C-282Service Dogs for Veterans Act
An Act to amend the Veterans Well-being Act
Private member's bill, introduced in the House of Commons on June 3, 2026
- Status
- At second reading in the House of Commons since June 3, 2026
What it does
Amends the Veterans Well-being Act to let rehabilitation services for veterans include service dogs.
What it does
- Adds service dogs as a possible rehabilitation service under the Veterans Well-being Act.
- Requires the Minister, when making a rehabilitation plan, to assess whether a veteran's medical or psycho-social needs require a service dog.
- Allows the Minister to make regulations, after consulting the provinces, on service dog health, breeding, training, testing, certification, financing, and related matters.
- Defines a service dog as a dog trained by an organisation that specialises in service dog training to help with physical, psychological, or social adjustment needs.
Who it affects
- Veterans
- Veterans seeking rehabilitation
- Service dog training organisations
- Service dog examiners
- Provinces
Topics
Background
The bill amends the Veterans Well-being Act. It adds a new section saying rehabilitation services under that Act may include service dogs.
Where it is
House of Commons
First reading
Completed.
Second reading
Current stage. Now here
Committee
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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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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.
ConservativeMichael Barrett· June 3, 2026
“This bill would make it so that service dogs are an eligible form of rehabilitation support under the Veterans Well-being Act. It would create a national training and certification standard for service dogs in coordination with the provinces and territories.”
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.