C-273Facilitating Agricultural Regulatory Modernization Act
An Act to amend the Feeds Act, the Fertilizers Act, the Seeds Act, the Pest Control Products Act and the Food and Drugs Act
Private member's bill, introduced in the House of Commons on April 14, 2026
- Status
- At second reading in the House of Commons since April 14, 2026
What it does
Creates faster approval and registration paths for some agricultural products and lets the Health Minister rely on foreign regulators for certain drugs and food.
What it does
- Creates provisional and final approval or registration systems for feeds, fertilizers, seeds and pest control products already approved in at least two trusted jurisdictions.
- Requires the minister or registrar to give provisional approval or registration within 90 days after a complete application, unless the product fails compliance checks.
- Requires final approval or registration after an application is reviewed, if the product meets the law and regulations.
- Lets regulations name trusted jurisdictions and lets decision makers rely on evidence from those jurisdictions when reviewing applications.
- Lets the minister deem some Food and Drugs Act requirements met for certain therapeutic products, veterinary drugs or food, based on foreign regulatory decisions or documents.
Who it affects
- Feed makers
- Fertilizer suppliers
- Seed companies
- Pest control product companies
- Veterinary drug makers
- Farmers
- Importers
- Federal regulators
Background
The bill defines a trusted jurisdiction as a foreign state or part of a foreign state named by regulation.
Where it is
House of Commons
First reading
Completed.
Second reading
Current stage. Now here
Committee
Not reached.
Report stage
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Third reading
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Senate
First reading
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Second reading
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Committee
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Third reading
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Royal assent
Royal assent
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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
How the House voted
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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.
ConservativeDavid Bexte· April 14, 2026
“Moved for leave to introduce Bill C-273, an act to amend the Feeds Act, the Fertilizers Act, the Seeds Act, the Pest Control Products Act, and the Food and Drugs Act. The people of Alberta did not send me here to sit quietly while farms are run out of business by bureaucrats in Ottawa.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.ca
Read the source
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.