Canadian Prosperity Act

An Act to amend the Competition Act

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of Nov. 25, 2025

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends section 10.1 of the Competition Act to provide that the Commissioner of Competition may, in a market or industry inquiry report, make recommendations to a responsible federal or provincial institution respecting barriers to trade within Canada that, in the Commissioner's opinion, unduly affect the state of competition in the market or industry.
It provides that the head of a federal institution must respond to any recommendation made to the institution within 120 days. It requires the Commissioner to publish the response received on a publicly available website.
It provides that the head of a provincial institution may respond to any recommendation made to the institution within 120 days. It requires the Commissioner to publish the response — or, if no response is received, a notice to this effect — on a publicly available website.

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-239s:

S-239 (2022) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal interest rate)
S-239 (2017) Eliminating Foreign Funding in Elections Act
S-239 (2009) Act to amend the Conflict of Interest Act (gifts)
S-239 (2008) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (foreign postings)