44th Canadian Parliament

{{Cite web |title=List of Committees |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/List |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=www.ourcommons.ca}}

{{See also|By-elections to the 44th Canadian Parliament}}

• 20 September – In the 44th Canadian federal election, the incumbent Liberal Party wins the most seats in the House of Commons, but fails to reach a majority government.{{Cite news|last=Tasker|first=John Paul|date=20 September 2021|title=Canadians have re-elected a Liberal minority government|work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-general-election-results-2021-1.6182364|access-date=22 September 2021}}
• 26 October – The new Ministry is sworn in, the first overseen by Governor General Mary Simon.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cabinet-announcement-trudeau-1.6225121|title=Anand to defence, Joly to foreign affairs: Trudeau announces major cabinet shakeup|author=Catharine Tunney|publisher=CBC|date=25 October 2021|access-date=25 October 2021}}
• 22 November – Opening of the 44th Parliament, and re-election of the Honourable Anthony Rota as Speaker of the House of Commons.{{Cite web|title=NewsAlert: MPs re-elect Liberal Anthony Rota to be House of Commons Speaker|url=https://infotel.ca/newsitem/speaker-elected/cp662999253|access-date=2021-11-22|website=INFOnews}}

• 2 February – 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.{{Cite news |last=Tasker |first=John Paul |date=2 February 2022 |title=Conservative MPs vote to remove Erin O'Toole as leader |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/otoole-leadership-vote-1.6336336 |work=CBC News |access-date=2 February 2022}}
• 21 February – The House of Commons votes 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.{{Cite news| last = Major| first = Darren| title = Emergencies Act passes crucial House of Commons vote with NDP support| work = CBC News| access-date = 21 February 2022 | date = 21 February 2022 | url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-emergencies-act-vote-1.6359243}}
• 23 February – The equivalent Emergencies Act confirmation motion in the Senate is withdrawn without a vote by Representative of the Government in the Senate, Marc Gold, following the revocation of the Emergencies Act by the government earlier that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.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Canada |title=MOTION TO CONFIRM THE DECLARATION OF A PUBLIC ORDER EMERGENCY WITHDRAWN |url=https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/chamber/441/debates/pdf/020db_2022-02-23-e.pdf |house=Senate of Canada |date=23 February 2022 |page=686 }}
• 22 March – 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.{{cite web |last1=Aiello |first1=Rachel |title=Liberals, NDP agree to confidence deal seeing Trudeau government maintain power until 2025 |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/liberals-ndp-agree-to-confidence-deal-seeing-trudeau-government-maintain-power-until-2025-1.5829116 |website=CTV News |access-date=22 March 2022 |language=en |date=22 March 2022}}
• 10 September – The 2022 Conservative Party leadership election concludes. Pierre Poilievre is elected as the new Conservative leader.{{Cite web |last=Tasker |first=John Paul |date=10 September 2022 |title=Conservative members pick MP Pierre Poilievre to be their new leader |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-leadership-election-results-1.6578329 |access-date=8 December 2022 |website=CBC News |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910220943/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-leadership-election-results-1.6578329 |url-status=live }}
• 19 November – The 2022 Green Party leadership election concludes. MP and former leader Elizabeth May is once again announced as the new leader of the Green Party of Canada, in partnership with Jonathan Pedneault, who is named as the de jure deputy leader of the Greens.{{cite web | url=https://www.greenparty.ca/en/leadership-contest | title=Leadership Contest Announcement }}

• 31 March – Former Conservative Party leader Erin O'Toole announces that he will resign as Member of Parliament for Durham at the end of the spring season of the House of Commons and not seek re-election.{{cite web| url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/former-conservative-leader-erin-o-toole-not-seeking-re-election-leaving-this-spring-1.6337219| title=Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole not seeking re-election, leaving this spring| date=31 March 2023| website=ctvnews.ca| url-status=live| archive-date=31 March 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331150724/https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/former-conservative-leader-erin-o-toole-not-seeking-re-election-leaving-this-spring-1.6337219}}{{cite tweet| user=erinotoole| number=1641780108414316544| date=31 March 2023| title=A statement from the Hon. Erin O'Toole, P.C., C.D., M.P.| url-status=live| archive-date=31 March 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331150740/https://twitter.com/erinotoole/status/1641780108414316544}}
• 26 July – The Liberal government holds a major cabinet reshuffle.{{cite web | title=Trudeau overhauls his cabinet, drops 7 ministers and shuffles most portfolios | website=CBC | date=26 July 2023 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cabinet-shuffle-trudeau-1.6916367 | access-date=6 August 2023}}
• 26 September – After pressure from government cabinet ministers and Opposition parliamentary leaders, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Liberal MP Anthony Rota, announces that he will resign from that position effective 27 September 2023, after erroneously inviting to the House gallery and honouring a 98-year-old Ukrainian war veteran, Yaroslav Hunka, who was found to have served in the armed forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. Rota's invitation of Hunka took place during a state visit and parliamentary address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.{{cite web | title=Anthony Rota resigns as Speaker after honouring Ukrainian veteran who fought with Nazi unit | website=CBC News | date=26 September 2023 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/speaker-anthony-rota-resignation-1.6978422 | access-date=27 September 2023}}
• 27 September – The members of the House of Commons unanimously nominate the Dean of the House, Bloc Québécois MP Louis Plamondon, as their interim Speaker to temporarily succeed Anthony Rota after his resignation, until a permanent successor is chosen by a ballot of MPs in the following week.
• 3 October – Liberal MP Greg Fergus is elected speaker of the House of Commons. He is the first person of colour to be elected speaker.{{cite web | title=Liberal MP Greg Fergus elected Speaker of the House of Commons | website=CBC | date=3 October 2023 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mps-vote-new-speaker-1.6984673 | access-date=11 February 2024}}

• 16 January – Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett for Toronto—St. Paul's resigns her seat.
• 1 February – Liberal MP David Lametti for LaSalle—Émard—Verdun resigns his seat.
• 31 March – NDP MP Daniel Blaikie for Elmwood—Transcona resigns his seat.
• 30 April Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre was ejected from the House of Commons after referring to Trudeau as a "wacko prime minister", when criticizing Trudeau's past support for British Columbia's decriminalization of hard drug use in public spaces. After Poilievre refused to withdraw the adjective, House Speaker Greg Fergus removed Poilievre from the chamber on the grounds that he used unparliamentary language.{{cite web |last1=Tasker |first1=John |title=Speaker kicks Poilievre out of the Commons after he calls PM a 'wacko' in tense question period exchange |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-trudeau-whacko-1.7189600 |website=CBC News |access-date=11 July 2024 |date=30 April 2024}}
• 27 May – Liberal MP John Aldag for Cloverdale—Langley City resigns his seat.
• 28 May - The House of Commons votes 168 to 142 against a motion to remove Greg Fregus as speaker. The Liberals, Greens, and New Democrats voted against removing him, while the Bloc Québécois and Conservatives voted in favour of removing him.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-28 |title=House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus survives vote calling for his ouster |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/house-of-commons-speaker-greg-fergus-survives-vote-calling-for-his-ouster-1.6903685 |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}
• 24 June – Conservative MP Don Stewart is elected as the new member for Toronto—St. Paul's following a by-election, in a pickup of the seat from the Liberals.
• 31 August – Liberal MP Andy Fillmore for Halifax resigns his seat.
• 4 September – The New Democratic Party ends their confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberals.
• 16 September – NDP MP Leila Dance is elected as the new member for Elmwood—Transcona, retaining the seat for her party, and Bloc Québécois MP Louis-Philippe Sauvé wins the riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, in a pickup from the Liberals.
• 19 September – Liberal MP Pablo Rodriguez of Honoré-Mercier resigns his membership in the Liberal caucus and federal cabinet to sit as an independent MP while he runs for the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party.
• 20 November – Minister of Employment, Workforce Development, and Official Languages Randy Boissonnault resigns from Cabinet due to allegations of falsely claiming he was of Cree ancestry. He remains the MP for Edmonton Centre.
• 9 December – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Government survives a third motion of no confidence, with the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois voting for the motion, and the Liberals, NDP, and Greens opposed.
• 16 December –
• Minister of Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities Sean Fraser vows to not seek re-election and ends his role as minister in the next Cabinet shuffle.
• Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigns from the federal Cabinet but remains an MP.{{cite web| url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/finance-minister-chrystia-freeland-quits-cabinet-hours-before-economic-update-1.7146828| title=Finance minister Chrystia Freeland quits cabinet hours before economic update| website=CTV News| date=December 16, 2024}}
• Conservative MP Tamara Jansen is elected as the new member for Cloverdale—Langley City in a by-election, resulting in a pickup from the Liberal Party, retaking the riding and seat after her earlier defeat in the 2021 federal election.{{cite news |title=Conservatives decisively win B.C. federal byelection, dealing another blow to Trudeau |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/federal-byelection-cloverdale-langley-city-1.7409872 |access-date=January 26, 2025 |publisher=CBC News |date=December 16, 2024}}

• 6 January – Trudeau announces the prorogation of parliament in addition his resignation as Prime Minister and as leader of the Liberal Party, effective upon the election of his successor as party leader in the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election.{{cite web |last=Aziz |first=Saba |last2=Boynton |first2=Sean |last3=Rana |first3=Uday |date=January 6, 2025 |title=Trudeau says he will resign after Liberals choose successor, prorogues Parliament |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10944316/justin-trudeau-resignation/ |website=globalnews.ca |publisher=Global News |access-date=January 6, 2025}}
• 20 January – Independent MP Pablo Rodriguez for Honoré-Mercier resigns his seat.{{cite web |title=The Hon. Pablo Rodriguez, P.C., M.P. |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=8374 |website=Parliament of Canada |access-date=January 26, 2025}}
• 30 January – NDP MP Randall Garrison for Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke resigns his seat.
• 9 March – Mark Carney wins the Liberal Party of Canada's leadership election and becomes the prime minister-designate, pending his swearing-in by Governor General of Canada Mary Simon.{{cite web |last=Tunney |first=Catharine |date=March 9, 2025 |title=In landslide win, Mark Carney chosen as new Liberal Party leader and next PM |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-pary-leadership-winner-1.7476359 |website=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) |access-date=March 10, 2025}}
• 14 March –
• Trudeau resigns as prime minister, and is succeeded by Carney, who is sworn in by the governor general, along with his ministry.
• Liberal MP Marco Mendicino for Eglinton—Lawrence resigns his seat.
• 23 March – Governor General Mary Simon dissolves parliament and sets April 28 as the date of the federal election, upon Prime Minister Carney's request.

{{See also|By-elections to the 44th Canadian Parliament}}

{{44th Canada HoC standings change}}

{{44th Canada Senate standings change}}

{{44th Canadian Parliament standings}}

With the Liberal Party and NDP entering into a confidence and supply agreement on budgetary items and motions of confidence, the final component of the 2021 budget (Bill C-8) was adopted in June 2022. Among other provisions, Bill C-8 enacted the Underused Housing Tax Act, created a new tax credit to return carbon tax paid by farmers, created the COVID-19 Air Quality Improvement Tax Credit, and expanded both the School Supplies Tax Credit and the northern residents deduction amount.{{cite web |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/LegislativeSummaries/441C8E |title=Legislative Summary of Bill C-8: An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures |publisher=Library of Parliament |date=12 January 2022 |first1=Andrew |last1=Barton |first2=Brett |last2=Capwell |first3=Eleni |last3=Kachulis|first4=André |last4=Léonard|first5=Joëlle |last5=Malo}} Similarly, the 2022 budget was implemented in Bills C-19 and C-32. Among other provisions, Bill C-19 doubled the Home Accessibility Tax Credit, created the Labour Mobility Deduction for tradespeople, made vaping products subject to excise duties, removed excise duties from low-alcohol beer, removed the excise duty exemption that had applied to Canadian wine as directed by the WTO, and amended the Copyright Act as agreed to in the Canada-United States–Mexico Agreement, and criminalized Holocaust denial. Bill C-19 also enacted the Civil Lunar Gateway Agreement Implementation Act; the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act; and the Select Luxury Items Tax Act to create a new sales tax applicable to luxury cars, planes and boats; and also repealed the Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act.{{cite web |url=https://lop.parl.ca/staticfiles/PublicWebsite/Home/ResearchPublications/LegislativeSummaries/PDF/44-1/PV_44-1-C19-E.pdf |title=Legislative Summary of Bill C-19: An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on 7 April 2022 and other measures |publisher=Library of Parliament |date=30 May 2022 |first1=Andrew |last1=Barton |first2=Julie |last2=Béchard |display-authors=etal}} Bill C-32 created the First Home Savings Account as a new registered savings plan and the Multigenerational Home Renovation Tax Credit; made income derived from house-flipping into business income for taxation purposes; created a temporary 15% tax on the taxable income of banks that exceeded $1 billion; and, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, increased maximum financial assistance that can be provided to foreign states from US$5 billion to C$14 billion.{{cite web |url=https://lop.parl.ca/staticfiles/PublicWebsite/Home/ResearchPublications/LegislativeSummaries/PDF/44-1/PV_44-1-C32-E.pdf |title= An Act to implement certain provisions of the Fall Economic Statement Tabled in Parliament on November 3, 2022 and Certain Provisions of the Budget Tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022 |publisher=Library of Parliament |date=30 December 2022 |first1=Sylvain |last1=Fleury |first2=Matthew |last2=Blackshaw |display-authors=etal}} In other legislation, Bill C-11 adopted the Online Streaming Act and Bill C-18 adopted the Online News Act.

On healthcare, the Canada Dental Benefit was created with Bill C-31 with the Liberals, NDP and Green Party in support, and Conservatives and Bloc opposed.{{cite web |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/a-national-dental-care-benefit-is-now-law-here-s-who-is-eligible-1.6157800 |title=A national dental-care benefit is now law; here's who is eligible |date=17 November 2022 |first=Rachel |last=Aiello |publisher=CTV News}} With all party support, Bill C-10 directed $2.5 billion be paid for COVID testing purposes; Bill C-12 amended guaranteed income supplements to exclude payments received from the Emergency Response Benefit, the Recovery Benefit and the Worker Lockdown Benefit.{{cite web |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2022/03/legislation-to-increase-access-to-rapid-testing-across-the-country-receives-royal-assent.html |title=Legislation to increase access to rapid testing across the country receives Royal Assent |date=4 March 2022 |publisher=Government of Canada}}{{cite web |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2022/03/legislation-to-support-low-income-seniors-who-received-pandemic-benefits-receives-royal-assent.html |title=Legislation to support low-income seniors who received pandemic benefits receives royal assent |date=3 March 2022 |publisher=Government of Canada}} With both the NDP and Conservatives opposing, Bill C-2 enacted the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit Act and extended various other COVID-related benefit programs.{{cite web |url=https://lop.parl.ca/staticfiles/PublicWebsite/Home/ResearchPublications/LegislativeSummaries/PDF/44-1/PV_44-1-C2-E.pdf |title=Legislative Summary of Bill C-2: An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19 |publisher=Library of Parliament |date=1 February 2022 |first1=Eleni |last1=Kachulis|first2=Michaela |last2=Keenan-Pelletier|first3=Joëlle |last3=Malo|first4=Marlisa |last4=Tiedemann|first5=Adriane |last5=Yon}} On public safety and crime, with all party support, Bill C-3 inserted a new offence into the Criminal Code regarding intimidation of a person seeking health services and obstruction of lawful access to a place at which health services are provided.{{cite web |url=https://www.cma.ca/news/how-bill-c-3-can-work-you-what-anti-harassment-law-means-doctors |title=How Bill C-3 can work for you: What the anti-harassment law means for doctors |date=12 January 2023 |publisher=Canadian Medical Association}} Bill C-28 was adopted in response to R v Brown (2022) addressing self-induced extreme intoxication.{{cite web |url=https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-areas/criminal/bill-abolishing-self-induced-extreme-intoxication-as-legal-defence-receives-royal-assent/367832 |title=Bill abolishing 'self-induced extreme intoxication' as legal defence receives royal assent |first=Katrina |last= Eñano|date=28 June 2022|work=Canadian Lawyer|accessdate=31 March 2024}}

• 2021 Canadian federal budget
• 2022 Canadian federal budget
• 2023 Canadian federal budget
• 2024 Canadian federal budget
• Affordable Housing and Groceries Act, Bill C-56
• Countering Foreign Interference Act
• Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 44th Parliament of Canada
• Online Streaming Act, Bill C-11
• Women in the 44th Canadian Parliament

{{notelist}}

{{reflist}}

• [https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search?caucusId=all&province=ON&gender=all Members of 44th Parliament] at Parliament of Canada

{{44th Canadian Parliament}}

{{Canada parliaments}}

{{Canadian federal election, 2021A}}

{{Canadian federal election, 2025A}}

Category:2021 establishments in Canada

Category:Justin Trudeau

Category:Minority governments