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C-253 National Framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income Act: An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income

Requires the finance minister to set up a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income for people over 17.

What Bill C-253 would do

The bill would require the Minister of Finance to develop a national framework to give everyone in Canada over the age of 17 access to a guaranteed livable basic income. It would also establish reporting requirements for the framework. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment requires the Minister of Finance to develop a national framework to provide all persons over the age of 17 in Canada with access to a guaranteed livable basic income. It also provides for reporting requirements with respect to the framework.

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

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Lori Idlout, Member of Parliament (Nunavut)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedOct 29, 2025 Exact stageOutside the Order of Precedence · since October 29, 2025Introduced, but not debated yet.
  2. Being debated
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

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  1. First reading in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the House now

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  4. Report stage in the House not yet

  5. Third reading in the House not yet

  6. First reading in the Senate not yet

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  9. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since October 29, 2025.

  1. House
  2. Senate
  3. Royal assent

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