Bill C-419 (Historical)

Language Skills Act

An Act respecting language skills

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2013.

Sponsor

Alexandrine Latendresse  NDP

Introduced as a private member’s bill.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment provides that persons appointed to certain offices must be able to speak and understand clearly both official languages.

Elsewhere

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

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-419s:

C-419 (2024) National Strategy for Universal Eye Care Act
C-419 (2018) Credit Card Fairness Act
C-419 (2010) Valcartier Military Base Act
C-419 (2009) Valcartier Military Base Act

Votes

June 5, 2013 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
Feb. 27, 2013 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Official Languages.