An Act respecting the development of a national strategy for soil health protection, conservation and enhancement

Bill S-230 in 45-1 was a Senate Private Member's Bill respecting the development of a national strategy for soil health, paralleling 44-1 Bill C-203 (Conservative PMB on soil conservation). Canadian farms experienced approximately 50 percent loss of soil organic carbon in the 20th century due to intensive tillage; Statistics Canada reports approximately 64 million hectares of Canadian agricultural land. The bill called for federal-provincial coordination on Soil Conservation Council frameworks, federal funding for cover-crop and no-till farming under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (SCAP) 2023-2028 at $3.5 billion over five years, and binding federal annual reporting on soil-organic-carbon levels. Did not pass third reading.