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C-280 Mental Health Parity Act: An Act to enact the Mental Health, Addictions and Substance Use Services Act and to make consequential amendments to the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

Sets conditions provinces must meet for mental health, addictions and substance use services to receive federal funding.

What Bill C-280 would do

The bill would set out criteria and conditions for mental health, addictions and substance use services that provinces must satisfy before receiving federal cash contributions for those services. It would also make related changes to the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment enacts the Mental Health Parity Act , which sets out criteria and conditions in respect of mental health, addictions and substance use services that must be satisfied before a cash contribution may be made by the Government of Canada to a province in support of those services. It also makes consequential amendments to the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act .

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

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Gord Johns, Member of Parliament (Courtenay—Alberni)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
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  1. ProposedJun 3 Exact stageOutside the Order of Precedence · since June 3, 2026Introduced, but not debated yet.
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Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since June 3, 2026.

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