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Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act

Bill C-30, Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act · Time allocation motion · now law Where it stands

The House debated a motion to limit further debate on Bill C-30, the Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act, to one more sitting day before a second reading vote. The bill contains tax and affordability measures: a temporary pause of the federal excise tax on gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel from April 20 to September 7, 2026, a bigger labour mobility deduction for tradespeople, a permanent capital gains exemption for sales to employee ownership trusts, an extended EI benefit period for seasonal workers, a two-year extension of the alcohol excise cap, and other changes including pesticide registration rules. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne urged all parties to support the bill, citing affordability, the seasonal worker extension, the alcohol cap and the fuel pause, and said the deficit projection is $11 billion lower than forecast. Conservatives opposed the time allocation, arguing three hours of debate was too little for a bill they said adds tens of billions to the debt and fuels inflation. Bloc Québécois members also objected to cutting off debate and pressed for EI reform, and Green MP Elizabeth May asked that the pesticide-related provisions be removed and studied separately.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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