Bill C-239

An Act to amend the Canada Health Act (accountability)

Sponsor

Sukh Dhaliwal Liberal

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Second reading (House), as of Sept. 23, 2025

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Canada Health Act to require provinces to implement an accountability framework in relation to the delivery of health services in order to qualify for a full cash contribution as part of the Canada Health Transfer.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-239s:

C-239 (2022) An Act to amend An Act to authorize the making of certain fiscal payments to provinces, and to authorize the entry into tax collection agreements with provinces

C-239 (2020) National Cycling Strategy Act

C-239 (2016) Fairness in Charitable Gifts Act