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Bill 113IN_COMMITTEETAX & FISCALONTARIO

Fair Prices and Tax-Free Groceries Act, 2026

Sponsor
Tom Rakocevic, Jessica Bell, Kristyn Wong-Tam
Latest recorded vote
39 / 68
Official record on ola.orgLatest recorded step: Recorded division,

Bill overview

Bill 113, “Fair Prices and Tax-Free Groceries Act, 2026”, is an Ontario bill from session 44-1. It was introduced by Tom Rakocevic, Jessica Bell, Kristyn Wong-Tam (NDP, Humber River-Black Creek).

Its latest recorded status is “In committee”.

In the recorded division on May 27, 2026 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 39 members voted in favour and 68 against. In favour: NDP (23), Liberal (13), Green (2) and Independent (1). Against: Progressive Conservative (68).

This overview is written automatically from the registry and vote records on this page and updates when they sync. It describes the bill's path, not its merits.

SUMMARY FROM THE OFFICIAL REGISTRY

What you need to know

The Bill enacts the Fair Prices and Tax-Free Groceries Act, 2026 . The Act requires that a plan be developed to address the affordability of all food products and non-alcoholic beverages and ensure Ontarians have access to food at fair, stable and transparent prices. The plan must, at minimum, include the following elements: 1. The Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement is required to remove existing controls on real property that have the effect of limiting and controlling competition among food retailers in Ontario. 2. The Minister of Finance is required to take all necessary steps toward removing the HST on food products and non-alcoholic beverages.

Vote roll

44th Parliament · May 27, 2026

39

Yea

68

Nay

0

Abstain

0

Absent

Alexa Gilmour (ONDP) — YEACatherine Fife (ONDP) — YEACatherine McKenney (ONDP) — YEAChandra Pasma (ONDP) — YEAFrance Gélinas (ONDP) — YEAGuy Bourgouin (ONDP) — YEAJamie West (ONDP) — YEAJeff Burch (ONDP) — YEAJennifer (Jennie) Stevens (ONDP) — YEAJennifer K. French (ONDP) — YEAJessica Bell (ONDP) — YEAKristyn Wong-Tam (ONDP) — YEALisa Gretzky (ONDP) — YEALise Vaugeois (ONDP) — YEAMarit Stiles (ONDP) — YEAPeggy Sattler (ONDP) — YEAPeter Tabuns (ONDP) — YEASandy Shaw (ONDP) — YEASol Mamakwa (ONDP) — YEATerence Kernaghan (ONDP) — YEATeresa J. Armstrong (ONDP) — YEATom Rakocevic (ONDP) — YEAWayne Gates (ONDP) — YEAAdil Shamji (OLP) — YEAAndrea Hazell (OLP) — YEAJohn Fraser (OLP) — YEAJonathan Tsao (OLP) — YEAKaren McCrimmon (OLP) — YEALee Fairclough (OLP) — YEALucille Collard (OLP) — YEAMary-Margaret McMahon (OLP) — YEARob Cerjanec (OLP) — YEAStephanie Bowman (OLP) — YEAStephanie Smyth (OLP) — YEAStephen Blais (OLP) — YEATed Hsu (OLP) — YEAAmarjot Sandhu (ONPC) — NAYAndrea Khanjin (ONPC) — NAYAndrew Dowie (ONPC) — NAYAris Babikian (ONPC) — NAYBill Rosenberg (ONPC) — NAYBilly Denault (ONPC) — NAYBilly Pang (ONPC) — NAYBrian Riddell (ONPC) — NAYBrian Saunderson (ONPC) — NAYCharmaine A. Williams (ONPC) — NAYDave Smith (ONPC) — NAYDavid Piccini (ONPC) — NAYDavid Smith (ONPC) — NAYDawn Gallagher Murphy (ONPC) — NAYDeepak Anand (ONPC) — NAYDoug Ford (ONPC) — NAYEffie J. Triantafilopoulos (ONPC) — NAYErnie Hardeman (ONPC) — NAYGeorge Darouze (ONPC) — NAYGraham McGregor (ONPC) — NAYGraydon Smith (ONPC) — NAYGreg Rickford (ONPC) — NAYHardeep Singh Grewal (ONPC) — NAYJess Dixon (ONPC) — NAYJill Dunlop (ONPC) — NAYJohn Jordan (ONPC) — NAYJoseph Racinsky (ONPC) — NAYKevin Holland (ONPC) — NAYLaura Smith (ONPC) — NAYLaurie Scott (ONPC) — NAYLisa M. Thompson (ONPC) — NAYLogan Kanapathi (ONPC) — NAYLorne Coe (ONPC) — NAYMatthew Rae (ONPC) — NAYMichael A. Tibollo (ONPC) — NAYMichael Parsa (ONPC) — NAYMichael S. Kerzner (ONPC) — NAYMichelle Cooper (ONPC) — NAYMike Harris (ONPC) — NAYMohamed Firin (ONPC) — NAYMonica Ciriello (ONPC) — NAYNatalia Kusendova-Bashta (ONPC) — NAYNatalie Pierre (ONPC) — NAYNeil Lumsden (ONPC) — NAYNina Tangri (ONPC) — NAYPaul Calandra (ONPC) — NAYPaul Vickers (ONPC) — NAYPeter Bethlenfalvy (ONPC) — NAYRaymond Sung Joon Cho (ONPC) — NAYRic Bresee (ONPC) — NAYRob Flack (ONPC) — NAYRobert Bailey (ONPC) — NAYRudy Cuzzetto (ONPC) — NAYSam Oosterhoff (ONPC) — NAYSheref Sabawy (ONPC) — NAYStan Cho (ONPC) — NAYStephen Crawford (ONPC) — NAYStephen Lecce (ONPC) — NAYSteve Clark (ONPC) — NAYSteve Pinsonneault (ONPC) — NAYStéphane Sarrazin (ONPC) — NAYSylvia Jones (ONPC) — NAYTodd J. McCarthy (ONPC) — NAYTrevor Jones (ONPC) — NAYTyler Allsopp (ONPC) — NAYVijay Thanigasalam (ONPC) — NAYWill Bouma (ONPC) — NAYBobbi Ann Brady (IND) — YEAAislinn Clancy (GPO) — YEAMike Schreiner (GPO) — YEACaroline Mulroney (ONPC) — NAYSpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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