Federal bills

This bill creates a new 30% non-refundable tax credit for taxable Canadian corporations that purchase qualifying heat recovery equipment used to capture waste heat from industrial processes and convert it into energy.

This bill requires the CRTC to establish a process for verifying the accuracy of mobile network coverage data provided by Canadian carriers, and mandates the Minister of Industry to comprehensively review and regularly update Canada's Spectrum Policy Framework, with a focus on improving cellular connectivity in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities.

This bill requires the Minister of Industry to develop a national framework promoting the durability and repairability of electronic products and essential home appliances sold in Canada, including minimum useful life standards, repair accessibility requirements, and replacement part availability rules.

This bill requires the federal Minister of Employment and Social Development to develop a national framework to harmonize skilled trades certifications across provinces and reduce barriers preventing tradespeople from working interprovincially.

This bill amends the Food and Drugs Act to create a pre-approved list of non-marketed therapeutic products (drugs and medical devices) that can be accessed through a streamlined special access process for patients with serious, life-threatening, or rare conditions. It also establishes clearer criteria and safeguards for issuing emergency letters of authorization for new drugs not yet approved in Canada.

This bill repeals the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, which currently prohibits oil tankers carrying more than 12,500 metric tonnes of crude or persistent oil from stopping at ports or marine installations along British Columbia's northern coast.

This bill requires the Minister of Public Safety to develop a national framework for a coordinated 'silver alert' system across Canada, using existing public alerting infrastructure to issue emergency notifications when vulnerable older persons (including those with dementia) go missing, in order to facilitate their rapid and safe recovery.

This bill amends the Canada Post Corporation Act to require Canada Post to provide interprovincial shipping of beer, wine, and spirits directly to consumers, and grants Canada Post an exclusive privilege over this activity, with exceptions for designated 'trusted carriers' that meet age verification and secure delivery requirements.

This bill amends the Old Age Security Act to increase the full OAS pension by 10% for all pensioners aged 65 and older (not just those 75+), and raises the employment/self-employment income exemption for the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) from $5,000 to $6,500.

This bill would make it a criminal offence for government officers or employees (other than doctors or nurse practitioners) who hold a position of trust or authority to initiate unsolicited discussions about medical assistance in dying (MAID) with individuals who have not requested such a conversation.

This bill amends the Canada Labour Code to clarify and strengthen rules against employer domination or influence over trade unions. It defines what constitutes employer interference, allows decertification of unions found to be employer-dominated, and introduces fines up to $100,000 for employers who violate these provisions.

This bill amends the Criminal Code to codify the Supreme Court's R. v. Jordan framework requiring trials to conclude within 30 months in superior courts and 18 months in provincial courts, or proceedings must be stayed, while creating an exception for serious designated offences (such as murder and sexual offences) using the Charter's notwithstanding clause.

This bill amends the Criminal Code to create a new indictable offence of wilfully promoting a terrorist activity or terrorist group through communicating statements, punishable by up to five years imprisonment, with defences for true statements, good-faith religious expression, public interest discussion, and good-faith efforts to identify and remove such content.

This bill removes the restriction that denied survivor pension benefits to spouses or common-law partners who married or began cohabiting with a pensioner after the pensioner turned 60 or retired. It amends multiple federal pension statutes—covering the military, judges, MPs, public servants, RCMP, and federally regulated private-sector pension plans—to ensure survivors receive pension benefits regardless of when the relationship began.

This bill amends the Criminal Code to create a specific offence for mischief targeting religious property (churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, and cemeteries), imposing mandatory minimum compensation of $1,000 to the property owner for a first offence, with escalating mandatory minimum jail sentences for repeat offences.

This bill amends the Criminal Code to make it a criminal offence to wilfully promote hatred against Indigenous peoples by condoning, denying, downplaying, or justifying the Indian residential school system in Canada through public statements, punishable by up to two years imprisonment.

This bill requires the Minister of Finance to develop a national framework for providing a guaranteed livable basic income to all persons over 17 in Canada, including temporary workers, permanent residents, and refugee claimants. It sets out consultation requirements and mandates ongoing parliamentary reporting on the framework's development and effectiveness.

This bill amends the Customs Act and Customs Tariff to create a presumption that goods originating from designated countries, areas, or listed entities are produced using forced labour or child labour, requiring customs officers to detain such goods until importers prove otherwise through supply chain due diligence and certification.

This bill amends the Canada Labour Code to require airlines to pay flight attendants for pre-flight and post-flight duties, mandatory training, and time spent on-call or during flight delays, at no less than their regular wage rate.

This bill amends the Employment Insurance Act to exempt pregnancy and parental benefits from the combined weeks of benefits cap, allow benefit period extensions for claimants receiving pregnancy or parental benefits, and increase the maximum weeks of benefits for caring for a critically ill adult from 15 to 26 weeks.