Buffer zone for consumption sites

C-272 An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (supervised drug consumption sites)

Bans supervised drug consumption sites within 500 metres of schools, daycares and playgrounds.

What Bill C-272 would do

The bill would amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to ban drug consumption sites within 500 metres of elementary and secondary schools, daycare centres, or playgrounds. Under the change, federal regulations and exemptions could not permit a site to operate within that distance. The published material gives no further detail.

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Official summary

This enactment amends the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to provide that regulations made and exemptions granted under that Act must not have the effect of allowing a site providing services in relation to the consumption of certain substances to be located within 500 metres of an elementary or secondary school, a daycare centre or a playground.

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

Kind: Private member's bill
Sponsor: Dan Mazier, Member of Parliament (Riding Mountain)
Introduced: March 26 in the House of Commons
Last activity: March 26

Where it stands

ProposedMar 26
Being debated
Almost law
Law

Waiting its turn; not scheduled for debate

First reading in the House done March 26

Before the House on 1 sitting day, March 26
Second reading in the House now
Committee in the House not yet
Report stage in the House not yet
Third reading in the House not yet
First reading in the Senate not yet
Second reading in the Senate not yet
Third reading in the Senate not yet
Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since March 26, 2026.

House
1. First reading in the House: done, 2026-03-26
2. Second reading in the House: current stage
3. Committee in the House: not yet reached
4. Report stage in the House: not yet reached
5. Third reading in the House: not yet reached
Senate
1. First reading in the Senate: not yet reached
2. Second reading in the Senate: not yet reached
3. Third reading in the Senate: not yet reached
Royal assent
1. Royal assent: not yet reached

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