Language Skills Act

An Act respecting language skills

Alexandrine LatendresseFormer MP — no longer in the chamber

Latest completed stage: Royal Assent

Introduced 5280 days ago

41st Parliament, 1st Session

Summary

This enactment provides that persons whose appointment requires the approval by resolution of the Senate, the House of Commons or both Houses of Parliament must understand English and French without the aid of an interpreter and be able to express themselves clearly in both official languages.

Event Timeline

House First Reading
May 1, 2012House
House Second Reading
Feb 27, 2013House
House Third Reading
Jun 5, 2013House
Senate First Reading
Jun 5, 2013Senate
Senate Second Reading
Jun 11, 2013Senate
Senate Third Reading
Jun 26, 2013Senate
Royal Assent
Jun 26, 2013RoyalAssent

Statutes Touched by This Bill

Amends

Repeals

Gov't

PMB

Senate

Inactive

Node size = progression

C-419 touches 9 statutes

Coming into Force


In force	Entire Act	On royal assent	Jun 26, 2013	—

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Regulatory Activity

Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act · 1 entry

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Jan 15, 2022	I	Proposed	Rules Amending the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal Rules of Procedure	Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Access to Information Act · 13 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Dec 18, 2024	II	Order	Access to Information Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order	SI/2024-61
Sep 20, 2024	II	Regulation	Order Amending Schedule I to the Access to Information Act (Miscellaneous Program)	SOR/2024-184
Jun 23, 2023	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Access to Information Regulations	SOR/2023-156
Dec 24, 2022	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Access to Information Regulations (New commenting feature)	Treasury Board Secretariat
Aug 18, 2021	II	Order	Order Amending the Access to Information Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order	SI/2021-46
Aug 18, 2021	II	Order	Order Amending the Access to Information Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order	SI/2021-52
Aug 6, 2021	II	Regulation	Order Amending Schedule I to the Access to Information Act	SOR/2021-188
Aug 6, 2021	II	Regulation	Order Amending Schedule I to the Access to Information Act	SOR/2021-193
Mar 7, 2018	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending Access to Information Regulations	SOR/2018-38
Feb 21, 2018	II	Order	Order Amending Access to Information Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order	SI/2018-21
Feb 12, 2018	II	Regulation	Order Amending Schedule I to the Access to Information Act (Office of the Administrator of the Fund for Railway Accidents Involving Designated Goods)	SOR/2018-23
Nov 30, 2017	II	Regulation	Order Amending Schedule I to the Access to Information Act	SOR/2017-257
May 13, 2017	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Access to Information Regulations	Justice, Dept. of

Privacy Act · 17 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Jun 22, 2026	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Privacy Regulations	SOR/2026-147
Dec 18, 2024	II	Order	Privacy Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order	SI/2024-62
Sep 20, 2024	II	Regulation	Order Amending the Privacy Act Extension Order No. 1 (Miscellaneous Program)	SOR/2024-186
Sep 20, 2024	II	Regulation	Order Amending the Schedule to the Privacy Act (Miscellaneous Program)	SOR/2024-185
Jun 21, 2022	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Privacy Regulations	SOR/2022-151
Aug 18, 2021	II	Order	Order Amending the Privacy Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order	SI/2021-47
Aug 18, 2021	II	Order	Order Amending the Privacy Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order	SI/2021-53
Aug 6, 2021	II	Regulation	Order Amending the Schedule to the Privacy Act	SOR/2021-189
Aug 6, 2021	II	Regulation	Order Amending the Schedule to the Privacy Act	SOR/2021-194
Jul 14, 2021	II	Regulation	Privacy Act Extension Order, No. 3	SOR/2021-174
Sep 28, 2020	II	Regulation	Regulations Repealing the Protection of Personal Information Regulations (Miscellaneous Program)	SOR/2020-210
Apr 18, 2018	II	In force	Order Fixing November 1, 2018 as the Day on which Certain Provisions of the Act Come into Force	SI/2018-32
Mar 7, 2018	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending Privacy Regulations	SOR/2018-39
Feb 21, 2018	II	Order	Order Amending Privacy Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order	SI/2018-22
Feb 12, 2018	II	Regulation	Order Amending Schedule to the Privacy Act (Office of the Administrator of the Fund for Railway Accidents Involving Designated Goods)	SOR/2018-24
Nov 30, 2017	II	Regulation	Order Amending Schedule to the Privacy Act	SOR/2017-258
May 13, 2017	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Privacy Regulations	Justice, Dept. of

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Public Service Employment Act · 21 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Feb 14, 2025	II	Regulation	Eligibility of Certain Former Members of the Canadian Forces Regulations	SOR/2025-25
Feb 26, 2025	II	Order	Exclusion Approval Order for Certain Former Members of the Canadian Forces	SI/2025-20
Dec 30, 2024	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Public Service Employment Regulations	SOR/2024-295
Sep 7, 2024	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Public Service Employment Regulations	Public Service Commission
Mar 25, 2024	II	Regulation	Regulations Repealing the Communications Security Establishment Appointments Regulations (Miscellaneous Program)	SOR/2024-51
Mar 25, 2024	II	Regulation	Order Repealing the Communications Security Establishment Exclusion of Positions and Employees Approval Order (Miscellaneous Program)	SOR/2024-52
Feb 2, 2024	II	Regulation	Locally Engaged Staff Employment Regulations, 2024	SOR/2024-16
Feb 14, 2024	II	Order	Locally Engaged Staff Exclusion Approval Order	SI/2024-7
Jun 10, 2023	I	Proposed	Locally Engaged Staff Employment Regulations, 2023	Public Service Commission
Nov 22, 2022	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Public Service Staffing Complaints Regulations	SOR/2022-243
Jun 24, 2022	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Student Employment Programs Participants Regulations	SOR/2022-163
Aug 18, 2021	II	Order	Order Designating the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario as a Department and the President as Deputy Head of that Agency for the Purposes of that Act	SI/2021-51
Aug 18, 2021	II	Order	Order Designating the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada as a Department and the President as the Deputy Head of that Agency for the Purposes of that Act	SI/2021-45
Oct 17, 2018	II	Order	Order Designating President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as the Minister for the purposes of section 23 of the Act	SI/2018-90
Oct 3, 2018	II	Order	Order designating Minister of Public Works and Government Services for the purposes of section 23 of the Public Service Employment Act	SI/2018-86
Dec 13, 2017	II	Order	Alternates Exclusion Approval Order — Appointment or Deployment	SI/2017-74
Nov 24, 2017	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending and Repealing Certain Regulations Made Under the Public Service Employment Act	SOR/2017-252
Dec 13, 2017	II	Order	Order Designating Department of Indigenous Services Canada as a Department for the purposes of the Act	SI/2017-79
Dec 13, 2017	II	Order	Statistics Canada Census and Survey Related Term Employment Exclusion Approval Order	SI/2017-75
May 5, 2017	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending Office of the Governor General’s Secretary Employment Regulations	SOR/2017-81
May 17, 2017	II	Order	Office of the Governor General’s Secretary Exclusion Approval Order	SI/2017-25

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Official Languages Act · 4 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Mar 21, 2026	I	Proposed	Official Languages Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations ( Erratum )	Canadian Heritage, Dept. of
Mar 7, 2026	I	Proposed	Official Languages Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations	Canadian Heritage, Dept. of
Jun 25, 2019	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending Official Languages (Communications with and Services to the Public) Regulations	SOR/2019-242
Jan 12, 2019	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Official Languages (Communications with and Services to the Public) Regulations	Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Canada Elections Act · 10 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Mar 24, 2025	II	Order	Proclamation Issuing Election Writs	SI/2025-58
Mar 26, 2025	II	Order	Order Designating the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons for the Purposes of the Canada Elections Act	SI/2025-53
Feb 26, 2025	II	Order	Order Designating the Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario) as the Minister for the Purposes of the Canada Elections Act	SI/2025-16
Aug 16, 2023	II	Order	Order Designating the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness as the Minister for the Purposes of the Canada Elections Act	SI/2023-48
Nov 10, 2021	II	Order	Order Designating the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities to be the Minister for the Purposes of that Act	SI/2021-86
Aug 16, 2021	II	Order	Proclamation Issuing Election Writs	SI/2021-61
Feb 23, 2021	II	Regulation	Federal Elections Fees Tariff	SOR/2021-22
Dec 11, 2019	II	Order	Order Designating President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada to be the Minister for the purposes of that Act	SI/2019-117
Sep 12, 2019	II	Order	Proclamation Issuing Election Writs	SI/2019-99
Aug 8, 2018	II	Order	Order designating Minister of Democratic Institutions, a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, as the responsible minister for the purposes of that Act	SI/2018-80

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Language Skills Act

Summary

Event Timeline

Statutes Touched by This Bill

Coming into Force

Regulatory Activity

Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act · 1 entry

Access to Information Act · 13 entries

Velocity · Private Member's Bills

Related Legislation

Privacy Act · 17 entries

Public Service Employment Act · 21 entries

Official Languages Act · 4 entries

Canada Elections Act · 10 entries