C-206National Strategy on Brain Injuries Act
An Act to establish a national strategy on brain injuries
Private member's bill, introduced in the House of Commons on June 10, 2025
- Status
- At second reading in the House of Commons since June 10, 2025
What it does
Requires the Minister of Health to develop a national strategy on brain injuries and report to Parliament on it.
What it does
- Requires the Minister of Health to develop a national strategy with provincial governments, Indigenous groups and other stakeholders.
- Includes measures to promote prevention, training, research, data collection, information sharing, and national guidelines on brain injury prevention, diagnosis and management.
- Promotes awareness and education, with a focus on public understanding and the rights of people living with a brain injury.
- Supports national, provincial and local brain injury groups and service providers to build mental health resources for people with brain injuries and their families.
- Encourages consultation with mental health professionals in schools, sports organisations and workplaces to support people dealing with brain injury, mental health and addiction problems.
- Requires the Minister to table a strategy report in Parliament within 18 months, then evaluate the strategy and table a follow-up report within five years.
Who it affects
- People living with brain injuries
- Families and caregivers
- Health care professionals
- Brain injury organisations
- Brain injury service providers
- Provincial governments
- Schools, sports organisations and workplaces
- Indigenous groups
Where it is
House of Commons
First reading
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Second reading
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Senate
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Introduced by an MP who is not a minister. These bills compete in a lottery for debate time, and most do not become law. How a bill becomes law
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What MPs said
Each party’s first speech on this bill in the House, from Hansard. Excerpts are the speaker’s opening sentences, unedited.
NDPGord Johns· June 10, 2025
“Moved for leave to introduce Bill C-206, An Act to establish a national strategy on brain injuries. June is Brain Injury Awareness Month, so I am pleased to introduce a bill today that calls on the Minister of Health to develop a national strategy on brain injuries.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.ca
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LEGISinfo status: Outside the Order of Precedence. Bill data from LEGISinfo, votes from openparliament.ca and the House of Commons. Last updated October 13, 2026.