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First Session, Forty-fifth Parliament,

3-4 Charles III, 2025-2026

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-272
An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (supervised drug consumption sites)
FIRST READING, March 26, 2026

Mr. Mazier
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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to provide that regulations made and exemptions granted under that Act must not have the effect of allowing a site providing services in relation to the consumption of certain substances to be located within 500 metres of an elementary or secondary school, a daycare centre or a playground.

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1st Session, 45th Parliament,

3-4 Charles III, 2025-2026

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-272

An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (supervised drug consumption sites)

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1996, c. 19

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

1 The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is amended by adding the following after the heading “Regulations and Exemptions” before section 55:

Restriction — regulations and exemptions

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54.‍2 Despite any other provision of this Act, regulations made and exemptions granted under this Act must not have the effect of allowing a site providing services in relation to the consumption of any controlled substance or precursor — or any class of either of them — that is obtained in a manner not authorized under this Act to be located within 500 metres of an elementary or secondary school, a daycare centre or a playground.
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Transitional Provision

Exemptions and authorizations in force

2 Any exemption or authorization that is granted or issued under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, that is valid on the day on which this Act comes into force and that applies, directly or indirectly, in respect of a site providing services in relation to the consumption of any controlled substance or precursor — or any class of either of them — that is obtained in a manner not authorized under that Act is

  • (a) revoked on that day, to the extent that the exemption or authorization applies in respect of a site located within 500 metres of an elementary or secondary school, a daycare centre or a playground; or

  • (b) deemed to include as a condition that such services must not be provided at the site when it is within 500 metres of an elementary or secondary school, a daycare centre or a playground, if the exemption or authorization applies in respect of a mobile site.

Coming into Force

180 days after royal assent

3 This Act comes into force 180 days after the day on which it receives royal assent.

Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons

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