An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (supervised drug consumption sites)

Bill C-272 was an NDP Private Member's Bill amending the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (S.C. 1996, c. 19) section 56 framework for supervised consumption sites to provide statutory recognition rather than the current ministerial-exemption framework. Currently approximately 40 supervised consumption sites operate across Canada under section 56 CDSA exemptions issued by Health Canada (the BC and Alberta sites are most numerous; Ontario has 8, Quebec 6). The Smith UCP Alberta government's 2024 closure of certain Alberta supervised-consumption sites (after the federal exemptions remained valid) raised the political question of federal-provincial authority. The bill aimed to give sites permanent federal recognition. Did not pass second reading.