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S-251 An Act to establish a national strategy to end energy poverty

Requires a national plan to end energy poverty and creates an advisory council to help guide it.

What Bill S-251 would do

The bill would require the Minister of the Environment to develop a national strategy to end energy poverty in Canada. It would establish an advisory council to help the minister develop, implement, and evaluate the plan. The bill would also require regular reporting to Parliament on the strategy's progress.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment requires the Minister of the Environment to develop a national strategy to end energy poverty in Canada. It also provides for regular reporting to Parliament on the implementation of the strategy and for the creation of a council to advise the Minister on the development, implementation and evaluation of the strategy. Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en 1st Session, 45th Parliament, 3 - 4 - 5 Charles III, 2025 - 2026 SENATE OF CANADA BILL S-251 An Act to establish a national strategy to end energy poverty

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

Kind
Senator's bill
Sponsor
Mary Coyle, Senator
Introduced
in the Senate
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedOct 1
  2. Being debatedsince Oct 1 Exact stageAt second reading in the Senate · since October 1, 2026MPs or senators are debating it in the chamber where it started.
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

First debate in the Senate: 1 day so far

  1. First reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the Senate now

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  3. Third reading in the Senate not yet

  4. First reading in the House not yet

  5. Second reading in the House not yet

  6. Committee in the House not yet

  7. Report stage in the House not yet

  8. Third reading in the House not yet

  9. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: At second reading in the Senate · since October 1, 2026.

  1. Senate
  2. House
  3. Royal assent

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