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Service dogs for veterans

C-282 Service Dogs for Veterans Act: An Act to amend the Veterans Well-being Act

Adds service dogs to the rehabilitation services provided to veterans.

What Bill C-282 would do

The bill would amend the Veterans Well-being Act to include providing service dogs as part of rehabilitation services for veterans. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment amends the Veterans Well-being Act to provide that rehabilitation services provided under the Act include the provision of service dogs to veterans.

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

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Michael Barrett, Member of Parliament (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands—Rideau Lakes)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedJun 3 Exact stageOutside the Order of Precedence · since June 3, 2026Introduced, 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

  3. Committee in the House not yet

  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: Outside the Order of Precedence · since June 3, 2026.

  1. House
  2. Senate
  3. Royal assent

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