Legislation · Canada (Federal) · Federal
C-17 — An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026
Clarion tracks C-17 before Canada (Federal) — its status, sponsor, plain-language summary, and every stage it moves through, each cited to the official record.
- Status
- Royal assent received
- Sponsor
- Shafqat Ali
- Introduced
- 2025-12-09
- Session
- 45-1
Policy areas
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What it does
AI plain-language summary of the official text.
Bill C-17, Appropriation Act No. 3, 2025-26, is a House Government Bill that authorizes the release of funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to finance federal public administration operations for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. As a supply bill, its purpose is to give legal authority to government spending already approved in the estimates. The bill moved through all stages in the House of Commons on December 9, 2025, cleared the Senate on December 10, 2025, and received Royal Assent on December 11, 2025.
Stage timeline
Royal assent
2025-12-11
Third reading
2025-12-10Senate
Second reading
2025-12-10Senate
First reading
2025-12-09Senate
Third reading
2025-12-09House
Report stage
2025-12-09House
Consideration in committee
2025-12-09House
Second reading
2025-12-09House
First reading
2025-12-09House
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