Federal regulations

These amendments eliminate the controlled migratory bird hunt program and entrance fees at the Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area (near Québec City), since biological monitoring shows the marsh the hunt was designed to protect is now healthy, and free access aligns the area with all other National Wildlife Areas across Canada.

These amendments tighten Canada's rules around chemical precursors used to make illegal drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine, requiring businesses that handle these chemicals to report suspicious transactions to Health Canada within 72 hours, screen employees for drug-related criminal records, and restricting where cold/decongestant products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine can be sold. The changes also require importers of pill press component parts (punches, moulds, and dies) to register those parts with Health Canada before bringing them into Canada.

This order repeals the existing supplementary rules that governed the sale of natural health products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, with the repeal taking effect at the same time as the related Regulations Amending the Precursor Control Regulations (Increased Regulatory Oversight) come into force.

This proposed order updates Schedule IX of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to expand the definition of regulated tablet press and capsule-filling equipment, including components like dies, moulds, and punches, whether assembled, partially assembled, or disassembled.

These regulations update supporting rules under the Canada Labour Code to implement three new employee leave entitlements for federally regulated workplaces: job-protected leave after a pregnancy loss (up to 3 days or 8 weeks for stillbirth), extended bereavement leave of up to 8 weeks following the death of a child, and up to 16 weeks of leave for parents adopting or welcoming a child through surrogacy.

These regulations define what counts as a 'protection order' under Canadian firearms law, making it mandatory for courts and other authorities to report such orders to Chief Firearms Officers within 24 hours, which automatically triggers firearms licence revocation and surrender of firearms. They also establish the process and factors for issuing a conditional firearms licence to people who lose their licence due to a protection order but need a rifle or shotgun for sustenance hunting or trapping.

These regulations adapt the First Nations Fiscal Management Act to allow self-governing and modern treaty First Nations and Indigenous groups — who previously could not participate — to access the First Nations Finance Authority's pooled borrowing regime, enabling them to obtain long-term, fixed-rate infrastructure and economic development financing secured by their own revenues.

This Order formally classifies the entire class of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), excluding fluoropolymers, as toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, by adding them to Part 2 of Schedule 1. This designation does not impose any immediate restrictions but gives the federal government the legal authority to develop future risk management rules — including potential prohibitions — for these 'forever chemicals' found in thousands of products.

These amendments fix testing rules for industrial boilers and heaters under the Multi-Sector Air Pollutants Regulations, giving operators more flexibility and time (until December 31, 2025) to properly test their equipment's nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions so they can be correctly classified — avoiding being automatically placed in the worst performance class and facing costly upgrade requirements.

These regulations implement equal pay rules for federally regulated workers, requiring that part-time, temporary, casual, and seasonal employees be paid the same rate as full-time or permanent employees doing substantially the same work in the same location. They also set rules for temporary help agencies, including prohibiting agencies from charging fees to workers and requiring equal pay between agency staff and the client employer's own employees doing the same job.

This regulation requires publicly traded (distributing) trust and loan companies to annually disclose diversity information about their boards of directors and senior management, covering women, Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis reported separately), persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities, using a 'comply or explain' model.

This regulation requires distributing banks and bank holding companies to publicly disclose detailed information about the diversity of their boards of directors and senior management, including representation data for designated groups such as women, Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis reported separately), persons with disabilities, and visible minorities.

This regulation requires publicly distributing insurance companies and insurance holding companies to disclose detailed diversity information about their boards of directors and senior management, including representation data for women, Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis reported separately), persons with disabilities, and visible minorities.

This regulation replaces the current sales-based annual charge for pesticide product registrations with a tiered fee structure based on the number of registrations held by each registrant, roughly doubling total annual charge revenue collected from the approximately 700 pesticide companies registered in Canada to better fund Health Canada's post-market oversight activities.

These amendments update Canada's Antarctic Environmental Protection Regulations to better align with the Madrid Protocol by clarifying three tiers of environmental evaluation requirements, modernizing the permit application process, strengthening waste management plan requirements, and updating lists of protected areas and historic sites through living references to the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat's website.

This regulation adds seven new categories of sensitive dual-use technologies to Canada's Export Control List, requiring export permits for quantum computing components, advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment, metal 3D printers, and high-temperature coating technology before they can be shipped to any country except the United States.

This Order designates the Qikiqtait Marine Protected Area in southeast Hudson Bay around the Belcher Islands, freezing the footprint of human activities in the area for up to five years under the Oceans Act to protect critical Arctic habitat while longer-term conservation options are explored.

This Order updates Canada's official list of species at risk by removing, reclassifying, or renaming nine wildlife species — including several Red Knot shorebird populations, the Aweme Borer moth, the Cobblestone Tiger Beetle, the Lakeside Daisy, and the Seaside Centipede Lichen — to reflect updated scientific assessments by COSEWIC.

This Order designates the Sarvarjuaq area of northern Baffin Bay (approximately 80,000 km²) as a Marine Protected Area under the Oceans Act, freezing the footprint of human activities in the area for up to five years while longer-term protection options, including an Inuit-led Protected and Conserved Area, are explored.

These amendments to the Accessible Canada Regulations require federally regulated organizations to make their websites, mobile apps, and downloadable documents accessible to people with disabilities by conforming to the CAN/ASC-EN 301 549 standard — Canada's national digital accessibility standard. They also require organizations to train relevant staff, publish accessibility statements, and assess the accessibility of digital products they purchase.