Federal bills

The Strong Borders Act is an omnibus security bill that strengthens Canada-US border enforcement, tightens immigration and refugee claim processes, significantly increases anti-money laundering penalties and compliance requirements, modernizes law enforcement data access powers, creates a new framework requiring electronic service providers to facilitate lawful information access, restricts large cash transactions, and expands coast guard and postal inspection authorities.

This Act gives legal force to the Final Self-Government Agreement for the Tłegǫ́hłı̨ Got'įnę, a Sahtu Dene and Metis community in the Northwest Territories, recognizing their inherent right to self-governance and establishing the Tłegǫ́hłı̨ Got'įnę Government as a legal entity with law-making authority over their settlement lands.

This bill creates a Digital Safety Act and a new Digital Safety Commission of Canada to regulate large social media platforms, AI chatbot services, and other online services accessible in Canada, requiring them to reduce harmful content, protect children, and report transparently on their safety practices.

This bill requires the Minister of Justice to table a statement for every government bill introduced in Parliament, disclosing potential effects on Indigenous Peoples' section 35 constitutional rights, consistency with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and details of any consultations undertaken with affected Indigenous peoples.

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 strengthens Canada's cybersecurity framework by giving the federal government new powers to protect telecommunications networks and critical infrastructure from cyber threats, and by creating mandatory cybersecurity programs for operators of vital services like banking, pipelines, nuclear energy, and transportation.

This bill replaces Canada's existing private-sector privacy law (PIPEDA) with a new Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act, establishing stronger rules for how organizations collect, use, and disclose personal information in commercial activities, and creating a new Privacy and Consumer Data Commissioner within a renamed Digital Safety and Data Protection Commission of Canada.

This bill restricts the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in harassment, violence, and discrimination settlements across the federal public sector and by organizations receiving federal grants or contributions. It requires annual public reporting on NDA usage and prohibits the use of public money to enforce NDAs against complainants.

This bill creates a new Commissioner for Modern Treaty Implementation, an independent officer who will review and audit how federal government institutions are fulfilling Canada's obligations under modern treaties with Indigenous peoples. It also establishes the Office of the Commissioner to support this work.

This bill creates the Financial Crimes Agency, a new specialized federal law enforcement body mandated to investigate serious and complex financial crimes (including money laundering, proceeds of crime, and threats to financial market integrity) and to contribute to the recovery of proceeds of crime.

This bill creates the Mental Health Parity Act, which ties federal cash transfers to provinces (via the Canada Health Transfer) to requirements that provincial health insurance plans cover mental health, addictions, and substance use services under the same standards — public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, portability, and accessibility — that currently apply to physical health care under the Canada Health Act.

This is the second budget implementation act for 2025, enacting a wide range of tax, financial, regulatory, and institutional measures including income tax changes (immediate expensing for manufacturing buildings, automatic benefit filing for low-income individuals, crypto-asset reporting), global minimum tax updates (UTPR implementation), GST/HST technical amendments, new defence procurement rules via a Defence Investment Agency, a ban on non-compete clauses in federally regulated workplaces, increased Tax Court informal procedure limits, and various other measures affecting financial institutions, housing guarantees, bankruptcy enforcement, and air travel complaint resolution.

This bill amends the Criminal Code to allow courts to order restitution payments to community organizations that provide front-line services (such as emergency shelters, harm reduction programs, and victim support) when those organizations incur costs as a result of drug trafficking or human trafficking offences.

This bill formally establishes the legal boundaries of Gatineau Park in Quebec, prioritizes its ecological integrity, prohibits the sale of public lands within the park (with limited exceptions), strengthens Indigenous consultation with the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation, and gives the National Capital Commission new regulatory and enforcement powers over park activities and fees.

This bill requires the Minister of Finance to develop a national framework for providing a guaranteed livable basic income to all persons over age 17 in Canada, with ongoing reporting requirements on the framework's effectiveness.

This bill declares the Chignecto Isthmus Dykeland System (a dyke, aboiteau, and breakwater network spanning parts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) to be a work for the general advantage of Canada, bringing it under federal jurisdiction and enabling federal involvement in its design, construction, and operation to protect a critical interprovincial trade corridor from climate change impacts.

This bill officially designates April as 'Arab Heritage Month' across Canada each year, recognizing the contributions of Arab Canadians to the country's social, economic, cultural, and political life.

This bill amends the Competition Act to allow the Commissioner of Competition to recommend the removal of internal trade barriers (laws, regulations, rules, orders, or by-laws) identified during market or industry inquiries, and requires federal institutions to respond within 120 days while inviting provincial institutions to do the same.

This bill requires the Minister of Health to develop a national framework on sickle cell disease, including measures for healthcare professional training, universal neonatal screening, a national research registry, public awareness campaigns, and an analysis of potential tax credits and drug coverage for affected individuals and caregivers.

This bill regulates the online use and dissemination of deepfakes (AI-generated or AI-manipulated images, video, or audio that falsely represent individuals), requiring platform operators to identify, label, and remove harmful deepfakes, and establishing administrative monetary penalties for non-compliance.