INTRODUCTION
On June 1, 2023, the Minister of Justice, Simon Jolin-Barrette,
tabled and presented Bill 29 entitled An Act to protect
consumers from planned obsolescence and to promote the durability,
repairability and maintenance of goods1
(hereinafter the "Bill") before the
National Assembly.
The Bill mainly provides for amendments to the Consumer
Protection Act2 ("CPA")
and reaffirms the government's desire to protect consumers, in
particular by improving the legal warranties available to them and
introducing the notion of planned obsolescence into Quebec law.
The date on which the new provisions will come into force has
not yet been set, but the Bill is nonetheless worthy to consider
right now.
