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  Privy council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy.
The Irish Privy Council was abolished in 1922, when Southern Ireland separated from the United Kingdom; it was succeeded by the Privy Council for Northern Ireland, which became dormant after the suspension of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in 1972.
The British Privy Council was formerly the court of final adjudication for Hong Kong.
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 Privy Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The heir-apparent and the Sovereign's consort are invariably appointed to the Council, as are the Church of England's three highest ecclesiastics—the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of London.
In the latter case, the Privy Council—together with the Lords Spiritual, Lords Temporal, the Lord Mayor of London, the Aldermen of the City of London and representatives of Commonwealth nations—makes a proclamation declaring the accession of the new Sovereign.
The Privy Council is one of the four principal councils of the Sovereign.
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 privy council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Technically, the British cabinet is a committee of the Privy Council, hence the appointment of new cabinet ministers to the Council.
However, the former is officially preferred by the Privy Council Office in London, while the latter is the spelling used in the Canadian Constitution Act 1867 in relation to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
Sweden's Privy Council, in contrast, was abolished as part of the reorganisation of the structures of government in the 1974 Instrument of Government (i.e., constitution dealing with the structures of government).
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Privy_Council.html   (1057 words)

  
 Privy
Clerk of the Privy Council (Canada) The Clerk of the Privy Council is the senior Prime Minister of Canada's Deputy Minis...
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is one of the highest courts in the...
Privy Council of Sweden The Privy Council, or Riksrådet, later Statsrådet, was the principal government institution of...
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 Queen's Privy Council for Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Queen's Privy Council for Canada is the largely ceremonial council of advisors to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by her Governor General in Canada for life on the advice of the Prime Minister.
The formal authority of the council is exercised by the Prime Minister and the Canadian Cabinet and is coordinated through the Privy Council Office which is headed by the Clerk of the Privy Council as chief civil servant and the President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada as the Cabinet minister in charge.
At present the membership of the Council comprises all current and former federal cabinet ministerss, Speakers of the House of Commons Speakers of the Senate and Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/queen_s_privy_council_for_canada   (498 words)

  
 Privy Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Privy Council is a common name for the Queen's Privy Council of Canada, established under the CONSTITUTION ACT, 1867, to advise the Crown.
Privy councillors are appointed for life by the governor general on the prime minister's recommendation, and include the chief justice of the Supreme Court, provincial premiers, former and present federal CABINET ministers, and speakers of the House of Commons and Senate.
However, only those Privy Councillors in the Cabinet can act formally as the Privy Council through ORDERS-IN-COUNCIL issued in the name of the governor-in-council.
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 Privy Council biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Several senior judges—Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, judges of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland and judges of the Inner House of the Court of Session (the highest court in Scotland)—are also named to the Privy Council.
The last individual to be expelled from the Council against his will was Sir Edgar Speyer, 1st Baronet, who was removed in 1921 for pro-German activities during the First World War.
Though the Privy Council as a whole is "The Most Honourable," individual Privy Counsellors are entitled to the style "The Right Honourable." Peers who are Privy Counsellors also append the post-nominal letters "PC," but commoners do not.
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 Privy Council Office
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the court of final appeal for the UK overseas territories and Crown dependencies, and for those Commonwealth...
PCO and its functions; the office of the Clerk of the Privy Council; the structure of PCO;...
The Privy Council Office is the smallest autonomous Government department with fewer than 50 staff.
www.jointctr.org /?Category=Privy+Council+Office   (541 words)

  
 Was Canadian Conservative Leader Stephen Harper co-opted by Liberal power base?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
There is no doubt that as a sworn in member of the Privy Council, Harper is at much closer range to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II than he is as the reluctant leader of the Loyal Opposition.
The Council sounds inane on paper and is weighted down with lofty descriptions, but the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada is a veritable seat of power, even the inner sanctum of Canadian politics.
Among the few non-elected members of the Canadian Privy Council are Paul Desmarais, founder of the Montreal-based Power Corporation, and alleged to be the power behind the Canadian Prime Minister’s Office, and United Nations heavy, Kyoto Protocol architect, New Ager Maurice Strong.
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 Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs to Speak at UMaine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
As president of the privy council and minister of intergovernmental affairs, Dion is responsible for management of federal-provincial relations.
In addition to his work with the privy council, Dion is also a Liberal Party member of Parliament from Saint-Laurent/Cartierville in the Quebec province.
The talk is sponsored by the Canadian American Center at the University of Maine, the Maine International Trade Center and the Canadian Consulate General in Boston.
www.umaine.edu /news/Archives/1999/March99/dion.html   (312 words)

  
 Publications - Canadian Ethnocultural Council
It urges the CRTC to ensure that Canadian broadcasting is fully reflective of the multicultural and multiracial reality of Canadian society through their programming and employment practices.
In this submission the CEC commends the efforts of the Office of the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to include the Canadian public in the democratic process of policy development and at the same time, cautions against the current public backlash to immigration policies.
Canadian immigration policies should maintain a balance between economic and social needs of Canada and of the immigrants themselves.
www.ethnocultural.ca /publications.html   (5132 words)

  
 Privy Council
Privy Council - definition of the Privy Council in Canada...
The council chosen by the sovereign to administer public affairs.
The number of neither the Privy Council nor Cabinet is fixed, but the latter generally includes about fifteen...
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 Privy Council Office (PCO) - Canadian Intelligence Agencies
The Privy Council Office (PCO) supports the Prime Minister in his ultimate responsibility for the security and integrity of Canada and related intelligence matters.
A senior official of the Privy Council Office, supported by the Security and Intelligence Secretariat, has a mandate from the Prime Minister to co-ordinate intelligence community activities.
The Co-ordinator of Security and Intelligence in PCO is responsible for providing co-ordination to the security and intelligence activities of all Canadian government agencies and, through the Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet (the Clerk), advising the Prime Minister on security and intelligence matters.
www.globalsecurity.org /intell/world/canada/pco.htm   (732 words)

  
 Manitoba Metis Federation Inc. - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
OTTAWA -- The minister in charge of Metis issues hinted yesterday that it may be time to rethink Louis Riel's contentious place in Canadian history.
Privy Council President Denis Coderre said Ottawa must deal with vastly different views on the Metis leader who was hanged for treason in 1885 for his role in the Northwest Rebellions.
Audrey Poitras, representing the Metis National Council, earlier told the summit that a pardon for Riel would not be enough.
www.mmf.mb.ca /coranto/viewnews.cgi?id=EplkAAuZpujTvMTgno   (254 words)

  
 The Journey
Most of the orphans came in small groups, accompanied by a member of the Canadian Jewish Congress.
Although the Canadian Privy Council Order of 1947 had given permission for 1,000 orphans, in the end 1,123 were admitted.
An organization of the Canadian Jewish community, founded in 1919, but was dormant until events in Europe revitalized it in 1933.
virtualmuseum.ca /Exhibitions/orphans/english/themes/journey/page3.html   (174 words)

  
 canadian council of chief executive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE) is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization...
Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, Draft Policy for the Management of Toxic Substances.
Council; Member of the Chief Executive's Council of...
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 CASLT Digital Newsletter - March 2004
The Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers established the award to encourage school-based educators to focus on innovations in the classroom, the school and the community.
On November 28 and 29, 2003, the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages, Canadian Heritage, the Privy Council Office, and Canadian Parents for French organized a preparatory meeting to the Symposium...
Canadian Parents for French (CPF) and the Embassy of France to Canada are pleased to collaborate on a national competition which is open to Grade 11 and 12 students enrolled in French immersion (16 years and older).
www.caslt.org /Info2/newsenglishmarch04.htm   (678 words)

  
 The Canadian Heraldic Authority - Heraldry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Until heraldry was patriated to Canada, Canadians who wished to acquire arms from a lawfully established authority under the Crown were obliged to apply to one of Her Majesty's two heraldic offices in the United Kingdom: the College of Arms in London or the Court of the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh.
For many years, Canadians with a particular interest in heraldry had advocated for the creation of an office to exercise the heraldic powers of the Crown in Canada.
The Canadian Heraldic Authority is headed by Her Excellency the Governor General and administered by several officers: the Herald Chancellor (who is the Secretary to the Governor General), the Deputy Herald Chancellor (who is the Deputy Secretary, Chancellery of Honours), and the Chief Herald of Canada (Director of Heraldry and the senior heraldic professional).
www.gg.ca /heraldry/cha-history_e.asp   (608 words)

  
 Today in Sikh History : 20th March:Gateway to Sikhism
The Canadian government had issued prohibition against their entry and the British ships had refused to accept any Punjabi travelers.
The Canadian law stated, for the purpose of preventing immigration from india and other countries, that only those passengers could land in Canada who travelled on a through ticket without any break in journey from their land of birth.
Most notorious of them was "Canadians Privy Council Order No. 920," popularly known as "Continuous Journey Clause." This made the lives of Indo-Canadians very difficult.
www.allaboutsikhs.com /history/his0320.htm   (2046 words)

  
 Presidents
List of Canadian Presidents of the Treasury Board The office of President of the Treasury Board was created on Minister...
List of Presidents of the Swiss Council of States Presidents of the Swiss Council of States Year Name Canton 1848 ZH 184...
Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland National Council of Switzerland Year Name Canton 1848 BE 1848/49 Jakob...
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 Privy Council reviews Chalillo law
The case today was unprecedented in many respects, and the judges were riveted by the presentation by BACONGO's lead attorney at the Privy Council, Richard Clayton, QC.
It is the first environmental case in the history of the Privy Council and the first time the Privy Council has considered whether it can give an injunction.
Located onDowning Street next to the British Prime Minister's residence at No. 10, the Privy Council has been in existence since at least 1540.It's Judicial Committee, which consists of many leading lawyers and judges, (Law Lords), serves as the final court of appeal for Belize and a number of other Commonwealth countries.
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The CCPA offers an alternative to the message that Canadians have no choice about the politics that affect their lives and thus aims to promote research on issues of social and economic justice.
The PRI focuses on deepening, collecting, and integrating research on emerging horizontal issues that are highly relevant to the federal government's medium-term policy agenda and strives to ensure the effective transfer of this knowledge to policy-makers.
The Department of Canadian Heritage is responsible for national policies and programs that promote Canadian content, cultural participation, and active citizenship in Canada's civic life.
www.carleton.ca /polisci/Cnaps/webcan.htm   (544 words)

  
 Privy Council Office 7 / 10
The petitions can also be sent to the Privy Council, Cabinet, the Prime Minister and the Clerk of the Privy Council.
This material is not collected or obtained by the Office of the Privy Council; rather, it is sent to the Office.
Purpose: The purpose of this bank is to inform the Privy Council Office of national security concerns relating to the individuals mentioned in these files.
infosource.gc.ca /inst/pco/fed07_e.asp   (1018 words)

  
 Canadian Council on International Law   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
By contrast, implementation of treaty obligations into Canadian law is generally considered to require legislative action.
If however the subject matter of the treaty is within provincial legislative jurisdiction under section 92, then it is the provincial legislatures that must enact the necessary legislation.
This "watertight compartments" view of the distribution of legislative treaty-implementing powers results from the 1937 decision of the Privy Council in the same Labour Conventions case.
www.ccil-ccdi.ca /bulletin/kyoto.html   (1168 words)

  
 NATO Review - No 2 - April 1990   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Previously, he was an adviser in the Canadian government (Privy Council Office) on northern and aboriginal policy, and is author of many articles and studies.
Within Canada, the ICC has argued that Inuit internationalism provides benefits to all Canadians who were slow to become active in circumpolar relations.
This latter, prepared by a working group under the dean of Canadian public policy authorities, the former Cabinet Secretary Gordon Robert-son, may be the first authoritative public study so explicitly and intimately linking international and domestic northern policy issues.
www.nato.int /docu/review/1990/9002-05.htm   (1900 words)

  
 David Hawkins Research - CAFE - 002
The Canadian Privy Council appointed Bombardier on Beaudoin's watch as the operator of what appears to be a corruptly funded NATO flight training school in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan.
Hawks' CAFE asks if the Canadian Privy Council rigged the outcome of the 2004 federal election in an effort to protect al-Qaeda's electronic 'backdoor' for ongoing attacks on America, including the bombing of the USS Cole, the sabotage of the space shuttle Columbia and the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York.
Privy councilors and Carlyle Group advisers, Paul Desmarais and Frank McKenna, appear to have arranged the release of Michael Moore's "Farenheit 9/11" by Lions Gate during the last days of the election as a propaganda weapon to frighten Canadians away from the pro-American position of the new Canadian Conservative Party.
www.davidhawkinsresearch.com /source/cafe-002.html   (9104 words)

  
 Free Dominion :: View topic - Was Canadian Conservative Leader Stephen Harper co-opted   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Our Queen's Privy Council is modelled after the UK's Queen's Privy Council, where it is tradition (however not mandated) that the Leader of the Opposition is made a member, provided the Leader of the Opposition has a 'sufficent number' of MPs serving.
The Canadian Office of the Queen's Privy council has only ever convened twice, once in 1957 and once in 1959.
It appears the author may have the responsibilities of The Queen's Privy Council confused with the resposnibilities of the Privy Council Office.
www.freedominion.ca /phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=34090   (1938 words)

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