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S-206 National Framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income Act: An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income

Requires the federal finance minister to develop a national plan for a guaranteed basic income for people over 17.

What Bill S-206 would do

The bill would require the Minister of Finance to develop a national framework to give everyone in Canada over the age of 17 access to a guaranteed livable basic income. It would also set reporting requirements for that framework. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment requires the Minister of Finance to develop a national framework to provide all persons over the age of 17 in Canada with access to a guaranteed livable basic income. It also provides for reporting requirements with respect to the framework. Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en 1st Session, 45th Parliament, 3 Charles III, 2025 SENATE OF CANADA BILL S-206 An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income

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

Kind
Senator's bill
Sponsor
Kim Pate, Senator
Introduced
in the Senate
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedMay 28, 2025
  2. Being studiedsince Nov 6, 2025 Exact stageAt consideration in committee in the Senate · Standing Senate Committee on National Finance · since November 6, 2025A committee of MPs or senators is going through it line by line.
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

In a Senate committee since November 6, 2025

  1. First reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the Senate done

    Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

    Before the Senate on 6 sitting days, to

  3. Committee in the Senate now

    Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

  4. Report stage in the Senate not yet

  5. Third reading in the Senate not yet

  6. First reading in the House not yet

  7. Second reading in the House not yet

  8. Committee in the House not yet

  9. Report stage in the House not yet

  10. Third reading in the House not yet

  11. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: At consideration in committee in the Senate · Standing Senate Committee on National Finance · since November 6, 2025.

  1. Senate
  2. House
  3. Royal assent

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