June 8 1999--Parliament ballots 216...

June 8 1999--Parliament ballots 216 to 55 in favour of a Canadian Alliance resolution stating "marriage is and should remain the union of single man and one woman to the exclusion of all others, and that Parliament will take all necessary stairs to preserve this definition of marriage in Canada."

April 11 2000--Parliament passes Bill C-23 174 to 72 expanding the definition of "common-law relationship" to include same-sex twos and thereby give them the same social and tax