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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.

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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

1Paragraph 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:

2Any 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;

  • . . .


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