Ontario updates the list of public bodies and commission public bodies under the Public Service of Ontario Act

The regulation that defines which organizations count as public bodies or commission public bodies under Ontario's public service law has been updated. Several bodies have been added to the list: Destination Ontario,…

Canada's US surtax remission order expanded to cover a new surtax order and hundreds of additional goods, with import deadlines extended

The United States Surtax Remission Order (2025) has been significantly expanded. A new surtax order — the United States Surtax Order (2026) — has been added to all major remission categories, meaning importers who pay…

Canada imposes new surtaxes of 15%, 25%, or 50% on a wide range of U.S.-origin goods

A new federal order imposes surtaxes on hundreds of categories of goods that originate in the United States, calculated as a percentage of their customs value for duty. Depending on which tariff schedule a product fal…

Market development chicken exports must now display 'broiler' on packaging and shipping documents

Holders of federal market development licences for chicken are now required to ensure the word "broiler" appears on the outer shipping packaging and in documentation accompanying all chicken they market under those li…

CPTPP Implementation Act updated to formally incorporate the UK's accession and require parliamentary reviews

The federal law implementing the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership has been amended to bring the United Kingdom's accession into the main operative text. The definition of 'Agreemen…

Import Control List updated: beef import controls narrowed, new tariff codes added for steel and wheat-based foods

Three sets of changes were made to Canada's Import Control List. First, the import permit requirement for fresh, chilled, and frozen beef (carcasses, bone-in cuts, and boneless cuts) has been narrowed: goods originati…

Waste management rules updated: composting exemptions and biogas definitions now in force

Ontario's general waste management regulation has been updated to bring several previously scheduled changes into the consolidated text. A new exemption from waste disposal site approval requirements now applies to sm…

UK-Canada trade agreement exclusion removed from beef and veal import permit rules

The general import permit covering beef and veal (carcasses, bone-in cuts, and boneless meat of bovine animals) previously excluded goods originating in countries covered by the Canada–UK Trade Continuity Agreement (C…

UK trade agreement beef exemption removed from personal-use import permit

The list of beef and veal origins exempt from Canada's general personal-use import permit has been narrowed. Previously, beef and veal originating from a CUKTCA beneficiary (i.e., a UK trade agreement country) was exc…

Canadian chicken production quotas updated for the new marketing period across all provinces

Chicken Farmers of Canada has set new province-by-province limits on how much chicken can be produced and marketed under federal and provincial quota systems for a fresh marketing period. The total allowable productio…

Canada's turkey production quota raised by ~5 million pounds for the new control period

The national schedule of turkey marketing quotas has been updated for a new control period. The total allowable production across all provinces has increased from about 397.2 million pounds to about 402.3 million poun…

New 0.5% levy on interprovincial sales of industrial hemp products takes effect on registration

A new federal order creates a 0.5% levy on the purchase price of 13 listed industrial hemp products (including hemp flower, hempseed, stalk, and extraction biomass) when they are sold in interprovincial trade. Sellers…

Lentil grading table corrected: 'Contrasting Classes' renamed 'Contrasting Colours' for Canada Red lentils

The grading table for Lentils, Canada Red (Can) has been updated to replace the column heading 'Contrasting Classes' with 'Contrasting Colours.' This is a terminology correction in the official grade standard table. G…

Quebec turkey marketing levy raised from 3.53 to 3.88 cents per kilogram

The Schedule 1 levy that turkey producers or licensees in Quebec must remit to the Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency has increased from 3.53 cents per kilogram to 3.88 cents per kilogram. Levies for all other provinces…

Tobacco local board can now distribute court-settlement funds to eligible tobacco producers without spending-cap limits

Two provisions that capped the local board's spending at $25,000 per transaction (without Commission approval) have been removed. In their place, a new rule explicitly permits the local board to use and distribute mon…

Municipalities barred from charging storm-water fees on farm and managed-forest properties

A new restriction has been added preventing municipalities and local boards from imposing storm-water management fees or charges on portions of a property classified as farmland or managed forest under the Assessment…

Sections 26.1 to 28 of the Crown Forests regulation (approved manuals) are now formally revoked

Sections 26.1 through 28 of Ontario's general Crown forest regulation, which previously set out the approved Forest Management Planning Manual, Forest Information Manual, Forest Operations and Silviculture Manual, and…

Ministerial approval requirement for annual timber harvesting removed from Crown forest licences

The requirement that forest resource licence holders obtain written ministerial approval before beginning harvesting each year has been repealed. Previously, licence holders also risked having that approval withheld i…

Ontario formally approves four forestry manuals governing how Crown forest management plans must be prepared and operated

A new regulation approves four Ministry-prepared manuals that set the rules for Crown forest management in Ontario: the Forest Management Planning Manual (March 2024, with a June 2026 Addendum), the Forest Information…

Four key forestry manuals will be revoked from the regulation in mid-2026

The regulation currently approves four Ministry-prepared manuals — the Forest Management Planning Manual, the Forest Information Manual, the Forest Operations and Silviculture Manual, and the Scaling Manual — as the b…

BC Timber Sales adds new Category 5 registration for Custom Cutters and Processors

The BC Timber Sales Regulation now includes a fifth registration category — Category 5: Custom Cutters and Processors — for businesses that process large volumes of timber or value-added products at eligible facilitie…

Two grape variety updates to Ontario's VQA wine labelling rules: Albarino added, Pinot Gris gets a new synonym

Ontario's VQA wine rules have been updated to add Albarino (also accepted as Albarina, Alvarinho, or Alvarinha) as a recognized grape variety that can appear on wine labels. Separately, Pinot Beurot has been added as…

Niagara Escarpment development permit exemptions comprehensively rewritten with new definitions and expanded permitted activities

The list of development activities that do not require a development permit in the Niagara Escarpment Development Control Area has been substantially restructured and expanded from roughly 41 items to 67. New defined…

Ontario liquor licensing rules updated: grocery/convenience store transfers, delivery licence classes, and drafting notes removed

Several previously announced changes have now been formally incorporated into the consolidated regulation text, removing the transitional "future amendment" notes that were pointing to July 1, 2026 changes. Grocery st…

Ontario trapping regulation updated with gender-neutral language and minor firearm rule clarifications

This amendment replaces gendered pronouns ('he or she', 'his or her') with gender-neutral equivalents ('they', 'their', 'them') throughout the trapping regulation. A transitional provision that allowed pre-2019 class…

Ontario wildlife possession and fur-trade rules updated: online Registry replaced, record-keeping extended, and beaver castoreum trade added

The Ministry of Natural Resources has replaced the requirement to use its online Registry when reporting possession of wildlife carcasses and pelts. People who acquire a bear, deer, elk, moose, raptor or furbearing ma…

Ontario hunting regulation updated: expanded family definitions, outdoors card rules, guide requirements, and language modernization

Ontario's hunting regulation has been amended in a wide-ranging update. The definition of 'immediate family member' now includes step-grandparents, step-parents, step-children, step-siblings, and step-grandchildren. T…

Administrative metadata update to the CUSMA Implementation Act consolidated text

The consolidated text of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement Implementation Act has received a minor administrative update. The change appears limited to internal version or publication identifiers in the docume…

Quebec chicken marketing levy raised from 2.27 cents to 2.35 cents per kilogram

The federal levy that Quebec chicken producers must pay on every kilogram of live-weight chicken they sell in interprovincial or export trade has increased from 2.27 cents to 2.35 cents per kilogram. This change affec…

Canada's toxic substances lists expanded and clarified with new chemicals and more precise identifiers

The federal government has updated Schedule 3 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, which lists prohibited, restricted, and controlled substances. Several existing entries have been sharpened by adding C…

BC Chicken Marketing Board composition rules updated: new chair appointment and non-grower seat added

The British Columbia Chicken Marketing Scheme, 1961 has been amended to restate the composition of the BC Chicken Marketing Board. Going forward, the board will consist of a chair appointed by the Lieutenant Governor…

Per-dozen egg marketing levies raised in nine provinces and the Northwest Territories

The levy that egg producers must pay on each dozen of eggs sold in interprovincial or export trade has been increased in every jurisdiction except Ontario. Increases range from roughly $0.059 to $0.090 per dozen depen…

Small beer manufacturers' tax credit rates updated and new transition-year formula added

The regulation has been updated in two main ways. First, the per-litre credit rate for non-draft beer in certain periods has been adjusted by a fraction of a cent (from $0.6987 to $0.6986 for sales up to March 1, 2026…

Grocery and convenience store liquor licences: tighter rules on private-label products and exclusive manufacturer arrangements

Grocery and convenience store licensees are now explicitly prohibited from selling any liquor that qualifies as "private label" — meaning any brand in which they or an affiliate hold a direct or indirect financial int…

Environmental tax container-tracking removed from liquor tax reporting and record-keeping rules

The amendment strips out all requirements related to tracking non-refillable containers and the environmental tax on wine, wine coolers, spirits, and spirits coolers from both monthly return filings and record-keeping…

Softwood lumber export allocation rules repealed in full

The Softwood Lumber Products Export Allocations Regulations have been repealed entirely. All operative provisions — including application requirements, residency rules, ministerial considerations for issuing allocatio…

Export controls on pulpwood and red cedar products removed from Canada's Export Control List

Two forest product categories have been removed from Canada's Export Control List: pulpwood of all species of wood (item 5102) and blocks, bolts, blanks, boards, and other red cedar materials suitable for making shake…

Major Fish Stocks list in federal fishery regulations significantly expanded and reorganized

Schedule IX of the Fishery (General) Regulations, which lists the fish stocks subject to major stock management provisions under the Fisheries Act, has been substantially revised. The list has grown from 30 entries to…

Canada imposes a 10% surtax on a range of imported canned vegetables for 200 days

A new federal order imposes a 10% surtax on the value of certain imported canned vegetables, including canned corn, peas, green and wax beans, mixed vegetables, white, black, red, and pinto beans, and chickpeas. The s…

Cross-reference updated for notices of violation linked to Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act

A single internal cross-reference in the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act has been updated. Where the Act previously pointed to subsection 11(5) of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Ac…

Federal government gains power to temporarily exempt businesses from food and agriculture rules for economic or food security reasons

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act has been amended to add a new order-making power that allows the Governor in Council (federal cabinet) to exempt specific persons, goods, or activities from most food, animal he…

Excise duty rate increases for spirits and wine capped at 2% for 2026 and conditionally for 2027

The federal Excise Act, 2001 has been updated to extend the existing cap on annual inflation-driven duty rate increases for spirits and wine. For 2026, the rate adjustment factor ("B") is fixed at 1.02 — meaning duty…

Federal excise duty on Canadian beer gets lower rates for small brewers and a continued 2% annual inflation cap

Two sets of changes have been made to the federal Excise Act affecting beer duty. First, the preferential reduced-duty schedule for Canadian brewers has been restructured: the first 2,000 hectolitres now attract a dut…

Cabinet gains power to override Minister's pest-product bans on economic or food security grounds

The Act now allows the Governor in Council (Cabinet) to issue orders that register or amend the registration of a pest control product even after the Minister has refused to do so on environmental grounds, provided Ca…

Canadian pork levy sunset date extended by one year to June 30, 2027

The provision that sets the domestic pork promotion-research levy (Section 4) and the related imported pork levy (Section 12) has had its expiry date pushed back by one year, from June 30, 2026 to June 30, 2027. This…

B.C. hunting seasons, closed areas, trapping rules and motor-vehicle restrictions updated for 2026–27

British Columbia has made a wide-ranging set of changes to its hunting and wildlife management rules. New closed areas are established near Shaman Island, Burnt River, and along the Nisga'a Highway (Highway 113), bann…

Migratory bird hunting rules updated: Harlequin Ducks closed nationwide, Sandhill Crane seasons added in several provinces, and multiple bag limits and season dates revised

The federal migratory bird hunting regulations have been updated with several practical changes affecting hunters across Canada. Harlequin Ducks are now explicitly listed as having no open season in all hunting zones…

Ontario trapping rules updated: new beaver damage authorization, gender-neutral language, and firearm clarifications

Several changes are being made to Ontario's trapping regulation in two stages. First, the Minister will gain authority to issue special authorizations allowing licensed trappers to harass, capture, or kill beaver outs…

Wildlife possession and fur-trade rules updated: Registry replaced, records expanded, and beaver castoreum trade permitted

A set of staged amendments updates Ontario's rules on possessing, buying and selling wildlife carcasses, pelts, hides, and cast antlers. The online Ministry Registry system for submitting notices of possession will be…

Effective date for two hunting tag rule changes pushed back to January 1, 2027

Two upcoming changes to how hunters must handle invalidated tags — covering possession of untagged animals and the rules for keeping a tag on a carcass until processing — have had their effective dates shifted from Ju…

Tax remission granted to cattle farmers hit by bovine tuberculosis outbreak forced-slaughter compensation

Farmers in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia who had livestock forcibly destroyed due to bovine tuberculosis outbreaks and received compensation under federal animal health rules were allowed to defer recogn…

Industrial Hemp Regulations updated with minor French-language correction for plant breeders

A small amendment to the Industrial Hemp Regulations made a French-language (bijural) correction to the rule governing plant breeders who hold cultivation or propagation licences. The substantive English rule is uncha…

Canada remits anti-dumping duties on refined sugar imports for two named companies

A new federal remission order cancels previously paid anti-dumping duties on specific refined sugar imports made by Bagos Bun Bakery ULC and Heritage Coffee Company Limited. Each company is identified by specific cust…

Pulp and paper mills can now use a Canadian algae test method for marine effluent toxicity testing

The regulations governing effluent from pulp and paper mills have been updated to add a third accepted test methodology for sublethal toxicity testing of effluent deposited into marine or estuarine waters. Mills now h…

Broiler hatching egg marketing levies raised for Manitoba and non-signatory provinces

The per-egg marketing levy for Manitoba producers selling in interprovincial or export trade has increased from $0.015360 to $0.016190. The levy on producers, dealers, and hatchery operators in non-signatory provinces…

Beef cattle levy sunset date extended by one year to June 30, 2027

The provision that sets levy rates on Canadian beef cattle (and related imported beef products) has had its expiry date pushed back by one year. Previously, the core levy-charging sections were set to stop applying on…

Annual broiler hatching egg production quotas updated for 2027 across six provinces

The schedule setting maximum numbers of broiler hatching eggs that can be marketed in interprovincial, intraprovincial, and export trade has been replaced with new figures covering the next annual quota period. All si…

BC adds new 'provisional sales' rules letting bars and restaurants buy liquor directly from retail licensees

A new division in the Liquor Control and Licensing Regulation creates a framework for 'provisional' liquor sales between two groups of licensees. Retail store licensees (including licensee retail stores, wine stores,…

Federal aquatic invasive species rules updated: new substance class added, minister powers expanded, provincial contacts revised

Several practical changes have been made to the federal rules governing aquatic invasive species. First, the list of authorized deleterious substances (used in control and eradication work) now includes a third catego…

Duty remission window for Ukrainian goods extended by one year to June 2027

The tariff remission program covering a broad range of Ukrainian food and agricultural products has been extended. Importers who bring eligible goods into Canada under the general remission (subsection 1(1)) now have…

Allocation Method Order for Softwood Lumber Products export quotas has been repealed in full

The entire Allocation Method Order – Softwood Lumber Products, which governed how monthly export quota quantities were distributed among primary producers and remanufacturers shipping softwood lumber from Ontario, Que…

Allocation Method Order (2008) – Softwood Lumber Products has been repealed in its entirety

The Allocation Method Order (2008) – Softwood Lumber Products, which set out how monthly export allocations for softwood lumber were divided among primary producers and remanufacturers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, an…

The 2009 Softwood Lumber Export Allocation Method Order has been fully repealed

The entire Allocation Method Order (2009) – Softwood Lumber Products has been repealed and its substantive content removed. This order previously set out the formulas and rules for dividing monthly softwood lumber exp…

Allocation Method Order (2010) for Softwood Lumber Products has been repealed

The Allocation Method Order (2010) — Softwood Lumber Products, which governed how export quotas for softwood lumber were distributed among primary producers and remanufacturers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, and Saskat…

Softwood Lumber Allocation Method Order (2011) has been repealed in its entirety

The Allocation Method Order (2011) — Softwood Lumber Products, which governed how monthly export quantities for softwood lumber were divided among producers and remanufacturers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, and Saskat…

Allocation Method Order (2012) — Softwood Lumber Products has been fully repealed

The entire Allocation Method Order (2012) — Softwood Lumber Products has been repealed. All of its provisions — including the formulas and rules governing how monthly export quantities were allocated to primary produc…

Softwood lumber export allocation rules for Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan have been repealed

The full text of the Allocation Method Order (2013) — Softwood Lumber Products, which set out how monthly export quotas for softwood lumber were divided among producers and remanufacturers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba…

Allocation Method Order (2014) for Softwood Lumber Export Quotas Has Been Repealed

The entire Allocation Method Order (2014) — Softwood Lumber Products, which governed how monthly export quotas for softwood lumber were distributed among producers and remanufacturers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, and…

Softwood lumber export allocation rules for Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan have been repealed

The Allocation Method Order (2015) — Softwood Lumber Products, which set out the formulas and procedures for distributing monthly softwood lumber export quotas among primary producers and remanufacturers in Ontario, Q…

General Import Permit No. 193 for Roses from Israel has been repealed

General Import Permit No. 193 — Roses, which allowed Canadian residents to import cut roses and rose buds from Israel and other CIFTA beneficiaries under a defined annual quota, has been fully repealed. The entire ope…

General Import Permit No. 6 — Roses for Personal Use has been repealed

This general import permit, which allowed Canadian residents to import up to two dozen cut roses or rose buds per importation from Israel or other CIFTA beneficiary countries for personal use, has been fully repealed.…

Ontario bans cat declawing, dog devocalization, and ear cropping except for medical necessity

A new regulation under Ontario's Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act formally prohibits three surgical procedures on companion animals: declawing (onychectomy) on cats, devocalization on dogs, and ear cropping on d…

New federal rules let Ontario municipalities maintain municipal drains without separate Fisheries Act approvals — if strict conditions are met

A new federal regulation creates a self-authorizing pathway for Ontario municipalities to carry out routine maintenance and repair work on designated municipal drains without needing individual project authorizations…

Canada enacts free trade agreement with Indonesia, reducing tariffs across hundreds of product categories

Canada has passed legislation implementing a new Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with Indonesia. The Act approves the agreement, gives it legal force in Canada, and establishes the governance machinery—in…

B.C. hunting rules updated to align with new Firearm Violence Prevention Act and clarify boat-hunting restrictions

Several hunting and wildlife regulations have been updated to integrate the new Firearm Violence Prevention Act into B.C.'s existing wildlife enforcement framework. Hunters using motorized boats are still prohibited f…

New chicken production quotas set for the next marketing period across all provinces

Chicken Farmers of Canada has updated the schedule of maximum chicken production allowed under federal and provincial quotas for the new eight-week marketing period. The total national production limit under standard…

Manitoba chicken marketing levy raised and levy schedule extended one year

Two changes have been made to the levies that chicken producers pay to Chicken Farmers of Canada on interprovincial and export trade. First, the per-kilogram levy rate for Manitoba producers has increased from 2.46 ce…

Ontario fish licensing rules updated: outdoors cards, cross-border fishing rights, and language modernized

A package of amendments to Ontario's fish licensing regulation makes several practical changes taking effect in mid-2026. The definition of 'outdoors card' is broadened so that a card identified on a licence summary c…

Ontario Taxation Act updated: dividend tax rates, small business rate, beer credit, Trillium Benefit thresholds, and procedural rules all revised

Ontario's Taxation Act has been amended in several areas. The provincial gross-up rate applied to eligible dividends received by individuals is being reduced for tax years after 2026 (from 22.895% to 15.2283%), and th…

Ontario eliminates volume and environmental taxes on beer, wine and spirits; raises basic beer tax rates and restructures spirits tax by alcohol content

Ontario's Liquor Tax Act has been restructured to remove the separate volume tax and environmental tax that applied to beer, wine, wine cooler, and spirits purchased from licensed retail stores — those charges no long…

Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations updated: longer compliance windows, new farmers' privilege exclusions, and revised application rules

Several practical changes have been made to Canada's Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations. Assignees of plant breeders' rights now have one year (up from 30 days) to register an assignment with the Commissioner, and wit…

Line Fences Act forms now listed under Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness on Ontario's forms website

The official forms used in line fence disputes — including fence-viewer awards, notices, and owner agreements — are now listed on the Ontario Central Forms Repository under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribu…

Municipalities barred from charging storm water fees to farm and managed forest properties — with refund obligation

A new rule blocks municipalities and local boards from imposing storm water management fees or charges on land classified as farm property or managed forests under the Assessment Act. The ban has a narrow exception: i…

Food Safety regulation updated with a formal table of contents listing all sections and parts

The regulation has been amended to add a table of contents at the beginning of the document. The table of contents lists both major parts of the regulation: Part I covering seizure and detention of things under the Fo…

Conditions for Exempted Persons Regulations repealed in full

The Conditions for Exempted Persons Regulations, which governed export limits and exemption conditions for named softwood lumber producers under the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006, have been repealed…

Payments to the Provinces Regulations under the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act have been repealed

The Payments to the Provinces Regulations, which governed how export-charge revenues were calculated and distributed to Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, have been fully repealed.…

American Consumption of Softwood Lumber Products Regulations repealed in full

The American Consumption of Softwood Lumber Products Regulations have been repealed entirely. All provisions—including definitions, data-source rules, formulas for calculating American softwood lumber consumption, mar…

Liquor licence renewal fees raised and training program fees updated across B.C.

Licence renewal fees for most B.C. liquor licence types — including liquor primary, food primary, catering, retail stores, distilleries, breweries, wineries, and agents — have been revised upward under a new fee sched…

B.C. expands greenhouse gas new-entrant rules to cover parts of industrial operations and proposed operations

Two B.C. greenhouse gas regulations have been updated to allow parts of an industrial operation—not just whole operations—to qualify as "new entrants" with reduced compliance obligations, provided the operation has in…

Excise duty rate tiers for small Canadian brewers restructured: first 2,000 hL tier rises from 5% to 10%, next 10,000 hL tier rises from 20% to 40%

The reduced excise duty rates that apply to beer and malt liquor brewed in Canada by smaller producers have been restructured across the volume tiers in Schedule II.1. The first 2,000 hectolitre tier, which previously…

Turkey production quotas increased for all provinces in the next annual control period

The national schedule of turkey production quotas has been updated for the new annual control period. Every province's allocation has been raised, pushing the national total from roughly 372 million pounds to approxim…

Advance payment loan limits extended to program year 2026, with higher cap maintained for canola producers

The regulations have been updated to set the maximum advance payment amount for program year 2026 at $250,000 for most agricultural producers. Canola producers continue to benefit from a higher cap of $500,000 for bot…

Canada Transportation Act gains ministerial interim-order power; Prairie extended interswitching rules removed

Two significant changes appear in the consolidated text. First, a new provision (s. 49.1) gives the federal Minister responsible for transportation the ability to issue interim orders that replicate, vary, or suspend…

First Nations tax law gains a new Part 3 letting eligible First Nations impose tax on alcohol, fuel, cannabis, vaping and tobacco products

A new Part 3 has been added to the federal First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act, creating a framework that lets qualifying First Nations governing bodies (bands or bodies with equivalent legislative power) enact t…

Federal financial administration rules updated: Digital Services Tax removed from set-off exemption, new trade deals added, Crown corporation deleted

Several targeted changes have been made to Canada's core financial administration legislation. The Digital Services Tax Act has been removed from the list of tax statutes whose amounts are exempt from the government's…

Farm Credit Canada Act now requires periodic parliamentary review of the agency's operations

A new section has been added to the Farm Credit Canada Act requiring the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, in consultation with the Minister of Finance, to review the Act and Farm Credit Canada's operations on a…

Canada's National School Food Program gets its own stand-alone law, locking in federal funding and reporting duties

A new federal Act formally establishes the National School Food Program in statute, setting out the government's long-term vision that all children and youth in Canada have access to nutritious food at school. The law…

New Qikiqtait Marine Protected Area designated in Hudson Bay, Arctic Ocean

A new Marine Protected Area (MPA) has been formally established in a portion of Hudson Bay in the Arctic Ocean, covering the seabed, subsoil to five metres depth, the water column above, and sea ice. Most activities a…

New Sarvarjuaq Marine Protected Area designated in Baffin Bay and Nares Strait

A new Marine Protected Area (MPA) has been formally established in the Arctic Ocean, covering parts of Baffin Bay and Nares Strait, including the seabed, subsoil to five metres depth, the water column, and sea ice. Mo…

BC's Spongy Moth Eradication Regulation gets an updated Schedule of regulated areas

The Schedule attached to the Spongy Moth Eradication Regulation has been repealed and replaced with a new version. The Schedule typically defines the geographic areas subject to spongy moth eradication controls — such…

Federal protection now applies to Plains Minnow critical habitat in Canada

A new federal order formally activates the Species at Risk Act's prohibition on destroying critical habitat for the Plains Minnow, a threatened freshwater fish. The critical habitat is defined in the species' recovery…

Designated accommodation tax rate rises to 3% and both expiry dates extended to 2031

Two changes have been made to the Designated Accommodation Area Tax Regulation. First, the accommodation tax rate for the area covered by Schedule 2.1 item 1 is increasing from 2% to 3%. Second, two expiry dates that…

New vaccine-egg quota limits for Ontario egg producers added for the 2026-27 marketing year

A pending amendment (not yet in force) will replace Schedule 2 of the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986 with updated vaccine quota limits covering the period from late December 2026 to late Decembe…

Canada's CPTPP Act updated to accommodate UK accession and future treaty expansions

Amendments not yet in force have been appended to the consolidated text of the CPTPP Implementation Act. These pending changes redefine "Agreement" to include any future accession protocols listed in a new schedule, e…

Rail grain shipping order repealed by operation of law — substantive text removed

The full text of this order, which had established the resolution to postpone certain Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act provisions, has been removed from the consolidated record because it was repealed by operation of l…

Grain movement order repealed by operation of law — minimum weekly tonnage requirements no longer in effect

This order, which had required Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway to each move specified minimum weekly tonnages of grain across several defined periods, has been repealed by operation of law. All…

Grain movement minimum-tonnage order repealed by operation of law

The order that required CN Rail and CP Rail each to move a minimum of 536,250 tonnes of grain per week has been repealed by operation of law. The substantive provisions—including the weekly tonnage requirement and the…

Federal law now authorizes the winding-down and dissolution of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation

New provisions added to the Freshwater Fish Marketing Act give the federal Minister broad authority — with Governor in Council approval — to sell or dispose of the Corporation's assets, amalgamate or dissolve it, appo…