Share and views ideas: Targeted amendments to the Clean Fuel Regulations
Current Status: Open
Opened on December 3, 2025 and will close to new input on January 15, 2026.
On September 5, 2025, the Government of Canada announced its intent to make targeted amendments to the Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) to strengthen the resiliency and support the development of Canada’s low-carbon fuel sector, while maintaining the Regulations’ primary focus on lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and transitioning to a low carbon economy.
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is publishing a discussion paper to invite views and information related to these targeted amendments.
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Join in: how to participate
Send us an email
Comments may be submitted by email to the following address:
Lisa Ryan, Acting Executive Director, Low Carbon Fuels Division
Email: cfsncp@ec.gc.ca
Who is the focus of this engagement
The government of Canada will engage with:
- provincial, territorial, local, and Indigenous governments
- Indigenous Peoples
- industry and association members
- non-governmental organizations
- general public
Key questions for discussion
Canadian biofuel producers, and their supply chains, are facing competitiveness and trade challenges, which are putting their operations at risk. This could result in less supply of domestic low-carbon intensity fuels, putting future emission reductions at risk, deepening Canada’s reliance on imports, including from the US, and dampening demand for domestic agricultural feedstocks like canola.
In this context, the Government of Canada announced (Sept. 5, 2025) it will make targeted amendments to the CFR to strengthen the resiliency and support the development of Canada’s low-carbon fuel sector, while maintaining the Regulations’ primary focus on lowering GHG emissions and transitioning to a low-carbon economy. The targeted amendments will ensure the Canadian market is able to continue supplying material and reliable quantities of low-carbon intensity fuels. This will help to ensure the CFR can continue to deliver emission reductions.
The paper outlines two examples of regulatory options that could be designed to achieve this goal. However, ECCC welcomes input on other design options and considerations.
- Minimum domestic content approach
- Credit multiplier approach
Next steps
The Government of Canada plans to move quickly to advance these amendments.
Building on the feedback received on this paper and through further consultations, ECCC will publish draft amendments in Canada Gazette, Part I.
The Government also commits to further examine concerns raised about potential compliance risks related to imported low carbon fuel feedstocks used for the CFR, including used cooking oil (UCO). The Government will assess the verification and certification requirements in other jurisdictions, as well as best practices regarding traceability, tracking, and data management across feedstock supply chains. ECCC welcomes input on other actions or steps relating to the treatment of imported low carbon fuel feedstocks, including UCO.
Related information
For more information, please read
- Compliance with the Clean Fuel Regulations - Canada.ca
- Prime Minister Carney launches new measures to protect, build, and transform Canadian strategic industries | Prime Minister of Canada
Contact us
Carbon Markets Bureau
Low Carbon Fuels Division
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Place Vincent Massey, Floor 21
351 St-Joseph Boulevard
Gatineau, Québec K1A 0H3
Email address: cfsncp@ec.gc.ca