Federal bills

This is the Budget 2025 Implementation Act, a comprehensive omnibus bill that implements numerous measures from the November 2025 federal budget, including income tax changes (capital gains exemptions, SR&ED credits, clean energy investment tax credits, personal support worker credits), repeal of the Digital Services Tax, GST/HST amendments, underused housing tax and luxury tax changes, establishment of a high-speed rail network framework, consumer-driven banking legislation, stablecoin regulation, financial institution modernization, and various other fiscal, regulatory, and administrative measures.

This bill creates two new laws: the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act, which removes federal barriers to interprovincial trade of goods and services and improves worker mobility by recognizing provincial/territorial credentials as meeting federal requirements; and the Building Canada Act, which establishes an accelerated regulatory approval process for projects deemed to be in the national interest by the Governor in Council.

This Act creates Build Canada Homes as a federal Crown corporation with up to $11.5 billion in funding to increase the supply of affordable housing in Canada and promote innovative and efficient construction methods. The corporation can develop land, construct homes, provide financial assistance and loan guarantees, invest in housing projects, and partner with other governments and private entities.

This bill amends the Citizenship Act to expand citizenship by descent for persons born outside Canada, removing the first-generation limit for those born before the Act's commencement, restoring citizenship to those who lost it due to retention requirements, and establishing a 'substantial connection to Canada' test (1,095 days physical presence) for future generations born abroad.

This bill strengthens Criminal Code protections for victims of human trafficking and sexual offences by adding fines up to $100,000 on top of existing prison sentences, making sentences consecutive, removing the 'reasonable apprehension of fear' requirement for trafficking convictions, and expanding rules around how victims can testify and present video evidence.

This bill amends the Department of Industry Act to require the federal government to conduct a 'small business impact assessment' for every new bill or regulation that could significantly affect Canadian small businesses, with results tabled in Parliament or published in the Canada Gazette.

This bill creates a new criminal offence specifically for stealing or possessing stolen property that has cultural or religious significance, with penalties of up to 10 years for theft and up to 5 years for possession.

This bill increases criminal penalties for trafficking, importing, exporting, or producing synthetic opioids (such as fentanyl) above specified amounts, including mandatory life sentences and parole ineligibility for 25 years for the most serious quantities. It also adds aggravating sentencing factors when offences occur near schools, treatment centres, or child care facilities, or involve lethal amounts of the substance.

This bill requires online platform operators — including social media and gaming services — to take active steps to prevent fraudulent content, remove it when identified, and notify users who encountered it. It also makes targeting vulnerable people (based on age, health, or finances) an aggravating factor in identity theft sentencing under the Criminal Code.

This bill requires the National Research Council to publicly disclose the housing cost impacts of proposed changes to Canada's national model codes (building, fire, plumbing, energy efficiency), including plain-language cost summaries, governance transparency details, and a public registry of proposals — all published when changes go out for public review.

This bill amends federal drug legislation to allow psilocybin and psilocin (the active compounds in 'magic mushrooms') to be prescribed and used as medical treatments under the existing Narcotic Control Regulations, and ensures that drug submissions for these substances automatically receive priority review status from Health Canada.

This bill amends the Excise Tax Act to make used motor vehicles zero-rated supplies, meaning no GST/HST would be collected on their sale, on the basis that sales tax was already paid when the vehicle was first purchased new.

This bill amends the Canada Labour Code to prohibit federally regulated employers from using managers or employees with confidential labour relations roles from other locations as replacement workers during a strike or lockout.

This bill amends the Veterans Well-being Act to formally include service dogs as part of rehabilitation services available to veterans, requiring the government to assess each veteran's need for a service dog when developing their rehabilitation plan.

This bill requires that Canadian flags of a certain minimum size (at least 20 cm wide by 30 cm long) sold, imported, or advertised in Canada must carry a country-of-origin label both on the flag itself and on its packaging.

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 bill repeals the Clarity Act, which currently requires the House of Commons to assess whether a referendum question on Quebec separation is clear and whether a clear majority has voted in favour before the federal government would negotiate secession. Repealing it would remove federal oversight over the conditions under which Quebec could pursue independence.

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.

This bill establishes a framework to ensure Canadians can continue to access and use physical cash throughout the country. It also prohibits the Bank of Canada from issuing a central bank digital currency and removes the government's power to call in (withdraw from circulation) coins and banknotes.

This bill amends the Criminal Code to create new criminal offences related to making, distributing, possessing, or accessing visual recordings that depict non-consensual sexual activity (termed 'sexual assault material'), with penalties including up to 14 years imprisonment and fines up to $100,000.