On 19 February 2015, the French National Assembly approved a new social security agreement (SSA) with Canada. The agreement, signed 14 march 2013, is the second SSA between the two countries. The agreement will enter into force on the first day of the fourth month following the exchange of the ratification instruments. Once in force and effective, the new agreement will replace the SSA signed by Canada and France in 1979, which is currently in force.