Bill C-285

Used Car Tax Cut Act

An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (used motor vehicles)

Sponsor

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

Status

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), as of June 12, 2026

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Excise Tax Act in order to add used motor vehicles to the list of zero-rated supplies.

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-285s:

C-285 (2022) Medical Freedom Act

C-285 (2021) An Act to amend the Pest Control Products Act (glyphosate)

C-285 (2016) National Standards for the Armoured Transport of Currency and Valuables Act

C-285 (2013) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda)

Other House mentions

TaxationOral Questions

June 15th, 2026 / 2:55 p.m.

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Conservative

Andrew Lawton Conservative Elgin—St. Thomas—London South, ON

Mr. Speaker, we know how bad inflation has gotten in Canada. We know grocery prices are through the roof. Fuel prices are skyrocketing, and even the cars that Canadians need to fuel up are becoming more and more unaffordable for the middle class. The prices of used cars have doubled in the last seven years in this country, and the government is still putting the federal sales tax on them each and every time they are sold, sometimes collecting double, triple or quadruple revenue off the backs of Canadians.

Conservatives come armed with solutions. We have Bill C-285, which would take the GST off of used cars and save Canadians thousands. Will the Liberals support it?