| Jurisdiction: | CA |
| #: | 44th |
| Type: | Minority |
| Senateimage: | Senate of Canada - Seating Plan (44th Parliament).svg |
| Status: | active |
| Term-Begin: | 22 November 2021 |
| Term-End: | present |
| Pm: | Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau |
| Pm-Begin: | 2015-11-04 |
| Ministry: | 29th Canadian Ministry |
| Lo: | Hon. Erin O'Toole |
| Lo-Begin: | 2020-08-24 |
| Lo-End: | 2022-02-02 |
| Lo2: | Hon. Candice Bergen |
| Lo-Begin2: | 2022-02-02 |
| Lo-End2: | 2022-09-10 |
| Lo3: | Hon. Pierre Poilievre |
| Lo-Begin3: | 2022-09-10 |
| Party: | Liberal Party |
| Party2: | Conservative Party |
| Party3: | Bloc Québécois |
| Party4: | New Democratic Party |
| Party5: | Independent Senators Group |
| Party6: | Canadian Senators Group |
| Party7: | Progressive Senate Group |
| Unrecparty1: | Green Party |
| Partyfootnote1: | Only in the Senate. |
| Sc: | Hon. Anthony Rota |
| Sc-Begin: | 2019-12-05 |
| Sc-End: | 2023-09-27 |
| Sc2: | Louis Plamondon (interim) |
| Sc-Begin2: | 2023-09-27 |
| Sc-End2: | 2023-10-03 |
| Sc3: | Hon. Greg Fergus |
| Sc-Begin3: | 2023-10-03 |
| Ghl: | Hon. Mark Holland |
| Ghl-Begin: | 2021-10-26 |
| Ghl-End: | 2023-07-26 |
| Ghl2: | Hon. Karina Gould |
| Ghl-Begin2: | 2023-07-26 |
| Ohl: | Gérard Deltell |
| Ohl-Begin: | 2020-09-02 |
| Ohl-End: | 2022-02-04 |
| Ohl2: | John Brassard |
| Ohl-Begin2: | 2022-02-05 |
| Ohl-End2: | 2022-09-12 |
| Ohl3: | Andrew Scheer |
| Ohl-Begin3: | 2022-09-13 |
| Ss: | Hon. George Furey |
| Ssterm: | - |
| Ss2: | Hon. Raymonde Gagné |
| Ssterm2: | - present |
| Gsr: | yes |
| Gsl: | Hon. Marc Gold |
| Gslterm: | - present |
| Osl: | Hon. Don Plett |
| Oslterm: | - present |
| Monarch-Begin: | 1952-02-06 |
| Monarch-End: | 2022-09-08 |
| Monarch2: | Charles III |
| Monarch-Begin2: | 2022-09-08 |
| Viceroy: | HE Rt. Hon. Mary Simon |
| Viceroy-Begin: | 2021-07-26 |
| Sessionbegin: | 22 November 2021 |
| Sessionend: | present |
| Members: | 338 |
| Senators: | 105 |
| Lastparl: | 43rd |
| Nextparl: | 45th |
The 44th Canadian Parliament is the session of the Parliament of Canada which began on 22 November 2021, with the membership of the House of Commons, having been determined by the results of the 2021 federal election held on 20 September. Parliament officially resumed on 22 November with the re-election of Speaker Anthony Rota, and the Speech from the Throne read by Governor General Mary Simon the following day.
It is led by a Liberal Party minority government under the premiership of Justin Trudeau. Six months into the first session on 22 March 2022 it was announced that the New Democratic Party would henceforth support the government with confidence and supply measures.[1] [2] The support was contingent on the government implementing a pharmacare program and a dental care program. The temporary Canada Dental Benefit was established in December 2022, and the permanent Canadian Dental Care Plan began rolling out in December 2023.[3] [4]
| Speaker of the House of Commons | Liberal | Greg Fergus | Hull—Aylmer | 3 October 2023 |
| Leader | Justin Trudeau | Papineau | 14 April 2013 | ||
| Deputy Leader | Chrystia Freeland | University-Rosedale | 20 November 2019 | ||
| House Leader | Burlington | 26 July 2023 | |||
| Whip | Steven MacKinnon | Gatineau | 28 October 2021 | ||
| Caucus Chair | Brenda Shanahan | Châteauguay—Lacolle | 28 November 2021 |
| Leader | Pierre Poilivevre | Carleton | 10 September 2022 | ||
| Deputy Leaders | Melissa Lantsman | Thornhill | 10 September 2022 | ||
| Tim Uppal | Edmonton Mill Woods | ||||
| House Leader | Regina—Qu'Appelle | 13 September 2022 | |||
| Deputy House Leader | Luc Berthold | Mégantic—L'Érable | 13 September 2022 | ||
| Whip | Kerry-Lynne Findlay | South Surrey—White Rock | 13 September 2022 | ||
| Deputy Whip and question period Coordinator | Chris Warkentin | Grande Prairie-Mackenzie | 13 September 2022 | ||
| Caucus Chair | Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston | 13 September 2022 | |||
| Caucus Party Liaison | Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry | 13 September 2022 | |||
| Caucus Committee Coordinator | Jake Stewart | Miramichi—Grand Lake | 13 September 2022 | ||
| Québec Lieutenant | Pierre Paul-Hus | Charlesbourg-Haute-Saint-Charles | 13 September 2022 |
| Speaker of the Senate | Non-affiliated | Raymonde Gagné | Manitoba | 12 May 2023 |
| Government Representative in the Senate | Marc Gold | Quebec | 24 January 2020 | |
| Legislative Deputy to the Government Representative in the Senate | Patti LaBoucane-Benson | N/A | ||
| Government Liaison in the Senate | Michèle Audette | 9 August 2023 |
| Leader of the Opposition | Don Plett | Manitoba | 5 November 2019 | ||
| Deputy leader of the Opposition | British Columbia | November 2015 | |||
| Whip of the Opposition | Judith Seidman | Quebec | N/A | ||
| Deputy Whip of the Opposition | Leo Housakos | Quebec | N/A | ||
| Chair of the Conservative Caucus | Rose-May Poirier | New Brunswick | December 2019 |
See also: By-elections to the 44th Canadian Parliament.
| Seat | Before | Change | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party | ||
| Spadina—Fort York | 22 November 2021 | Kevin Vuong | Excluded from caucus[19] | |||||
| Mississauga—Lakeshore | 27 May 2022 | Sven Spengemann | Resigned to accept a position with the United Nations[20] [21] | 12 December 2022[22] | Charles Sousa | |||
| Richmond—Arthabaska | 13 September 2022 | Alain Rayes | Left caucus[23] | |||||
| Winnipeg South Centre | 12 December 2022 | Jim Carr | Died in office[24] | 19 June 2023 | Ben Carr | |||
| Calgary Heritage | 31 December 2022 | Bob Benzen | Resigned to return to the private sector[25] | 24 July 2023 | Shuvaloy Majumdar | |||
| Oxford | 28 January 2023 | Dave MacKenzie | Retired[26] | 19 June 2023 | Arpan Khanna | |||
| Portage—Lisgar | 28 February 2023 | Candice Bergen | Resigned[27] | 19 June 2023 | Branden Leslie | |||
| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount | 8 March 2023 | Marc Garneau | Retired[28] | 19 June 2023 | Anna Gainey | |||
| Don Valley North | 22 March 2023 | Han Dong | Left caucus[29] | |||||
| Durham | 1 August 2023 | Erin O'Toole | Resigned | 4 March 2024 | Jamil Jivani | |||
| Toronto—St. Paul's | 16 January 2024 | Carolyn Bennett | Resigned to become ambassador of Canada to Denmark[30] | 24 June 2024 | Don Stewart | |||
| LaSalle—Émard—Verdun | 1 February 2024 | David Lametti | Resigned to join law firm[31] | |||||
| Elmwood—Transcona | 31 March 2024 | Daniel Blaikie | Resigned to work with Premier of Manitoba Wab Kinew[32] | |||||
| Cloverdale—Langley City | 27 May 2024 | John Aldag | Resigned to seek nomination for Langley-Abbotsford in the 2024 British Columbia general election[33] | |||||
| 17 June 2024 | Andy Fillmore | Announced resignation (exact date pending) | ||||||
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.[34] 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.[35] 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.[36] 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.[37] 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.[38] [39] 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.[40] 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.[41] Bill C-28 was adopted in response to R v Brown (2022) addressing self-induced extreme intoxication.[42]