Bill C-28 (Historical)

Financial Literacy Leader Act

An Act to amend the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act

This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2013.

Sponsor

Jim Flaherty  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act to create the position of Financial Literacy Leader within the Agency. The Leader is to be appointed by the Governor in Council to exercise leadership at the national level to strengthen the financial literacy of Canadians. The amendments also provide for the other powers, duties and functions of the Financial Literacy Leader.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Votes

June 20, 2012 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.
June 20, 2012 Passed That this question be now put.

Finance Committee, on Sept. 24, 2012

Finance Committee, on Sept. 26, 2012

  • Mack Rogers, Program Manager, Community Literacy and Learners, ABC Life Literacy Canada
  • Gary Rabbior, President, Canadian Foundation for Economic Education
  • Stephen Ashworth, President, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Junior Achievement Canada
  • Adam Fair, Program Manager, Canadian Centre for Financial Literacy, Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI)

Finance Committee, on Oct. 1, 2012

  • Eleanor Ryan, Senior Chief, Strategic Planning and Trade, Department of Finance
  • Rambod Behboodi, General Counsel, General Legal Services, Department of Finance