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Bill C-226

Second reading (House)

An Act to establish a national framework to improve food price transparency

Bill C-226 is at second reading in the House.

Sponsor:Gurbux Saini
Liberal
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2025-09-18

Other Bills Numbered C-226

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 16 sessions:

45-1

An Act to establish a national framework to improve food price transparency

Second reading (House)
44-1

An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice

Law (royal assent given)
Law
43-2

An Act to amend the Canadian Multiculturalism Act (non-application in Quebec)

Defeated
43-1

An Act to amend the Canadian Multiculturalism Act (non-application in Quebec)

Second reading (House)
42-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences in relation to conveyances) and the Criminal Records Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Dead
41-2

An Act to change the name of the electoral district of New Westminster — Coquitlam

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
41-1

An Act to change the name of the electoral district of New Westminster — Coquitlam

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-3

An Act to propose and examine a program giving financial assistance to high-school students visiting military memorial sites abroad

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-2

An Act to propose and examine a program giving financial assistance to high-school students visiting military memorial sites abroad

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-1

An Act to propose and examine a program giving financial assistance to high-school students visiting military memorial sites abroad

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
39-2

An Act to provide for the issuance of the Memorial Cross as a memento of personal loss

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
39-1

An Act to provide for the issuance of the Memorial Cross as a memento of personal loss

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
38-1

An Act to provide for a House of Commons committee to study proportional representation in federal elections

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
37-3

An Act to amend the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 (investment criteria)

Not active
37-2

An Act to amend the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 (investment criteria)

Dead
37-1

An Act to amend the Bank Act (bank mergers)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)

Division Votes (4)

Division #288
Agreed To
2023-03-29T15:00:00

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-226, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice

179Yea
145Nay
4Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
150Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 114N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Independent
3Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #254
Agreed To
2023-02-08T15:25:00

Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-226, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice

176Yea
142Nay
6Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
148Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 112N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 30N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
2Y / 0N
Division #167
Agreed To
2022-06-22T15:20:00

2nd reading of Bill C-226, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice

177Yea
146Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
150Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 115N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 0N
Division #134
Negatived
2021-06-09T15:35:00

2nd reading of Bill C-226, An Act to amend the Canadian Multiculturalism Act (non-application in Quebec)

33Yea
296Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 147N
Conservative
0Y / 119N
Bloc Québécois
32Y / 0N
NDP
0Y / 23N
Independent
1Y / 4N
Green Party
0Y / 3N

Parliamentary Debates (33)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-226.

Gurbux Saini2026-01-27
National Framework for Food Price Transparency Act
0

Private Members' Business

moved that Bill C-226, An Act to establish a national framework to improve food price transparency, be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, I proudly rise today for the second reading of my priva…

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Ted Falk2026-01-27
National Framework for Food Price Transparency Act
0

Private Members' Business

…driving up costs and start delivering the relief they can see at the checkout counter. Here is what Bill C-226 is actually proposing to do, in simple terms. It would instruct the Minister of Industry to consult with provinces and create a national framework about how grocery prices are displayed. That framewo…

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Kathy Borrelli2026-01-27
National Framework for Food Price Transparency Act
0

Private Members' Business

…ates. It is not a global problem. This is a made-in-Ottawa Liberal failure. Let me be even clearer: Bill C-226 would do nothing to lower food prices. Instead, it would add red tape and federal overreach at the worst possible time. Bill C-226 would require the Minister of Industry to create a national framewor…

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Gurbux Saini2026-01-27
National Framework for Food Price Transparency Act
0

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, Bill C-226 would make it so that every time someone goes to a grocery store, beside the pricing, the label would show what quantity someone is paying for, like grams or kilos. The consumer could then compare di…

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Gurbux Saini2025-09-18
National Framework for Food Price Transparency Act
0

Routine Proceedings

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-226, An Act to establish a national framework to improve food price transparency. Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to introduce my private member's bill, an act to establish a national framework for food p…

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Mr. Angelo Iacono2023-12-05
Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights
0

Private Members' Business

…mitted to making an environmental justice strategy a reality by supporting a private member's bill, Bill C-226, an act respecting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice. Instead of introducing its own bill, and in line wi…

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Mr. Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay2023-04-26
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in…
0

Private Members' Business

…ately cause us to sit back and do nothing, unfortunately. I would of course also like to talk about Bill C-226, which was proposed by my NDP colleagues and which I am co-sponsoring. I gladly put my name on it. A cause like that should not be partisan. It is too important. Lives are at stake; human dignity is …

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2023-03-29
National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism …
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from March 23 consideration of the motion that Bill C-226, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice, be read the third time and passed.

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Mr. Gérard Deltell2023-03-23
National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism …
0

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to join this debate on Bill C-226, which was introduced by the leader of the Green Party. I believe she once again holds what I would call a historic title, one she deserves. She took a few breaks during her career and her party has …

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Mr. René Villemure2023-03-23
National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism …
0

Private Members' Business

…ble to race alone. The Bloc Québécois supports the intention expressed in the title and preamble of Bill C-226, a bill that seeks to advance environmental justice. If Parliament is to pass new legislation, we believe that the concept of environmental justice must be the main subject or central concept, so to …

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