An Act to establish a national framework for silver alerts

Bill C-263 was a Conservative Private Member's Bill establishing a federal framework for silver alerts (emergency alerts for missing persons with dementia, Alzheimer's disease, or cognitive impairments). Currently silver alerts operate as provincial-or-municipal frameworks (Ontario's Project Lifesaver, Alberta's Search Companion, Manitoba's MASE registry). Approximately 750,000 Canadians live with dementia per the Alzheimer Society of Canada 2024 estimates, with about 60 percent experiencing wandering at some point. The bill called for federal-provincial coordination on the Public Safety Canada Alert Ready system (already used for Amber alerts and weather warnings) for silver-alert national distribution. Did not pass second reading.