An Act to amend the Canada Health Act (accountability)

Bill C-239 in 45-1 was a Conservative Private Member's Bill amending the Canada Health Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-6) to add a new accountability mechanism for federal Canada Health Transfer (CHT) payments to provinces. Currently the federal CHT under section 13 of the Act conditions payments on compliance with the Act's five principles (public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, portability, accessibility per section 7) but federal enforcement has been limited to the 2018 BC ruling (R. v. Cambie Surgeries Corporation, 2020 BCSC 1310, upheld in 2022 BCCA 245) over extra-billing. The bill called for federal-jurisdiction binding penalties when provinces fall short. Parallel to 44-1 Bill C-260. Did not pass second reading.