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S-203 — An Act to prohibit the promotion of alcoholic beverages
Clarion tracks S-203 before Canada (Federal) — its status, sponsor, plain-language summary, and every stage it moves through, each cited to the official record.
- Status
- Second reading — Senate
- Sponsor
- Patrick Brazeau
- Introduced
- 2025-05-28
- Session
- 45-1
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What it does
AI plain-language summary of the official text.
Senate Public Bill S-203, the Alcoholic Beverage Promotion Prohibition Act, aims to prohibit the promotion of alcoholic beverages in Canada. Introduced in the Senate, the bill received first reading on May 28, 2025, and is currently at second reading stage as of February 5, 2026. No further legislative stages have been completed at this time.
Passage outlook
Unlikely to pass because it's a Senate public bill (which rarely passes), it's at an early stage.
Adjusted for this bill's current pace: 10–25% (the unadjusted historical base rate for comparable federal bills is 19%). It has gone quiet at this stage; the adjustment for that delay still leaves the historical rate inside the range.
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Stage timeline
Second reading
2026-02-05Senate
First reading
2025-05-28Senate
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