<?xml version="1.0"?><Statute lims:pit-date="2026-06-18" lims:lastAmendedDate="2026-06-18" lims:current-date="2026-06-21" lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587298" lims:id="1587298" bill-origin="commons" bill-type="govt-public" xml:lang="en" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587299" lims:id="1587299"><BillNumber>C-26</BillNumber><Parliament><Session>1</Session><Number>45</Number><RegnalYear><Year-s>3-4</Year-s><Monarch>Charles III</Monarch></RegnalYear><Year-s>2025-2026</Year-s></Parliament><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587300" lims:id="1587300">An Act to authorize certain payments to be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of improving housing supply</LongTitle><ShortTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587301" lims:id="1587301" status="unofficial">An Act to authorize certain payments to be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of improving housing supply</ShortTitle><RunningHead lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587302" lims:id="1587302">An Act to authorize certain payments to be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of improving housing supply</RunningHead><BillHistory lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587303" lims:id="1587303"><Stages stage="consolidation"><Date><YYYY>2026</YYYY><MM>6</MM><DD>22</DD></Date></Stages><Stages lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587304" lims:id="1587304" stage="assented-to"><Date><YYYY>2026</YYYY><MM>6</MM><DD>18</DD></Date></Stages></BillHistory><Chapter lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587305" lims:id="1587305"><ConsolidatedNumber official="no">P-4.7</ConsolidatedNumber><AnnualStatuteId><AnnualStatuteNumber>21</AnnualStatuteNumber><YYYY>2026</YYYY></AnnualStatuteId></Chapter><BillRefNumber>91259</BillRefNumber></Identification><Introduction lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587306" lims:id="1587306"><Enacts lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587311" lims:id="1587311"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587312" lims:id="1587312" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:</Text></Provision></Enacts></Introduction><Body lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587313" lims:id="1587313"><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587314" lims:id="1587314" level="1"><TitleText>Payments for the Purpose of Improving Housing Supply</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:lastAmendedDate="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587315" lims:id="1587315"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587316" lims:id="1587316">Total payment of $1.713 billion</MarginalNote><Label>1</Label><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587317" lims:id="1587317"><Label>(1)</Label><Text>The Minister of Finance may make payments to the provinces and territories, the total of which is equal to $1.713 billion, for the purpose of improving housing supply. The amount of each payment is to be determined by the Minister of Finance.</Text></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587318" lims:id="1587318"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-18" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-18" lims:fid="1587319" lims:id="1587319">Payments out of C.‍R.‍F.</MarginalNote><Label>(2)</Label><Text>Any amount payable under subsection (1) may be paid by the Minister of Finance out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund at the times and in the manner that the Minister of Finance considers appropriate.</Text></Subsection></Section></Body></Statute>