44th Canadian Parliament

44th Parliament of Canada
Minority parliament
22 November 2021 – present
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister (cabinet)	Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau (29th Canadian Ministry) 4 Nov. 2015 – present
Leader of the Opposition	Hon. Erin O'Toole 24 Aug. 2020 – 2 Feb. 2022
	Hon. Candice Bergen 2 Feb. 2022 – present
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Conservative Party
Third parties	Bloc Québécois
	New Democratic Party
	Independent Senators Group*
	Canadian Senators Group*
	Progressive Senate Group*
* Only in the Senate.
House of Commons
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Speaker of the Commons	Hon. Anthony Rota
Government House Leader	Hon. Mark Holland
Members	338 MP seats List of members
Senate
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Speaker of the Senate	Hon. George Furey 3 December 2015 – present
Government Senate Representative	Hon. Marc Gold 24 January 2020 – present
Opposition Senate Leader	Hon. Don Plett 5 November 2019 – present
Senators	105 senator seats List of senators
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – present
Governor General	HE Rt. Hon. Mary Simon 26 July 2021 – present
Sessions
1st Session 22 November 2021 –
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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.

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.

Timeline

House of Commons – Changes in seats held

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.
• 26 October 2021: The new Ministry was sworn-in, the first overseen by Governor General Mary Simon.
• 22 November 2021: Opening of the 44th Parliament, and election of the Honourable Anthony Rota as Speaker of the House of Commons.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

See also

• Women in the 44th Canadian Parliament