Bill C-253

National Framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income Act

An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income

Sponsor

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Oct. 29, 2025

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment requires the Minister of Finance to develop a national framework to provide all persons over the age of 17 in Canada with access to a guaranteed livable basic income. It also provides for reporting requirements with respect to the framework.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-253s:

C-253 (2022) Bank of Canada Accountability Act

C-253 (2020) An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (pension plans and group insurance plans)

C-253 (2016) Recognition of Charlottetown as the Birthplace of Confederation Act

C-253 (2013) An Act to amend the Access to Information Act (response time)

1^st reading

National Framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income ActRoutine Proceedings

October 29th, 2025 / 3:20 p.m.

NDP

Lori Idlout NDP Nunavut, NU

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-253, An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income.

Uqaqtittiji, I am pleased to introduce a bill to address severe poverty and food security in Canada. I thank my seconder, the member for Winnipeg Centre, for her fierce advocacy in originating this work.

Nunavummiut are experiencing the worst food security crisis in Canada. In Iqaluit, food insecurity is at 79% for young children. This means that four out of every five Inuit children are going hungry every day. Visits to the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre are at an all-time high. When the Liberals abruptly cancelled the ICFI's hamlet food voucher program, visits went from 100 per day to an astonishing 500 per day.

My bill, if passed, would require the federal government to develop a plan toward a guaranteed livable basic income. If passed, it would give back human dignity to those suffering in poverty.

Canada is a wealthy country. Let us create policies for that wealth to be shared among the poorest in our communities.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)