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C-276 Framework on the Access to and Use of Cash Act: An Act to establish a framework for the continued access to and use of cash in Canada and to make related amendments to other Acts

Sets up a plan to keep cash available across Canada and bans the Bank of Canada from issuing a digital dollar.

What Bill C-276 would do

The bill would set up a framework to ensure cash remains available across Canada. It would remove the federal cabinet's power to call in coins and banknotes under the Currency Act and the Bank of Canada Act. It would also ban the Bank of Canada from issuing a digital version of the Canadian dollar.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment provides for the development and implementation of a framework to ensure that cash continues to be available throughout Canada. It also amends the Currency Act and the Bank of Canada Act to remove the Governor in Council’s power to call in coins and notes. Finally, it amends the Bank of Canada Act to prohibit the Bank of Canada from issuing a digital form of the dollar.‍

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

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Ted Falk, Member of Parliament (Provencher)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
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Where it stands

  1. ProposedMay 4 Exact stageOutside the Order of Precedence · since May 4, 2026Introduced, but not debated yet.
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Exact procedural stages

Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since May 4, 2026.

  1. House
  2. Senate
  3. Royal assent

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