Bill S-251

An Act to establish a national strategy to end energy poverty

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of Oct. 1, 2026

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment requires the Minister of the Environment to develop a national strategy to end energy poverty in Canada. It also provides for regular reporting to Parliament on the implementation of the strategy and for the creation of a council to advise the Minister on the development, implementation and evaluation of the strategy.

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 S-251s:

S-251 (2022) An Act to repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's call to action number 6)

S-251 (2018) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (independence of the judiciary) and to make related amendments