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C-25 — An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and to enact An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts, 2026
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C-25
An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and to enact An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts, 2026
LPC
Assented to
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BILL C-25
An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and to enact An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts, 2026
Last activity : Royal assent received
LPC
Assented to
Commons · 1st2026-03-26Commons · 2nd2026-04-24Commons · 3rd2026-06-11Senate · 1st2026-06-15Senate · 2nd2026-06-16Senate · 3rd2026-06-18Royal assent2026-06-18
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What it does, in plain language
- Creates the Strong and Free Elections Act, which amends the Canada Elections Act and renames certain electoral districts at the request of the MPs who represent them.
- Bars foreign entities — including foreign powers and states as defined in the Foreign Interference and Security of Information Act — from unduly influencing voters, and bans them from giving property, services or funds to a third party for advertising or partisan activities.
- Extends bans on foreign influence, bribery, intimidation and trickery to party nomination races and leadership races, both inside and outside Canada.
- Prohibits putting false or misleading information in a nomination paper, and bars an elector from signing the nomination paper of more than one prospective candidate in the same election.
- Bans parties, associations, candidates and third parties from accepting donations in cryptoassets, money orders or prepaid payment products, requiring them to be returned, destroyed or remitted to the Receiver General within 30 days.
- Requires registered third parties to pay regulated expenses only with donations from Canadian citizens or permanent residents, unless their total donations equal 10% or less of their previous year's revenue.
- Requires disclosure of the name, address, amount and date for every donor who gives more than $200, and bans using any contribution when the donor's name and address are unknown.
- Ties party registration to having a personal information protection policy the Chief Electoral Officer finds compliant, and raises the maximum administrative monetary penalties for certain violations.
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Passed is not law
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Paired is not absent
In the Commons, two members from opposing sides can agree not to vote: their voices cancel out. It is neither an absence nor an abstention.
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