Bills 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

[...] Available on the House of Commons website at the following address: www.ourcommons.ca 3 Charles III CHAPTER 4 An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026 [Assented to 26th June, 2025] MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, Preamble Whereas it appears by message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, and the Estimates accompanying that message, that the sums mentioned below are required to defray certain expenses of the federal public administration, not otherwise provided for, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, and for other purposes connected with the federal public administration; May it therefore please Your Majesty, that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, that:Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Appropriation

[...] recoverable expenditures or advances in respect of materials supplied to, or services performed on behalf of, individuals, corporations, outside agencies, other federal departments and agencies and other governments –    Payments (a) in respect of pension, insurance and social security programs or other arrangements for employees locally engaged outside of Canada; and (b) in respect of the administration of such programs or arrangements, including premiums, contributions, benefit payments, fees and other expenditures made in respect of such employees and for any other persons that the Treasury Board determines –    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.‍1(2)‍(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset related expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year, including from the provision of internal support services under section 29.‍2 of that Act –    The payment to each member of the King’s

[...] Available on the House of Commons website at the following address: www.ourcommons.ca 3 Charles III CHAPTER 3 An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026 [Assented to 26th June, 2025] MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, Preamble Whereas it appears by message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, and the Estimates accompanying that message, that the sums mentioned below are required to defray certain expenses of the federal public administration, not otherwise provided for, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, and for other purposes connected with the federal public administration; May it therefore please Your Majesty, that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, that:Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Appropriation

[...] Items Amount in Main Estimates ($) Amount Appropriated by Special Warrants ($) Amount Appropriated by this Act ($) ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS SUPPORT SERVICE OF CANADA Service canadien d’appui aux tribunaux administratifs 1 –    Program expenditures –    Authority to make recoverable expenditures in relation to the application of the Canada Pension Plan and the Employment Insurance Act 68,848,388 27,857,881 40,990,507 ATLANTIC CANADA OPPORTUNITIES AGENCY Agence de promotion économique du Canada atlantique 1 –    Operating expenditures –    The payment to each member of the King’s Privy Council for Canada who is a minister without portfolio, or a minister of State who does not preside over a ministry of State, of a salary — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over

[...] Indigenous organizations, as defined in section 79 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, in connection with the provision of correctional services under an agreement referred to in section 81 of that Act; and (b) payments to non-profit organizations involved in community corrections operations, provinces and municipalities towards their respective construction costs 337,357,217 84,339,304 253,017,913 10 –    To reduce from $11,000,000 to $5,000,000 the amount by which the aggregate of expenditures made for the purposes of the CORCAN Revolving Fund, established by Correctional Service Vote 11c, Appropriation Act No. 4, 1991–92, may exceed that Fund’s revenues 1 0 1 COURTS ADMINISTRATION SERVICE Service administratif des tribunaux judiciaires 1 –    Program expenditures 197,723,732 49,430,932 148,292,800 DEPARTMENT FOR WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY Ministère des Femmes et de l’Égalité des genres 1 –    Operating expenditures –    The payment to each member of the King’s

[...] a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State 61,732,958 15,433,240 46,299,718 5 –    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year –    Contributions 338,287,046 169,143,523 169,143,523 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Agroalimentaire 1 –    Operating expenditures –    Authority, as referred to in paragraph 29.‍1(2)‍(a) of the Financial Administration Act, to expend in the fiscal year — in order to offset expenditures that it incurs in that fiscal year — revenues that it receives in that fiscal year from (a) collaborative research agreements and research services; (b) the administration of the AgriStability program; and (c) the provision of internal support services under section 29.‍2 of that Act –    The payment to each member of the King’s

[...] pour le Nord de l’Ontario 1 –    Operating expenditures –    The payment to each member of the King’s Privy Council for Canada who is a minister without portfolio, or a minister of State who does not preside over a ministry of State, of a salary — paid annually or pro rata for any period less than a year — that does not exceed the salary paid under the Salaries Act, rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars under section 67 of the Parliament of Canada Act, to ministers of State who preside over ministries of State 15,571,139 5,190,380 10,380,759 5 –    The grants listed in any of the Estimates for the fiscal year –    Contributions 54,179,238 13,544,810 40,634,428 FEDERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l’Ontario 1 –    Operating expenditures –    The payment to each member of the King’s Privy Council for Canada who is a minister without portfolio, or a minister of State who does not preside over

[...] (exigence fédérale) Minister means the member of the King’s Privy Council for Canada designated under section 6.‍

[...] (exigence provinciale ou territoriale) Act and regulations prevail 3 The provisions of this Act and the regulations made under it prevail over the provisions of any other Act of Parliament and any regulations made under any other Act of Parliament to the extent of any conflict between them.Purpose of Act Purpose 4 The purpose of this Act is to promote free trade and labour mobility by removing federal barriers to the interprovincial movement of goods and provision of services and to the movement of labour within Canada while continuing to protect the health, safety and security of Canadians, their social and economic well-being and the environment.His Majesty Binding on His Majesty 5 This Act is binding on His Majesty in right of Canada.Designation of Minister Order 6 The Governor in Council may, by order, designate a member of the King’s Privy Council for Canada as the Minister for the purposes of this Act.Removal of Barriers Goods and Services Application 7 Sections 8 and 9

[...] (peuples autochtones) Minister means the member of the King’s Privy Council for Canada designated under section 3.‍

[...] (comité d’examen parlementaire)Designation of Minister Order 3 The Governor in Council may, by order, designate a member of the King’s Privy Council for Canada as the Minister for the purposes of this Act.Purpose of Act Purpose 4 The purpose of this Act is to enhance Canada’s prosperity, national security, economic security, national defence and national autonomy by ensuring that projects that are in the national interest are advanced through an accelerated process that enhances regulatory certainty and investor confidence, while protecting the environment and respecting the rights of Indigenous peoples.National Interest Projects National interest 4.‍1 (1) The Governor in Council may, by order, for the purposes of section 5, define national interest.

[...] (étiquette) Minister means the member of the King’s Privy Council for Canada designated as the Minister under section 3.

[...] (jeune)DesignationDesignation of Minister 3 The Governor in Council may, by order, designate a member of the King’s Privy Council for Canada as the Minister for the purposes of this Act.PurposePurpose of Act 4 The purpose of this Act is to protect young persons and others from inducements to consume alcoholic beverages, in order to protect public health and reduce the social costs associated with the consumption of alcoholic beverages.PART 1 Promotion of Alcoholic BeveragesNon-application 5 Subject to the regulations, this Part does not apply to (a) a literary, dramatic, musical, cinematographic, scientific, educational or artistic work, production or performance that uses or depicts an alcoholic beverage or a brand element of an alcoholic beverage, whatever the mode or form of its expression, if no consideration is given, directly or indirectly, for that use or depiction in the work, production or performance; (b) a report, commentary or opinion about an alcoholic beverage or a

[...] containing non-disclosure agreements.Information from non-governmental entities (2) The report referred to in subsection (1) must also contain the information provided to the President of the Treasury Board under subsection 25.‍1(2) of the Financial Administration Act.Certification (3) In the report, the President of the Treasury Board must certify that they are satisfied that the entities whose financial information is included in the Public Accounts prepared under the Financial Administration Act have provided accurate information for the purposes of the report.Anonymous data (4) The information in subsection (1) must be provided in a manner that is not likely to reveal a person’s identity.Privilege (5) The information in subsection (1) must be provided regardless of whether it is (a) subject to any privilege, including parliamentary privilege, solicitor-client privilege or the professional secrecy of advocates and notaries, or litigation privilege; or (b) a confidence of the King’s

[...] and send to the Minister and the complainant a report that summarizes the complaint and sets out the Ombud’s findings, conclusions and reasons for those conclusions and any recommendations.Report — other investigation or examination (2) After completing an investigation conducted or examination made on their own initiative or at the request of the Minister, the Ombud must prepare and send to the Minister a report that summarizes the matter investigated or examined and sets out the Ombud’s findings, conclusions and reasons for those conclusions and any recommendations.Response to recommendations (3) After receiving a report referred to in subsection (1) or (2), the Minister must advise the Ombud, within the period that the Ombud may specify, of all measures taken or proposed to be taken in response to the recommendations in the report as well as the reasons for not following a recommendation.GeneralNo right of access 16 The Ombud is not entitled to have access to a confidence of the King’s

[...] End of inserted block 27 The portion of subsection 41(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following: Inspection of mail41 (1) The Corporation may open any mail if it has reasonable grounds to suspect that28 Subsection 42(2.‍1) of the Act is repealed.29 Section 48 of the Act is replaced by the following: Opening mail48 Every person commits an offence who, Insertion start unless Insertion end authorized Insertion start under an Insertion end Act Insertion start of Parliament Insertion end , knowingly opens, keeps, secretes, delays or detains, or permits to be opened, kept, secreted, delayed or detained, any mail bag or mail or any receptacle or device authorized by the Corporation for the posting of mail.Part 5 Oceans Act 1996, c. 31Amendments to the Act30 (1) The portion of subsection 41(1) of the Oceans Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following: Coast guard services41 (1) The Minister, Insertion start or any other member of the King’s Privy Council

[...] End of inserted block (3) Subsection 41(2) of the Act is replaced by the following: Cost-effectiveness(2) The Minister, Insertion start or any other member of the King’s Privy Council for Canada designated under subsection (1) Insertion end , shall ensure that the services referred to in subparagraphs (1)‍(a)‍(i) to (iv) are provided in a cost-effective manner.31 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 41: Powers with respect to information and intelligence Start of inserted block 41.‍1 In exercising the powers and performing the duties and functions assigned to them under section 41, the Minister, or any other member of the King’s Privy Council for Canada designated under subsection 41(1), may collect, analyze and disclose information or intelligence.