{"id":349532,"date":"2025-12-16T19:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/349532\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T19:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:30:08","slug":"buy-canadian-policy-comes-into-effect-changing-rules-for-federal-procurement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/349532\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Buy Canadian&#8217; policy comes into effect, changing rules for federal procurement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">OTTAWA \u2014 The federal government&#8217;s &#8216;Buy Canadian&#8217; policy takes effect today and Ottawa says it will fundamentally change the way it purchases goods and services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">Announced earlier in the fall, the strategy is meant to ensure Canadian products and workers are prioritized in federal procurement decisions to help protect Canadian industries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">It applies to the government&#8217;s new major projects and housing offices, defence procurement, and community infrastructure projects funded by the federal government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">The first stage of the policy, which comes into effect today, requires that contracts valued at $25 million or more prioritize Canadian businesses and materials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">It also requires that Canadian steel, aluminum and wood products manufactured or processed in Canada be used in construction and defence projects, supporting industries hit hard by U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s trade war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">Procurement Minister Jo\u00ebl Lightbound says the federal government is &#8220;putting Canadian workers and industries first&#8221; through the policy, and that it will help ensure Canadian supply chains remain strong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 16, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 The federal government&#8217;s &#8216;Buy Canadian&#8217; policy takes effect today and Ottawa says it will fundamentally change&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[45,49,48,86830,151970,123168,46,151971,944,251],"class_list":["post-349532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-industries","tag-canadian-workers","tag-defence-procurement","tag-economy","tag-federal-procurement","tag-the-canadian-press","tag-the-federal-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}