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C-23 Appropriation Act No. 4, 2025-26: An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026

Authorizes about $5.4 billion in federal money to cover public service expenses for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

What the law does

The law authorizes $5,408,955,628 in federal money to pay for public service expenses for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

The Library of Parliament does not prepare Legislative Summaries for appropriation bills, ways and means bills and borrowing-authority bills. The following is a short summary:

On 24 March 2026, the President of the Treasury Board introduced Bill C-23, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2026, in the House of Commons and it was given first reading.

Bill C-23 (Appropriation Act No. 4, 2025-26) received Royal Assent on 26 March 2026 and authorizes payments to defray certain expenses of the public service of Canada, not otherwise provided for, for the financial year ending 31 March 2026. The Act provides for the sum of $5,408,955,628 to be appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to be used the public service of Canada. The Act came into force on Royal Assent.

From the Library of Parliament's legislative summary.

Kind
Government bill
Sponsor
Shafqat Ali, President of the Treasury Board (Brampton—Chinguacousy Park)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedMar 24
  2. Being debated
  3. Almost law
  4. LawMar 26

Became law March 26

  1. First reading in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the House done

    Committee of the Whole

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

    2nd reading and referral to committee - WHOL: agreed to on division,

  3. Committee in the House done

    Committee of the Whole

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  4. Report stage in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  5. Third reading in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

    3rd reading: agreed to on division,

  6. First reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  7. Second reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 2 sitting days, to

  8. Third reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  9. Royal assent done

Exact procedural stages

Officially: Royal assent received March 26, 2026 · S.C. 2026, c. 5.

  1. House
  2. Senate
  3. Royal assent

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