Anti-Inflation Act

Anti-Inflation Act
Parliament of Canada
  • An Act to provide for the restraint of profit margins, prices, dividends and compensation in Canada
Considered byHouse of Commons
Passed3 December 1975
Considered bySenate
Passed10 December 1975
Royal assent15 December 1975
Legislative history
First chamber: House of Commons
Bill titleC-73
Introduced byDonald Stovel Macdonald
First reading16 October 1975
Second reading27 October 1975
Third reading3 December 1975
Second chamber: Senate
Bill titleC-73
First reading3 December 1975
Second reading9 December 1975
Third reading10 December 1975
Status: Repealed

The Anti-Inflation Act (French: Loi anti-inflation) was an Act of the Parliament of Canada, introduced by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's government and passed in 1975, which aimed to slow down the rapidly increasing price and wage inflation.[1][2]

  1. ^ Anti-Inflation Act, SC 1975, c. 75.
  2. ^ "Anti-Inflation Act Reference | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-15.