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C-207 An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan

Requires approval from two thirds of participating provinces before any province can leave the Canada Pension Plan to set up its own.

What Bill C-207 would do

The bill would amend the Canada Pension Plan to require consent from at least two thirds of participating provinces before a province could set up its own comprehensive pension plan. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment amends the Canada Pension Plan to provide that the consent of at least two thirds of the provinces that do not provide a comprehensive pension plan is required before a province may adopt such a plan.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Heather McPherson, Member of Parliament (Edmonton Strathcona)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedJun 10, 2025 Exact stageOutside the Order of Precedence · since June 10, 2025Introduced, but not debated yet.
  2. Being debated
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

Waiting its turn; not scheduled for debate

  1. First reading in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the House now

  3. Committee in the House not yet

  4. Report stage in the House not yet

  5. Third reading in the House not yet

  6. First reading in the Senate not yet

  7. Second reading in the Senate not yet

  8. Third reading in the Senate not yet

  9. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since June 10, 2025.

  1. House
  2. Senate
  3. Royal assent

Debates in the House 0

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  1. Spring Economic Update 2026

    · Routine Proceedings · named 1 time

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