S-3Senate Government Bill

An Act to amend the Weights and Measures Act, the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act, the Weights and Measures Regulations and the Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations

Sen. Pierre MoreauFormer senator — no longer in the chamber

Latest completed stage: 1st Reading

Introduced 171 days ago

45th Parliament, 1st Session

Summary

This enactment amends the Weights and Measures Act to, among other things, clarify existing powers, duties and functions of the Minister of Industry and inspectors, provide the Minister with certain powers, including with respect to sampling when devices are examined and with respect to corrective and preventive measures, and provide inspectors with certain powers. It also amends the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act to, among other things, broaden the definition of “meter”, provide the president with the authority to grant certain exemptions, clarify the steps required to put a device into service, clarify existing powers, duties and functions of the Minister and inspectors, provide the Minister with certain powers, including with respect to sampling when meters are examined and with respect to corrective and preventive measures, and provide inspectors with certain powers. It also repeals certain provisions in the Weights and Measures Regulations and the Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations. Finally, it includes transitional provisions.

Event Timeline

Senate First Reading
Oct 28, 2025Senate
Senate Second Reading
Nov 27, 2025Senate
Senate Third Reading
Mar 11, 2026Senate
House First Reading
Mar 12, 2026

Regulatory Activity

Electricity and Gas Inspection Act · 1 entry

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Nov 23, 2018	II	Regulation	Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations and the Weights and Measures Regulations (Miscellaneous) — Regulations Amending	SOR/2018-252

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Public Service Employment Act · 21 entries

Statutes Touched by This Bill

Amends

Repeals

Gov't

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Senate

Inactive

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S-3 touches 8 statutes

Status

At second reading in the House of Commons

Text of the Bill

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Progression

House 1st Reading: Mar 12, 2026
House 2nd Reading: —
House 3rd Reading: —
Senate 1st Reading: Oct 28, 2025
Senate 2nd Reading: Nov 27, 2025
Senate 3rd Reading: Mar 11, 2026
Royal Assent: —

Velocity · Gov't Bills

Senate 1R → 2R30d

typ. 28d

Senate 2R → 3R104d

typ. 49d

Senate 3R → House 1R1d

typ. 0d

House 1R → 2R171d so far

typ. 5d

Related Legislation

Amends: Electricity and Gas Inspection Act ↗

Amends: Public Service Employment Act

Amends: Department of Industry Act

Amends: Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations

Amends: Weights and Measures Regulations

Amends: Criminal Code ↗

Amends: Weights and Measures Act ↗

Amends: Statutory Instruments Act

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Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Feb 14, 2025	II	Regulation	Eligibility of Certain Former Members of the Canadian Forces Regulations	SOR/2025-25
Feb 26, 2025	II	Order	Exclusion Approval Order for Certain Former Members of the Canadian Forces	SI/2025-20
Dec 30, 2024	II	Regulation	Public Service Employment Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2024-295
Sep 7, 2024	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Public Service Employment Regulations	Public Service Commission
Mar 25, 2024	II	Regulation	Communications Security Establishment Appointments Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) — Regulations Repealing the	SOR/2024-51
Mar 25, 2024	II	Regulation	Communications Security Establishment Exclusion of Positions and Employees Approval Order (Miscellaneous Program) — Order Repealing the	SOR/2024-52
Feb 2, 2024	II	Regulation	Locally Engaged Staff Employment Regulations, 2024	SOR/2024-16
Feb 14, 2024	II	Order	Locally Engaged Staff Exclusion Approval Order	SI/2024-7
Jun 10, 2023	I	Proposed	Locally Engaged Staff Employment Regulations, 2023	Public Service Commission
Nov 22, 2022	II	Regulation	Public Service Staffing Complaints Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2022-243
Jun 24, 2022	II	Regulation	Student Employment Programs Participants Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2022-163
Aug 18, 2021	II	Order	Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario as a Department and the President as Deputy Head of that Agency for the Purposes of that Act — Order Designating the	SI/2021-51
Aug 18, 2021	II	Order	Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada as a Department and the President as the Deputy Head of that Agency for the Purposes of that Act — Order Designating the	SI/2021-45
Oct 17, 2018	II	Order	President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as the Minister for the purposes of section 23 of the Act — Order Designating	SI/2018-90
Oct 3, 2018	II	Order	Minister of Public Works and Government Services for the purposes of section 23 of the Public Service Employment Act — Order designating	SI/2018-86
Dec 13, 2017	II	Order	Alternates Exclusion Approval Order — Appointment or Deployment	SI/2017-74
Nov 24, 2017	II	Regulation	Certain Regulations Made Under the Public Service Employment Act — Regulations Amending and Repealing	SOR/2017-252
Dec 13, 2017	II	Order	Department of Indigenous Services Canada as a Department for the purposes of the Act — Order Designating	SI/2017-79
Dec 13, 2017	II	Order	Statistics Canada Census and Survey Related Term Employment Exclusion Approval Order	SI/2017-75
May 5, 2017	II	Regulation	Office of the Governor General’s Secretary Employment Regulations — Regulations Amending	SOR/2017-81
May 17, 2017	II	Order	Office of the Governor General’s Secretary Exclusion Approval Order	SI/2017-25

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Jun 9, 2026	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2026-117
Jun 5, 2026	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period — Order Amending Certain Orders Declaring an	SOR/2026-114
Mar 9, 2026	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2026-44
Dec 17, 2025	II	Order	List of Entities — Order Accepting the Recommendation of the Minister Regarding the	SI/2025-111
Dec 4, 2025	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2025-250
Dec 8, 2025	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2025-263
Oct 10, 2025	II	Regulation	Criminal Code — Order Amending Certain Orders Made Under the	SOR/2025-208
Sep 28, 2025	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2025-201
Mar 7, 2025	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2025) — Order Declaring an	SOR/2025-87
Mar 7, 2025	II	Regulation	Firearms and Other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited or Restricted — Regulations Amending the Regulations Prescribing Certain	SOR/2025-86
Feb 19, 2025	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2025-31
Dec 5, 2024	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2024) — Order Declaring an	SOR/2024-249
Dec 5, 2024	II	Regulation	Firearms and Other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited or Restricted — Regulations Amending the Regulations Prescribing Certain	SOR/2024-248
Nov 29, 2024	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2024-236
Oct 11, 2024	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2024-204
Jun 27, 2024	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2024-156
Jun 18, 2024	II	Regulation	Establishing a List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations	SOR/2024-139
Jun 18, 2024	II	Regulation	Establishing a List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations	SOR/2024-140
Jul 3, 2024	II	Order	Recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness that each listed entity set out in the annexed Schedule 1 remain a listed entity and that the entity in Schedule 2 no longer remain a listed entity — Order Accepting the	SI/2024-29
May 31, 2024	II	Regulation	Criminal Interest Rate Regulations	SOR/2024-114
May 9, 2024	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2020) — Order Amending the Order Declaring an	SOR/2024-84
Apr 17, 2024	II	Regulation	Approved Screening Devices Order	SOR/2024-66
Feb 17, 2024	I	Proposed	Approved Screening Devices Order	Justice, Dept. of
Dec 23, 2023	I	Proposed	Criminal Interest Rate Regulations	Justice, Dept. of
Oct 20, 2023	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2020) — Order Amending the Order Declaring an	SOR/2023-223
May 1, 2023	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2023-87
Jan 9, 2023	II	Regulation	New Brunswick Translated Documents Regulations, SOR/93-9 — Order Revoking the	SOR/2023-5
Jan 4, 2023	II	Order	Approved Screening Devices Order — Order Amending the	SI/2023-1
Oct 26, 2022	II	Regulation	Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying — Regulations Amending the Regulations for the	SOR/2022-222
Oct 8, 2022	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Screening Devices Order (New commenting feature)	Justice, Dept. of
Jun 21, 2022	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2022-139
May 21, 2022	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Regulations for the Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying	Health, Dept. of
Mar 4, 2022	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2020) — Order Amending the Order Declaring an	SOR/2022-45
Jun 25, 2021	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2021-169
Jul 7, 2021	II	Order	Recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness that Each Listed Entity Remain a Listed Entity — Order Accepting the	SI/2021-38
Feb 3, 2021	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2021-8
Feb 3, 2021	II	Order	Recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness that Each Listed Entity Remain a Listed Entity — Order Accepting the	SI/2021-5
Dec 21, 2020	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2020-285
Oct 22, 2020	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2020-230
Sep 30, 2020	II	Order	Approved Screening Devices Order — Order Amending the	SI/2020-63
May 1, 2020	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2020) — Order Declaring an	SOR/2020-97
May 1, 2020	II	Regulation	Firearms and Other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited, Restricted or Non-Restricted — Regulations Amending the Regulations Prescribing Certain	SOR/2020-96
Feb 27, 2020	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2020-33
Feb 8, 2020	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Screening Devices Order	Justice, Dept. of
Jun 24, 2019	II	Regulation	Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order — Order Amending	SOR/2019-237
Jun 21, 2019	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing	SOR/2019-231
Jun 21, 2019	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing	SOR/2019-231
May 25, 2019	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	Justice, Dept. of
Apr 10, 2019	II	Regulation	Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying — Regulations Amending the Regulations	SOR/2019-96
Apr 20, 2019	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	Justice, Dept. of
Feb 11, 2019	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing	SOR/2019-45
Jan 28, 2019	II	Regulation	Approved Breath Analysis Instruments Order — Order Amending	SOR/2019-26
Jan 28, 2019	II	Regulation	Approved Screening Devices Order — Order Amending	SOR/2019-25
Nov 23, 2018	II	Regulation	Certain Department of Justice Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) — Regulations Amending	SOR/2018-254
Nov 23, 2018	II	Regulation	Newfoundland and Labrador for the Purposes of Section 347.1 of the Criminal Code — Order Designating	SOR/2018-257
Nov 10, 2018	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Breath Analysis Instruments Order	Justice, Dept. of
Nov 10, 2018	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Screening Devices Order	Justice, Dept. of
Oct 31, 2018	II	Order	Court of Appeal of Quebec in Criminal Matters — Rules	SI/2018-96
Aug 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	SOR/2018-179
Sep 5, 2018	II	Order	Manitoba Criminal Appeal Rules — Rules Amending	SI/2018-82
Jul 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying — Regulations	SOR/2018-166
Jul 28, 2018	I	Proposed	Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	Justice, Dept. of
Jul 25, 2018	II	Order	Rule 91 of the Civil Procedure Rules of Nova Scotia — Amendment	SI/2018-56
Jun 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Blood Drug Concentration Regulations	SOR/2018-148
Jun 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Blood Drug Concentration Regulations — Regulations Amending	SOR/2018-149
Jun 13, 2018	II	Order	Criminal Proceedings Rules of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador	SI/2018-43
Jun 1, 2018	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending	SOR/2018-117
May 30, 2018	II	Regulation	Safe Food for Canadians Regulations	SOR/2018-108
May 23, 2018	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing	SOR/2018-103
May 2, 2018	II	Order	Court of Appeal of Alberta Criminal Appeal Rules — The	SI/2018-34
Mar 20, 2018	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2018) — Order Declaring	SOR/2018-46
Dec 16, 2017	I	Proposed	Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying Regulations	Health, Dept. of
Dec 13, 2017	II	Order	Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta Criminal Procedure Rules	SI/2017-76
Oct 14, 2017	I	Proposed	Blood Drug Concentration Regulations	Justice, Dept. of
May 12, 2017	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2017) — Order Declaring	SOR/2017-87
Mar 24, 2017	II	Regulation	New Brunswick for the Purposes of the Criminal Interest Rate Provisions of the Criminal Code — Order Designating	SOR/2017-40
Feb 2, 2017	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending	SOR/2017-8
Dec 23, 2016	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing	SOR/2016-320
Oct 5, 2016	II	In force	Order Fixing October 31, 2016 as the Day on which Section 23 of the Act Comes into Force	SI/2016-53
Jun 29, 2016	II	Order	Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench — Criminal Proceedings Rules	SI/2016-34
Jun 11, 2016	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations	Agriculture and Agri-Food, Dept. of

Weights and Measures Act · 8 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Jul 4, 2026	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations and the Weights and Measures Regulations	Industry, Dept. of
Oct 23, 2024	II	Order	Timber Dimension Measuring Devices — Specifications Relating to	SI/2024-48
Sep 20, 2024	II	Regulation	Weights and Measures Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2024-183
Apr 19, 2021	II	Regulation	Schedule IV to the Weights and Measures Act — Order Amending	SOR/2021-84
Nov 23, 2018	II	Regulation	Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations and the Weights and Measures Regulations (Miscellaneous) — Regulations Amending	SOR/2018-252
Sep 22, 2017	II	Regulation	Weights and Measures Regulations — Regulations Amending	SOR/2017-198
May 5, 2017	II	Regulation	Schedules I and IV to the Weights and Measures Act — Order Amending	SOR/2017-80
Feb 13, 2017	II	Regulation	Weights and Measures Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) — Regulations Amending	SOR/2017-17

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Statutory Instruments Act · 1 entry

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Jun 20, 2025	II	Regulation	Statutory Instruments Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2025-146

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

An Act to amend the Weights and Measures Act, the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act, the Weights and Measures Regulations and the Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations

Summary

Event Timeline

Regulatory Activity

Electricity and Gas Inspection Act · 1 entry

Public Service Employment Act · 21 entries

Debated in the House · 5 sittings

Statutes Touched by This Bill

Criminal Code · 81 entries

Weights and Measures Act · 8 entries

Statutory Instruments Act · 1 entry