Budgets & spending

Most activity in the last two sitting weeks first.

• Second budget implementation bill

  Enacts budget measures to automate tax benefits for lower-income people, change business taxes, and ban most non-compete clauses.

  Being debated

  Back from committee; final debate in the House next

  C-31 Budget 2025 Implementation Act, No. 2

• New Financial Crimes Agency

  Creates a specialized federal law enforcement agency to investigate financial crimes and help recover proceeds of crime.

  Being studied

  In a House committee since June 18

  C-29 Financial Crimes Agency Act

• Funding to improve housing supply

  Sends federal money to provinces and territories, meant to improve the supply of housing.

  Law since Jun 18

  C-26 An Act to authorize certain payments to be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of improving housing supply

• Spring economic update changes

  Enacts spring economic update measures, temporarily cutting federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel to zero until September 2026.

  Law since Jun 18

  C-30 Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act

• Federal spending approved

  Authorizes government spending for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027.

  Law since Jun 17

  C-32 Appropriation Act No. 2, 2026-27

• Federal spending approved

  Authorizes federal government spending for public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027.

  Law since Jun 17

  C-33 Appropriation Act No. 3, 2026-27

• Federal budget implementation measures

  Enacts budget measures, raising the lifetime capital gains exemption limit to $1.25 million and updating various federal taxes and programs.

  Law since Mar 26

  C-15 Budget 2025 Implementation Act, No. 1

• Federal public service funding

  Authorizes about $5.4 billion in federal money to cover public service expenses for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

  Law since Mar 26

  C-23 Appropriation Act No. 4, 2025-26

• Federal spending for 2026-27

  Authorizes up to $86.4 billion in federal money to cover public service expenses for the 2026-27 fiscal year.

  Law since Mar 26

  C-24 Appropriation Act No. 1, 2026-27

• Federal public service funding

  Approves roughly $10.8 billion in federal money to cover public service expenses for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

  Law since Dec 11, 2025

  C-17 Appropriation Act No. 3, 2025-26

• Federal public service funding

  Approves roughly $149.8 billion in federal money to cover Canadian public service expenses for the 2025–26 fiscal year.

  Law since Jun 26, 2025

  C-6 Appropriation Act No. 1, 2025-26

• Federal public service funding

  Approves about 8.6 billion dollars in federal money to cover public service expenses until March 31, 2026.

  Law since Jun 26, 2025

  C-7 Appropriation Act No. 2, 2025-26

Most of these never become law. Furthest along first.

• Public debt forgiveness registry

  Creates a public registry of large debts and claims owed to the federal government that have been forgiven or written off.

  Almost law

  Passed the House; now in the Senate, in committee there

  C-230 An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (debt forgiveness registry) · Private member's bill

• Reporting on unpaid taxes

  Requires the Canada Revenue Agency to report on tax evasion convictions and unpaid tax estimates, meant to fight international evasion.

  Being studied

  Passed the Senate; now in the House, in committee there

  S-217 Fairness for All Canadian Taxpayers Act (measuring the tax gap to fight international tax evasion) · Senator's bill

• Limits on non-disclosure agreements

  Restricts using federal funds for non-disclosure agreements in discrimination or harassment settlements and requires reporting on their use.

  Being debated

  First debate in the Senate: 3 days so far

  S-232 Can’t Buy Silence Act · Senator's bill

• Health transfer accountability rules

  Requires provinces to set up an accountability system for health services to get their full Canada Health Transfer payments.

  Being debated

  First debate in the House: 1 day so far

  C-239 An Act to amend the Canada Health Act (accountability) · Private member's bill