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National silver alert system

C-263 Silver Alert National Framework Act: An Act to establish a national framework for silver alerts

Sets up a national framework for silver alerts, meant to help safely find missing vulnerable seniors.

What Bill C-263 would do

The bill would establish a national framework to support a coordinated silver alert system across Canada. The system is intended to provide timely public notifications to help locate missing vulnerable older persons rapidly and safely. The published material provides no further details.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment provides for the establishment of a national framework to support a coordinated silver alert system across Canada that will help to facilitate timely public notification and ensure the rapid and safe recovery of missing vulnerable older persons.

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

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Raquel Dancho, Member of Parliament (Kildonan—St. Paul)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedMar 10
  2. Being studiedsince Jun 5 Exact stageAt consideration in committee in the House of Commons · Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security · since June 5, 2026A committee of MPs or senators is going through it line by line.
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

In a House committee since June 5

  1. First reading in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the House done

    Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security

    Before the House on 2 sitting days, to · 2 debates here

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

  3. Committee in the House now

    Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security

  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: At consideration in committee in the House of Commons · Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security · since June 5, 2026.

  1. House
  2. Senate
  3. Royal assent

Debates in the House 2

Members who spoke: Conservative 4 Liberal 4 Bloc Québécois 2

Second reading 2

  1. Silver Alert National Framework Act

    · Sitting 118 · 11 statements · 11 graded

    7 members spoke

  2. Silver Alert National Framework Act

    · Sitting 130 · 4 statements · 4 graded

    4 members spoke

Also raised in 1

Question Period, members' statements and other debates where the bill came up.

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  1. Seniors

    · Statements by Members · named 1 time

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