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C-31 — A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025
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C-31
A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025
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BILL C-31
A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025
Last activity : At consideration in committee in the House of Commons
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Omnibus bill. It changes several different acts, one per part (4 parts, 17 divisions). The title names only some of them, so the summary below goes part by part.
Commons · 1st2026-05-06Commons · 2nd2026-06-03Commons · 3rdSenate · 1stSenate · 2ndSenate · 3rdRoyal assent
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What it does, in plain language
- Puts in place a second set of measures from the budget tabled on November 4, 2025, amending dozens of tax, financial and administrative laws.
- Goes well beyond taxes: creates a new defence investment agency, bans non-compete clauses federally, and overhauls how air passenger complaints are handled.
Part 1Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act (and other Acts)
- Lets businesses immediately write off the full cost of eligible manufacturing or processing buildings, on a temporary basis.
- Makes certain federal benefits flow automatically to lower-income individuals and brings in mandatory reporting of crypto-asset transactions.
- Expands the clean hydrogen tax credit to hydrogen made by methane pyrolysis and tightens several anti-avoidance rules (trust-to-trust transfers, tax deferral, tax debt avoidance).
- Sets October 30, 2026 as the cut-off for tax returns or adjustment requests that can trigger a Canada Carbon Rebate payment, and suspends the Canada-Russia tax treaty.
Part 2Global Minimum Tax Act (and Access to Information Act)
- Brings in the UTPR: Canadian entities of large multinational groups pay a top-up tax on profits taxed too lightly abroad that aren't already covered by another minimum tax.
- Incorporates OECD administrative guidance on the GloBE rules and fixes technical errors.
Part 3Excise Tax Act and Excise Act, 2001 (and other Acts)
- Clarifies how GST/HST applies to federally regulated credit unions, first home savings accounts, investment plans, certain insurers and Lloyd's Insurance.
- Gives a six-month window after the death of a GST/HST registrant during which no return must be filed.
- Caps how much packaged raw leaf tobacco can be imported for personal use and extends the maximum term of certain excise licences from two to three years.
- Allows the Canada Revenue Agency to share information with foreign tax authorities under information-sharing agreements.
Part 4new Defence Investment Agency Act and Canada Labour Code (and other Acts)
- Creates the Defence Investment Agency and gives the responsible minister exclusive authority to buy defence and national security supplies and services for the federal government, with some exceptions.
- Bans non-compete clauses and other employment restrictions in federally regulated workplaces, apart from limited exceptions.
- Moves air passenger complaint handling and passenger rights regulations from the Canadian Transportation Agency to the Minister of Transport, allows the complaint backlog to go to third parties, and raises maximum penalties for corporations.
- Bars banks and insurers from issuing bearer documents, requires deposit products to be sold without discrimination, raises CMHC guarantee limits, increases the dollar thresholds for the Tax Court's informal procedure, and allows national-interest orders cancelling mining rights in Nunavut, with possible compensation.
🤖 AI-generated from the bill’s official text as introduced — may not reflect amendments adopted since.
Registered lobbying
1 communication · 1 organization
as of Sep 10, 2026
the 1 most recent +
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers1
2026-05-06 · Senate of Canada
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Met with : David Wells — Senator for Newfoundland and Labrador
Communications reported to the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying that name this bill. Lobbying is a lawful, publicly registered activity — this count is a fact, not a verdict. Only communications whose description names both the bill number and its title are counted, so the real total may be higher. Registry archive read on September 10, 2026; the Commissioner republishes it about monthly, and we refresh it by hand.
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