Bill Detail
A fourth Act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of Quebec and to amend certain Acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law
This enactment is the fourth in a series of enactments drafted in the course of the harmonization of federal statutes by the Department of Justice of Canada as a result of the coming into force of the Civil Code of Québec in 1994, which substantially changed the concepts, institutions and terminology of civil law. It amends 51 statutes, including the Acts governing financial institutions — the Bank Act, the Cooperative Credit Associations Act, the Insurance Companies Act and the Trust and Loan Companies Act — and other Acts including the Access to Information Act, the Financial Administration Act, the Interpretation Act and the Official Languages Act, in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law.
Bill S-6 is the fourth in a series of laws aimed at aligning federal laws with Quebec's civil law system, particularly after the Civil Code of Québec was significantly updated in 1994. It updates 51 existing federal laws to ensure that both the English and French versions of the laws accurately reflect both common law and civil law principles. This includes major financial laws like the Bank Act and Insurance Companies Act, as well as others such as the Access to Information Act and the Official Languages Act.