Bill S-220
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- Language Skills Act Language Skills Act
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70 Elizabeth II, 2021 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Languages Skills Act (Governor General)
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FIRST READING, November 24, 2021
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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.
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THE HONOURABLE SENATOR Carignan, P.C. |
SUMMARY
The enactment adds the office of Governor General to the list of offices subject to the Language Skills Act.
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Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address:
www.sencanada.ca/en |
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1st Session, 44th Parliament, 70 Elizabeth II, 2021 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
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BILL S-220 |
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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
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
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:
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(a) the Auditor General of Canada, appointed pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the Auditor General Act;
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