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Bill 113, Fair Prices and Tax-Free Groceries Act, 2026

Rakocevic, Tom

Bell, Jessica

Wong-Tam, Kristyn

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill enacts the Fair Prices and Tax-Free Groceries Act,

2026 . The Act requires that a plan be developed to address the

affordability of all food products and non-alcoholic beverages and ensure

Ontarians have access to food at fair, stable and transparent prices. The plan

must, at minimum, include the following elements:

1. The

Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement is required to

remove existing controls on real property that have the effect of limiting and

controlling competition among food retailers in Ontario.

2. The

Minister of Finance is required to take all necessary steps toward removing the

HST on food products and non-alcoholic beverages.

Bill 113 2026

Act to address food affordability and price competitiveness

Preamble

Food

prices are out of control, in part due to the dominance of a small number of

retailers and their use of agreements to limit competition.

Ontarians

deserve access to food at fair, stable and transparent prices.

Therefore,

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of

the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Food

Affordability Plan

(1) As

soon as possible, and in any event within 12 months after this Act comes into

force, the Government of Ontario shall develop a plan to address the

affordability of all food products and non-alcoholic beverages and ensure

Ontarians have access to food at fair, stable and transparent prices.

Same

(2) The

plan must include, at minimum, the measures set out in sections 2 and 3.

Publication

(3) The

Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement shall publish

the plan on a Government of Ontario website.

Property controls to be prohibited

(1) The

Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement shall, as part

of the plan, take all necessary steps to develop and introduce legislation to,

(

a) declare

void any restrictive covenants, exclusivity clauses and other controls on real

property that have the effect of limiting and controlling competition among

food retailers in Ontario;

(

b) prohibit

the use of the controls on real property described in clause (a); and

(

c) impose

penalties for contravening the prohibitions.

Municipal

consultation

(2) The

Minister shall ensure that consultations take place with municipalities in

Ontario in connection with the development of the legislation.

Removal

of HST

(1) The

Minister of Finance shall, as part of the plan, take all necessary steps toward

removing the HST on food products and non-alcoholic beverages.

Steps

(2) The

steps required under subsection (1) include,

(

a) amending

the Retail Sales Tax Act to remove the Ontario

portion of the HST on food products and non-alcoholic beverages, and making all

other required legislative and regulatory amendments to implement that change;

(

b) entering

into an agreement with the Minister of Finance for Canada to amend the

Comprehensive Integrated Tax Coordination Agreement referred to in

section 50

of the Retail Sales Tax Act with respect to the

amendments described in clause (a); and

(

c) formally

requesting that the Minister of Finance for Canada remove the tax payable to

His Majesty the Crown in right of Canada under subsection 165 (1) of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) on food products and

non-alcoholic beverages and make all other required legislative and regulatory

amendments to implement that change.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Fair Prices and

Tax-Free Groceries Act, 2026 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

May 27, 2026

Second Reading

Vote

Lost on division

May 26, 2026

Second Reading

Question put

Vote deferred

May 26, 2026

Second Reading

Debated

May 4, 2026

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

May 4, 2026

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

May 4, 2026

Carried

Ordered for Second Reading

Second Reading

May 26, 2026

Questions and Responses

Blais, Stephen

Orléans

Bourgouin, Guy

Mushkegowuk—James Bay

Fraser, John

Ottawa South

Gates, Wayne

Niagara Falls

Gélinas, France

Nickel Belt

Pasma, Chandra

Ottawa West—Nepean

Rakocevic, Tom

Humber River—Black Creek

Riddell, Brian

Cambridge

Smith, Dave

Peterborough—Kawartha

Wong-Tam, Kristyn

Toronto Centre

Question put

May 27, 2026

Lost on division

Vote on second reading - Lost (May 27, 2026)

Ayes

(39) Teresa J. Armstrong

Jessica Bell

Stephen Blais

Guy Bourgouin

Stephanie Bowman

Bobbi Ann Brady

Jeff Burch

Rob Cerjanec

Aislinn Clancy

Lucille Collard

Lee Fairclough

Catherine Fife

John Fraser

Jennifer K. French

Wayne Gates

France Gélinas

Alexa Gilmour

Lisa Gretzky

Andrea Hazell

Ted Hsu

Terence Kernaghan

Sol Mamakwa

Karen McCrimmon

Catherine McKenney

Mary-Margaret McMahon

Chandra Pasma

Tom Rakocevic

Peggy Sattler

Mike Schreiner

Adil Shamji

Sandy Shaw

Stephanie Smyth

Jennifer (Jennie) Stevens

Marit Stiles

Peter Tabuns

Jonathan Tsao

Lise Vaugeois

Jamie West

Kristyn Wong-Tam

Nays

(68) Tyler Allsopp

Deepak Anand

Aris Babikian

Robert Bailey

Hon. Peter Bethlenfalvy

Will Bouma

Ric Bresee

Hon. Paul Calandra

Hon. Raymond Sung Joon Cho

Hon. Stan Cho

Monica Ciriello

Hon. Steve Clark

Lorne Coe

Michelle Cooper

Hon. Stephen Crawford

Rudy Cuzzetto

George Darouze

Billy Denault

Jess Dixon

Andrew Dowie

Hon. Jill Dunlop

Mohamed Firin

Hon. Rob Flack

Hon. Doug Ford

Dawn Gallagher Murphy

Hardeep Singh Grewal

Hon. Ernie Hardeman

Hon. Mike Harris

Hon. Kevin Holland

Hon. Sylvia Jones

Hon. Trevor Jones

John Jordan

Logan Kanapathi

Hon. Michael S. Kerzner

Hon. Andrea Khanjin

Hon. Natalia Kusendova-Bashta

Hon. Stephen Lecce

Hon. Neil Lumsden

Hon. Todd J. McCarthy

Hon. Graham McGregor

Hon. Caroline Mulroney

Hon. Sam Oosterhoff

Billy Pang

Hon. Michael Parsa

Hon. David Piccini

Natalie Pierre

Steve Pinsonneault

Joseph Racinsky

Matthew Rae

Hon. Greg Rickford

Brian Riddell

Bill Rosenberg

Sheref Sabawy

Amarjot Sandhu

Stéphane Sarrazin

Brian Saunderson

Hon. Laurie Scott

Dave Smith

David Smith

Hon. Graydon Smith

Laura Smith

Hon. Nina Tangri

Hon. Vijay Thanigasalam

Hon. Lisa M. Thompson

Hon. Michael A. Tibollo

Effie J. Triantafilopoulos

Paul Vickers

Hon. Charmaine A. Williams

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