Promise History
3.05.131 - “A re-elected Liberal government will: Implement a “right to repair”to extend the life of home appliances, particularly electronics, by requiring manufacturers to supply repair manuals and spare parts and facilitate their replication after the part is no longer produced.”
27-Sep-2024
“In Budget 2024, the Government of Canada committed to launch consultations on a right to repair (RTR) policy for home appliances and consumer electronics. The purpose of this consultation is to gather feedback from Canadians to inform policy direction, including the policy levers to improve Canadians’ ability to repair a range of consumer products.”
16-Apr-2024
“The federal government is advancing a right to repair to increase product durability and repairability. Building on this progress, Budget 2024 announces: The government will launch consultations this June to develop a right to repair framework, which will focus on durability, repairability, and interoperability. The federal government is also calling on provinces and territories to amend their contract laws to support a right to repair and interoperability.”
Budget 2024 - Minister of Finances
19-Oct-2023
This amendment to the law will not require manufacturers to provide manuals and spare parts, but the reform of the copyright law does indeed allow for their reproduction once the part is no longer manufactured.
“On October 18, the House of Commons unanimously passed Bill C-244, a private member’s bill aimed at supporting the right to repair. The bill seeks to do so by amending the Copyright Act to allow people to circumvent technological protection measures (TPM) when maintaining or repairing a product.”
28-Mar-2023
“Budget 2023 announces that the government will work to implement a right to repair, with the aim of introducing a targeted framework for home appliances and electronics in 2024.”
2023 Budget - A Made-in-Canada Plan - Chrystia Freeland, Ministrer of Finances
22-Nov-2021
A bill protecting the right to reparation has been introduced but has not yet been passed.
“This enactment amends the Copyright Act in order to allow the circumvention of a technological protection measure in a computer program if the circumvention is solely for the purpose of the diagnosis, maintenance or repair of a product in which the program is embedded. It also allows the manufacture, importation, distribution, sale, renting and provision of technologies, devices or components used for the diagnosis, maintenance or repair of such products.”
BILL C-244 An Act to amend the Copyright Act (diagnosis, maintenance and repair)
Reference Documents
Learn about Right to Repair - Government of Canada
A bill protecting the right to reparation has been introduced but has not yet been passed.
“This enactment amends the Copyright Act in order to allow the circumvention of a technological protection measure in a computer program if the circumvention is solely for the purpose of the diagnosis, maintenance or repair of a product in which the program is embedded. It also allows the manufacture, importation, distribution, sale, renting and provision of technologies, devices or components used for the diagnosis, maintenance or repair of such products.”
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