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Bill S-220

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 03, 2022
An Act to amend the Languages Skills Act (Governor General)
  • This bill, known as S-220, aims to amend the Languages Skills Act by adding the office of Governor General to the list of offices that are subject to this Act. The Language Skills Act requires individuals appointed to certain positions within the Canadian government to be able to speak and understand both official languages, English and French. This amendment ensures that the Governor General, along with other chief executive officers or administrators of the Government of Canada, must possess language skills in both languages. This bill was introduced by Senator Carignan and had its first reading on November 24, 2021.
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70 Elizabeth II, 2021

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-220
An Act to amend the Languages Skills Act (Governor General)
FIRST READING, November 24, 2021
This reprint adds the enactment clause after the long title on the first page of the bill. The enacting clause did not appear in the originally published version due to a technical error.

THE HONOURABLE SENATOR Carignan, P.‍C.
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SUMMARY

The enactment adds the office of Governor General to the list of offices subject to the Language Skills Act.

Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address:
www.sencanada.ca/en


1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70 Elizabeth II, 2021

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-220

An Act to amend the Languages Skills Act (Governor General)

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

2013, c. 36

Language Skills Act

1 Paragraph 2(a) of the Language Skills Act is renumbered as paragraph (a.‍1) and section 2 of the Act is amended by adding the following before paragraph (a.‍1):

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    (a) the Governor General of Canada or any other chief executive officer or administrator carrying on the Government of Canada on behalf and in the name of the Sovereign, by whatever title designated;

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Published under authority of the Senate of Canada


EXPLANATORY NOTES

Language Skills Act
Clause 1: Existing text of relevant portions of section 2:

2 Any person appointed to any of the following offices must, at the time of his or her appointment, be able to speak and understand clearly both official languages:

  • (a) the Auditor General of Canada, appointed pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the Auditor General Act;

  • . . .