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C-19Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1

An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022 and other measures

Government bill, introduced in the House of Commons on April 28, 2022

Status
Became law on June 23, 2022 · S.C. 2022, c. 10
Sponsor
Chrystia FreelandLiberal
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance

What it does

Implements budget tax changes, creates a vaping product tax, and adds a new tax on certain luxury vehicles, aircraft and boats.

What it does

  • Creates a labour mobility deduction of up to $4,000 for eligible tradespeople who temporarily relocate for work, starting in the 2022 tax year.
  • Changes tax rules for passenger vehicles, social assistance amounts, the disability tax credit for type 1 diabetes, the climate action incentive, and zero-emission technology manufacturing, including a new corporate deduction with phased rates.
  • Treats some social assistance from Canada, a province, or an Indigenous governing body as not blocking parent or dependant status, and adds Indigenous governing bodies to the Children’s Special Allowances Act, all effective January 1, 2020.
  • Changes charity rules by defining qualifying disbursements, allowing gifts to grantee organizations, limiting gifts to qualified donees to 50% of a charitable organization’s income, and changing disbursement quota and penalty rules.
  • Treats certain home purchase agreement assignments as taxable real property sales, updates GST/HST rebate rules for nurse practitioners, and creates a federal vaping product tax and licence regime with stamps, duties, warehousing rules, and offences.
  • Enacts the Select Luxury Items Tax Act for certain vehicles, aircraft and vessels over $100,000 or $250,000, and adds rules for bankruptcy, amalgamations, partnerships, electronic filing and payment, audits, penalties, and offences.

Who it affects

  • Tradespeople
  • People with type 1 diabetes
  • Charities
  • Families receiving social assistance
  • Home buyers with assigned contracts
  • Vaping product businesses
  • Buyers of luxury vehicles, aircraft and vessels
  • Corporations and partnerships

Background

The bill implements certain provisions of the federal budget tabled on April 7, 2022. It also adds other tax and excise measures, including a new luxury items tax and vaping rules.

Where it is

Last activity Jun 23, 2022

House of Commons

  1. First reading

    Completed.

  2. Second reading

    Completed.

  3. Committee

    Completed.

  4. Report stage

    Completed.

  5. Third reading

    Completed.

Senate

  1. First reading

    Completed.

  2. Second reading

    Completed.

  3. Committee

    Completed.

  4. Third reading

    Completed.

  5. Senate pre study

    Completed.

Royal assent

  1. Royal assent

    Completed.

Introduced by a cabinet minister on behalf of the government. Government bills get set time for debate, so they are the most likely to become law. How a bill becomes law

How the House voted

13 recorded votes
  1. Party breakdown for vote 145
    PartyPositionYeaNay
    LiberalYea1490
    ConservativeNay0112
    BlocYea290
    NDPYea240
    GreenNay02
    IndependentNay01
    Total202115
  2. Party breakdown for vote 144
    PartyPositionYeaNay
    LiberalNay0147
    ConservativeYea1110
    BlocYea280
    NDPNay024
    GreenNay02
    IndependentYea10
    Total140173
  3. Party breakdown for vote 143
    PartyPositionYeaNay
    LiberalNay0148
    ConservativeYea1100
    BlocYea290
    NDPNay024
    GreenNay02
    IndependentYea10
    Total140174
  4. Party breakdown for vote 126
    PartyPositionYeaNay
    LiberalYea1500
    ConservativeNay0114
    BlocYea300
    NDPYea220
    GreenNay02
    IndependentYea10
    Total203116
  5. Party breakdown for vote 125
    PartyPositionYeaNay
    LiberalNay0150
    ConservativeYea1130
    BlocNay030
    NDPNay023
    GreenNay02
    IndependentNay01
    Total113206
  6. Party breakdown for vote 124
    PartyPositionYeaNay
    LiberalYea1500
    ConservativeYea1130
    BlocYea300
    NDPYea230
    GreenYea20
    IndependentYea10
    Total3190
  7. Party breakdown for vote 123
    PartyPositionYeaNay
    LiberalNay0150
    ConservativeYea1130
    BlocYea300
    NDPNay023
    GreenNay02
    IndependentNay01
    Total143176
  8. Party breakdown for vote 122
    PartyPositionYeaNay
    LiberalNay0150
    ConservativeYea1130
    BlocNay030
    NDPNay023
    GreenNay02
    IndependentNay01
    Total113206
  9. Party breakdown for vote 121
    PartyPositionYeaNay
    LiberalYea1510
    ConservativeNay0115
    BlocNay029
    NDPYea220
    GreenSplit evenly11
    IndependentNay01
    Total174146
  10. Party breakdown for vote 82
    PartyPositionYeaNay
    LiberalYea1500
    ConservativeNay0114
    BlocYea320
    NDPYea250
    GreenNay02
    IndependentNay01
    Total207117
  11. Party breakdown for vote 81
    PartyPositionYeaNay
    LiberalNay0152
    ConservativeYea1140
    BlocNay032
    NDPNay025
    GreenNay02
    IndependentYea10
    Total115211
  12. Party breakdown for vote 80
    PartyPositionYeaNay
    LiberalNay0152
    ConservativeYea1140
    BlocNay032
    NDPNay025
    GreenNay02
    IndependentYea10
    Total115211
  13. Party breakdown for vote 79
    PartyPositionYeaNay
    LiberalYea1520
    ConservativeNay0115
    BlocNay032
    NDPYea250
    GreenNay02
    IndependentYea10
    Total178149

What MPs said

Each party’s first speech on this bill in the House, from Hansard. Excerpts are the speaker’s opening sentences, unedited.

  • LiberalChrystia Freeland· May 3, 2022

    “I am pleased to start today's debate on Bill C-19, an act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022 and other measures. I would like to begin by explaining the context of the current debate.”
    Read the full speech on openparliament.ca
  • ConservativeEd Fast· May 3, 2022

    “Let me start by saying that this bill is effectively the budget implementation act, which would implement a portion of the last federal budget, budget 2022, which was tabled just over a month ago.”
    Read the full speech on openparliament.ca
  • BlocLouise Chabot· May 3, 2022

    “I may not be able to say that I had time to study all 500 pages of Bill C-19, but I have a few comments. There is a lot of talk about work, workers and the importance of employment.”
    Read the full speech on openparliament.ca
  • NDPDaniel Blaikie· May 4, 2022

    “I am pleased to rise and participate in the debate on the budget implementation act today. I might start just by saying that I am wearing this flower to mark MS Awareness Day, as many members, indeed perhaps all members, were doing today in the House, which I think is a great thing.”
    Read the full speech on openparliament.ca
  • GreenMike Morrice· May 9, 2022

    “I appreciate the chance to share some reflections with respect to the budget and the implementation act, Bill C-19. I want to start by talking about housing.”
    Read the full speech on openparliament.ca

Read the source

LEGISinfo status: Royal assent received. Bill data from LEGISinfo, votes from openparliament.ca and the House of Commons. Last updated October 13, 2026.

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