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An Act respecting production, procurement and investment in relation to national defence and national security

BillC-40
Session45-1
StageSecond reading (House)
Introduced2026-10-06
Proposed byJoel Lightbound
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This enactment contains measures relating to production, procurement and investment in respect of national defence and national security.

Part 1 enacts the Canadian Corporation for Defence Investment Act. That Act establishes the Canadian Corporation for Defence Investment, a corporation whose mandate is to, among other things, carry out activities related to production, procurement and investment in respect of national defence for the benefit of the Canadian Forces or the Department of National Defence or for associated governments. Part 1 also makes related and consequential amendments to other Acts.

Part 2 amends the Defence Production Act to, among other things,

Part 2 also makes consequential amendments to the Access to Information Act and terminology changes to certain legislative texts.

Part 3 provides for a review of the operation of the Canadian Corporation for Defence Investment Act and the amendments to the Defence Production Act.

Legislative Timeline

2026-10-06
First reading
Current
Second reading (House)

Votes

Vote #: 827 Date: 2024-06-17 Result: Passed Yes: 206 No: 118 Paired: 2

Yes / No Ratio

Yes63.6%
No36.4%

How each party voted

PartyPositionYesNo
BlocYes100%0%
ConservativeNo0%100%
GreenYes100%0%
LiberalYes100%0%
NDPYes100%0%