45th Parliament

Commissioner for Modern Treaty Implementation Act. Verdict: MASKING (0.347). Symbolic oversight without enforcement power. Prescribed: Indigenous-led co-governance, 50% resource revenue sharing, economic development bank, accelerated water advisory elimination. Investment: $8.5B.

Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Borders Act. Verdict: MASKING (0.114). Enforcement-focused, lacks housing supply linkage, ignores Indigenous sovereignty. Prescribed: immigration targets contingent on housing supply, TFW program reform, trade diversification integration. Investment: $4.2B.

An Act to amend the Canada Health Act (mental, addictions and substance use health services). Verdict: MASKING (0.231). Expands mental health services without addressing housing instability as root cause. Prescribed: housing stability as precondition, prevention-first funding, Indigenous-led care models. Investment: $8.7B. Failure revenue displaced: $15.2B.

An Act to amend the National Housing Strategy Act. Verdict: NEUTRAL (0.425) — highest-scoring individual bill. Targets the root node (housing_affordability, 44 edges) but lacks specific mechanisms for speculation, financialization, and municipal revenue dependency. Prescribed: progressive speculation tax, 30% community land trust mandate, zoning reform. Investment: $12.5B. Failure revenue displaced: $15.4B.

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying). Verdict: HARMFUL (0.042). Addresses individual end-of-life decisions without engaging systemic rot. Does not target root causes or disrupt failure revenue.

Relieving Grieving Parents of an Administrative Burden Act. Verdict: MASKING (0.291). Administrative relief for grieving parents but doesn't address child mortality root causes. Prescribed: integrated family support, systemic child death data collection, Family Housing Security Act. Investment: $2.5B.

An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products). Verdict: HARMFUL (0.063). Regulatory adjustment without systemic health impact. Does not address healthcare spending, access, or failure revenue.

National Strategy on Housing for Young Canadians Act. Verdict: MASKING (0.206). Strategy format without enforcement mechanisms. Prescribed: binding construction targets, federal zoning override, Indigenous Housing Sovereignty Fund, speculation surtax. Investment: $15.0B.

An Act to amend the Canada Health Act (accountability). Verdict: MASKING (0.323). Administrative transparency without addressing root causes or the $93.7B failure revenue model. Prescribed: prevention spending mandates, harm reduction integration, Housing First for Health Act. Investment: $12.0B.

An Act to amend the Customs Act and the Customs Tariff (forced labour and child labour). Verdict: MASKING (0.316). Symbolic gesture with compliance cost risks. Prescribed: sector-specific exemptions, phased implementation, domestic labour standards first. Investment: $1.8B.

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (promotion of hatred against Indigenous peoples). Verdict: HARMFUL (0.070). Punitive approach that does not address systemic drivers of hatred or improve Indigenous wellbeing outcomes.

Making Life More Affordable for Canadians Act. Verdict: HARMFUL (0.069). Affordability measures that do not target root causes of cost-of-living crisis. Housing unaffordability as the root node is not addressed.

An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (warning label on alcoholic beverages). Verdict: CONSTRUCTIVE (0.344) — only bill to score Constructive. Evidence-backed behavioural intervention. Prescribed: plain packaging, alcohol tax reform with minimum unit pricing, 10% of alcohol tax to addiction services. Investment: $0.05B.

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying). Verdict: HARMFUL (0.027). Senate companion to C-218. Individual end-of-life measure without systemic engagement.

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assault against persons who provide health services and first responders). Verdict: MASKING (0.019) — lowest-scoring bill. Punitive response to systemic healthcare capacity failure. Prescribed: 4-hour ER wait time standard, addiction treatment teams in EDs, system capacity assessment before prosecution. Investment: $12.5B.

National Framework for Women's Health in Canada Act. Verdict: MASKING (0.166). Framework approach without enforcement mechanisms or connection to systemic root causes including housing and Indigenous sovereignty.