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Yves-François Blanchet voted for bills on tougher criminal penalties, such as for assaulting healthcare workers and intimate partner violence, and for government spending of $149.8 billion for the year ending March 2026.123
See what they vote for ↗Yves-François Blanchet voted against bills on taxes, such as tax deduction changes, and on criminal justice, such as limiting pretrial release for violent offenders, plus a national youth housing strategy and a bill on provincial trade barriers.1234
See what they vote against ↗Prevents the Foreign Affairs Minister from making certain international trade commitments about specific goods.The Foreign Affairs Minister can't make certain international trade deals about specific goods.
An Act to Amend the Inquiries ActChanges rules about how official investigations and inquiries work.
Adds antisemitism to the Criminal Code's hate promotion offence alongside other protected groups.Adds antisemitism to criminal law alongside other groups protected from hate promotion.
Establishes a national system to help skilled trade workers move and work across Canadian provinces more easily.Makes it easier for skilled trade workers to move between Canadian provinces and work there.
Adjusts tax deductions and rates for tradespeople, businesses, homebuyers, and removes fuel excise taxes temporarily.Changes tax deductions and rates for tradespeople, businesses, and homebuyers, and temporarily removes fuel excise taxes.
Adjusts federal tax rules including manufacturing deductions, benefit payments, crypto reporting, and carbon rebate deadlines.Changes federal tax rules for manufacturing, benefits, crypto reporting, and carbon rebate deadlines.
Creates harsher penalties for assaulting healthcare workers and first responders.Creates harsher penalties for assaulting healthcare workers and first responders.
Updates military justice rules and related laws to modernize how the armed forces handle legal matters.Updates military justice rules and laws to modernize how the armed forces handle legal matters.
Creates rules for how grocery stores display prices and requires them to report on following these rules.Creates rules for how grocery stores display prices and requires them to report compliance.
Changes rules about requiring people convicted of crimes to pay money to their victims.Changes rules about requiring people convicted of crimes to pay money to their victims.
Creates a national framework to regulate sports betting advertising and reduce related harms in Canada.Sets up a national framework to regulate sports betting advertising and reduce related harms.
Clarifies substance use treatment programs for youth and allows courts to delay sentencing or require treatment participation.Clarifies substance use treatment for youth and lets courts delay sentencing or require treatment.
Strengthens Criminal Code rules against hate propaganda and hate crimes while protecting religious and cultural places.Strengthens Criminal Code rules against hate propaganda and hate crimes while protecting religious and cultural places.
Makes it harder for people charged with serious violent crimes to be released before trial, prioritizing public safety over automatic release.Makes it harder for people charged with serious violent crimes to be released before trial.
Changes rules for how parole decisions are reviewed and made for people in federal custody.Changes how parole decisions are reviewed and made for people in federal custody.
Requires courts to consider a person's immigration status when deciding criminal sentences.Requires courts to consider immigration status when deciding criminal sentences.
Requires courts to impose consecutive sentences for multiple sexual offences instead of allowing them to run at the same time.Requires courts to impose consecutive sentences for multiple sexual offences instead of running them together.
Modifies rules for controlling exports and imports of goods requiring permits.Modifies rules for controlling exports and imports of goods requiring permits.
Modifies rules for managing Atlantic groundfish fisheries under Canadian fishing law.Modifies rules for managing Atlantic groundfish fisheries under Canadian fishing law.
Strengthens rules for managing hazardous substances in Canada's oceans and abandoned vessels on Canadian coasts.Strengthens rules for managing hazardous substances in Canada's oceans and abandoned vessels on coasts.
Designates November as Ukrainian Heritage Month in Canada.Designates November as Ukrainian Heritage Month in Canada.
Establishes a national housing strategy for young Canadians and requires the designated minister to report progress to Parliament.Establishes a national housing strategy for young Canadians and requires the minister to report progress.
Exempts Quebec from the Canadian Multiculturalism Act.Exempts Quebec from the Canadian Multiculturalism Act.
Allows parents to take paid leave from work when their child dies.Allows parents to take paid leave from work when their child dies.
Implements a trade agreement between Canada and Indonesia while allowing government orders to enforce it and requiring reviews every three years.Implements a trade agreement between Canada and Indonesia with government enforcement and three-year reviews.
Requires Parliament to review and approve international treaties before the government can sign them.Requires Parliament to review and approve international treaties before the government signs them.
Increases tax breaks for small business owners, people with disabilities, and research spending while raising capital gains tax limits.Increases tax breaks for small business owners and people with disabilities, raises capital gains tax limits.
Establishes a national plan for predicting floods and droughts, with required reports to Parliament.Establishes a national plan for predicting floods and droughts with required reports to Parliament.
Creates new murder and violence offences involving intimate partners and stricter sentencing rules for such crimes.Adds new crimes for violence between intimate partners and increases punishments for them.
Expands Canadian citizenship to include more people born abroad to Canadian parents and adopted children, and restores citizenship to those who previously lost it.Lets more people born abroad to Canadian parents and adopted children become citizens, and restores citizenship to some who lost it.
Removes federal barriers to trade and worker movement between provinces, and streamlines approval for national interest projects.Gets rid of federal rules blocking trade and worker movement between provinces, and speeds up approvals for big national projects.
Allocates $8.58 billion to pay for federal government operations not covered by other budgets through March 2026.Sets aside $8.58 billion to cover federal government operations until March 2026.
Allocates $149.8 billion to fund federal government operations for the year ending March 31, 2026.Sets aside money to pay for running the federal government until March 31, 2026.