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C-5 — An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act
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C-5
An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act
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BILL C-5
An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act
Last activity : Royal assent received
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Assented to
Omnibus bill. It changes several different acts, one per part (2 parts). The title names only some of them, so the summary below goes part by part.
Commons · 1st2025-06-06Commons · 2nd2025-06-16Commons · 3rd2025-06-20Senate · 1st2025-06-25Senate · 2nd2025-06-25Senate · 3rd2025-06-26Royal assent2025-06-26
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What it does, in plain language
- Creates two new laws: one to cut federal barriers to trade between provinces and to worker mobility, and one to speed up approvals for major projects deemed to be in the national interest.
- Introduced in the House of Commons on 6 June 2025 by the Minister responsible for Canada–U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy.
Part 1new Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act
- Treats a good or service that meets provincial or territorial requirements as also meeting comparable federal requirements when it moves across provincial borders.
- Recognizes provincial and territorial licences to work in an occupation or trade, and allows the equivalent federal authorization to be issued to their holders.
- Lets the Governor in Council (the federal cabinet) make regulations dealing with federal barriers to the movement of goods, services and workers within Canada.
Part 2new Building Canada Act
- Allows the Governor in Council to add a project, with a short description, to a schedule of the Act if it considers the project to be in the national interest, based on certain factors.
- States that, for a project listed in Schedule 1, the decisions, findings and opinions required under certain federal laws and regulations are deemed to favour letting the project proceed.
- Requires the designated minister to give the project's proponent, if conditions are met, a single document setting out conditions that stands in for the federal authorizations it names.
- Requires an independent review each year of the status of every national interest project.
🤖 AI-generated from the bill’s official text as introduced — may not reflect amendments adopted since.
Registered lobbying
157 communications · 24 organizations
as of Sep 10, 2026
the 10 most recent +
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers35Food and Beverage Canada22Canadian Produce Marketing Association18Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society14Canada's Building Trade Unions7
Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta7Environmental Defence Canada7Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations6Oil Sands Alliance Inc. (formerly Pathways Alliance Inc.)5Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council5Quebec Environmental Law Centre4Mushkegowuk Council4Canadian Association of Energy Contractors4Canadian Women's Chamber of Commerce3Chiefs of Ontario3Ecojustice Canada2GREENPEACE CANADA2Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation2Epekwitk Assembly of Councils Inc. (L'nuey)2Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada1Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors1Ashini Consultants1David Suzuki Foundation1Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers1
2026-08-12 · Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Canada's Building Trade Unions
Met with : Keiran Gibbs — Chief of Staff to the Minister · Miles Wu — Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of Jobs and Families · Sebastian Clarke — Director
2026-08-12 · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canada's Building Trade Unions
Met with : Paul Moen — Chief of Staff
2026-08-07 · House of Commons
Quebec Environmental Law Centre
Met with : Patrick Bonin — Député
2026-07-28 · Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Canadian Women's Chamber of Commerce
Met with : Alana Powell — Senior Policy Advisor
2026-07-22 · Privy Council Office (PCO)
Oil Sands Alliance Inc. (formerly Pathways Alliance Inc.)
Met with : Nasser Haidar — Senior Policy Advisor · Galen Richardson — Director of Stakeholder Relations
2026-07-08 · Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Canadian Women's Chamber of Commerce
Met with : Alana Powell — Senior Policy Advisor
2026-07-08 · Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Canada's Building Trade Unions
Met with : Paul Thompson — Deputy Minister · Michael MacPhee — Assistant Deputy Minister
2026-07-06 · Privy Council Office (PCO)
Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada
Met with : Gelen Richardson — Director of Stakeholder Relations · Elysee Atangana — Policy Advisor
2026-06-30 · House of Commons
Canadian Women's Chamber of Commerce
Met with : Yasir Naqvi — Member of Parliament
2026-06-23 · Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Ecojustice Canada
Met with : Brenna Walsh — Senior Policy Advisor · Mike Morrice — Member of Parliament
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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