An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026
Short title: Appropriation Act No. 4, 2025-26
Sponsor:
Shafqat Ali, President of the Treasury Board (Brampton—Chinguacousy Park)
Proposed changes
The Library of Parliament does not prepare Legislative Summaries for appropriation bills, ways and means bills and borrowing-authority bills. The following is a short summary:
On 24 March 2026, the President of the Treasury Board introduced Bill C-23, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2026, in the House of Commons and it was given first reading.
Bill C-23 (Appropriation Act No. 4, 2025-26) received Royal Assent on 26 March 2026 and authorizes payments to defray certain expenses of the public service of Canada, not otherwise provided for, for the financial year ending 31 March 2026. The Act provides for the sum of $5,408,955,628 to be appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to be used the public service of Canada. The Act came into force on Royal Assent.
What MPs said
The most recent recorded speeches on this bill. Links go to the official transcript of that sitting.