most summaries only load when you open a bill, which makes the page lighter.
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More forgiving search
The hyphen is no longer required: “c5” finds C-5. In the glossary, search also filters the “Who’s involved” section.
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A new image when you share the site
Sharing DossierCanada on X or Facebook shows an image in the site’s current design, and the X card finally shows its picture. On desktop, the X, Facebook and Copy buttons replace the system share panel.
Parliament glossary
Parliamentary jargon, translated into everyday language.
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