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	The Swearing-In of Privy Councillors
		Privy councillors are members of The Queen's Privy Council for Canada, established under the Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly the British North America Act) to advise the Crown.
		Ministers are privy councillors who, by convention, are members of the House of Commons or the Senate, or who are in the process of being elected to a seat.
		The Clerk of the Privy Council administers the Oath of the Members of the Privy Council as well as the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Office to a minister-designate.
	www.gg.ca /media/fs-fd/P2_e.asp (412 words)

	Review of the Responsibilities and Accountabilities of Ministers and Senior Officials - Meeting the Expectations of ...
		Accordingly, the clerk, with the assistance of Privy Council Office staff, supports the work—and the accountability to Parliament—of the prime minister and is himself or herself accountable to the prime minister.
		Deputy ministers are accountable to the prime minister through the clerk of the Privy Council for their support to their ministers in a way that is consistent with the agenda and direction of the government as a whole.
		Assessing the performance of deputy ministers and the consequences for performance is the responsibility of the clerk of the Privy Council as the chair of the Committee of Senior Officials (COSO).
	www.tbs-sct.gc.ca /report/rev-exa/ar-er03_e.asp (2919 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Lee was made clerk of the Executive Council in 1853 and was clerk of the Privy Council from 1 July 1867 until his superannuation at his own request in 1872.
		He was sessional clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Province of Canada, 1842—43, and became a full-time clerk in the office of the Executive Council in 1843.
		Thereafter he rose to be assistant clerk of the Executive Council, 1851; assistant clerk of the Privy Council for Canada from 2 July 1867; clerk from 1 July 1872 to 1880.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39219 (590 words)

	uni.ca - PCO and Unity
		The Clerk of the Privy Council is Mel Cappe.
		Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
		Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Counsel
	www.uni.ca /library/pco.html (4591 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Privy
		A protégé of the 2d duke of Buckingham, he was made Viscount Halifax (1668) and sat (1672-76) in the privy council.
		Ferreira served as a privy councillor and a magistrate.
		Under the patronage of the 2d duke of Buckingham, he was appointed treasurer of the navy (1668), a privy councilor (1672), and lord treasurer (1673-78).
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Privy (647 words)

	The Swearing-In of a New Ministry
		It is composed of members of the Privy Council, who are invited by the prime minister to oversee the administration of government departments or ministries of state, and ministers without portfolio.
		Ministers-designate who are privy councillors and who are changing portfolios subscribe to their respective oaths of office in front of the Clerk of the Privy Council before being presented to the governor general by the prime minister.
		The Queen is informed by the governor general of the acceptance of the resignation of a prime minister and the swearing-in of a new prime minister and members of the Ministry.
	www.gg.ca /media/fs-fd/P1_e.asp (542 words)

	Explore the hill - The Assistant Clerk's Office \| A Treasure to Explore: Parliament Hill (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
		Located next to the privy Council Chamber, this office, which was re-created in the style of the early years of the Confederation, was used by the Assistant Clerk of the Privy Council.
		Located next to the Privy Council Chamber, this office was used by the Assistant Clerk of the Privy Council.
		The Assistant Clerk's office is a good example of the less elaborate quarters provided for the lower ranks of the civil service.
	www.parliamenthill.gc.ca /text/exploreofficeclerk_e.html (165 words)

	Queen's Privy Council for Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Queen's Privy Council for Canada (French: Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada) is the council of advisers to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by the Governor General of Canada for life on the advice of the Prime Minister.
		Their actions are supported by 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.
		The Canadian Privy Council has met in the presence of the Sovereign only twice: in Ottawa in 1957 (when HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was summoned) and in Halifax in 1959.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Queen's_Privy_Council_for_Canada (1028 words)

	Prime Minister of Canada: Prime Minister announces appointment of new Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Prime Minister announces appointment of new Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
		Kevin G. Lynch as Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, effective March 6, 2006.
		Before becoming Clerk of the Privy Council, in 2002, he was Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage, a position he held since June 1999.
	www.pm.gc.ca /eng/media.asp?id=1027 (477 words)

	Clerk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clerks Choral is also the name given to the adult members of professional choirs in a number of Cathedrals and Collegiate Churches in Great Britain and Ireland.
		Clerk of the Privy Council, the senior civil servant in the Canadian federal government and Secretary to the Canadian Cabinet.
		The surnames Clark, Clarke, Clerk, Clerke are derived from this occupation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clerk (344 words)

	Privy Council Office (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Canada the Privy Council Office (French: Bureau du Conseil privé) is the secretariat of the federal cabinet and the department of the Prime Minister.
		The current Clerk of the Privy Council is Kevin G. Lynch.
		The Privy Council Office should not be confused with the Prime Minister's Office, which is a personal and partisan office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Privy_Council_Office_(Canada) (469 words)

	Clerk of the Privy Council (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Clerk of the Privy Council (French: Greffier du Conseil privé) is the senior civil servant in the government and the Secretary to the Canadian Cabinet.
		The Clerk of the Privy Council Clerk operates as the Prime Minister of Canada's Deputy Minister and provides impartial advice to the Prime Minister and is in charge of the Privy Council Office.
		As Head of the Public Service, the Clerk is responsible for other deputy ministers and the provision of non-partisan, expert advice to the government as a whole.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clerk_of_the_Privy_Council_(Canada) (159 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Privy Council agrees Aitken resignation
		Jonathan Aitken yesterday was stripped of the last vestige of official respectability when he lost his membership of the Privy Council and, with it, the title the Right Honourable.
		She was represented at the short meeting of the council in Buckingham Palace by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York.
		Also present were Ann Taylor, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the Commons, John Morris QC, the Attorney General, and Lord Goff, a law lord.
	www.guardian.co.uk /aitken/Story/0,,208491,00.html (386 words)

	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.fas.org /irp/world/canada/pco (724 words)

	Office of the Information Commissioner: Annual Reports
		By way of background, the case began with an access request by Ethyl Canada to Environment Canada for records relating to the government's decision, in 1995, to introduce legislation banning the inter-provincial trade and import of a gasoline additive known as MMT.
		The Clerk of the Privy Council certified that all other records containing such information with respect to MMT constitute cabinet confidences.
		Further, the court concluded that the "surrounding evidence", uncovered during the Information Commissioner's investigation, supported the view that "discussion papers" could be found elsewhere in the cabinet papers system either incorporated into, or appended to, other records such as memoranda to Cabinet or briefs to ministers.
	www.infocom.gc.ca /reports/section_display-e.asp?intSectionId=331 (565 words)

	Was Canadian Conservative Leader Stephen Harper co-opted by Liberal power base?
		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.
	www.canadafreepress.com /2005/cover011705.htm (850 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan Primrose : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Another grandson, James Primrose, was Clerk of the Privy Council in Scotland.
		When James Primrose died in 1641, he was succeeded in the office of Clerk to the Privy Council by his eldest son by his second marriage, Archibald.
		In 1707 he was a Privy Councillor, and was appointed a commissioner for the Treaty of Union.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Primrose_114/default.php (978 words)

	Canadian Bill of Rights Examination Regulations
		The Clerk of the Privy Council shall, on receipt of a regulation transmitted to him for registration pursuant to the Statutory Instruments Act but not examined as a proposed regulation in accordance with section 3 of that Act, forward a copy thereof to the Minister.
		The Minister shall, forthwith upon receipt of a copy of a regulation forwarded to him by the Clerk of the Privy Council pursuant to section 4,
		A copy of every report made by the Minister pursuant to section 6 shall, where such report relates to a regulation, be transmitted to the Clerk of the Privy Council forthwith upon the making thereof.
	laws.justice.gc.ca /en/C-12.3/C.R.C.-c.394/65932.html (396 words)

	Chretien, Canada's uncrowned monarch
		Hence, their head is called the Clerk of the Privy Council (a body whose core membership is the Cabinet).
		But the person who gets the vital post of Clerk and the evaluation of his performance are decisions made by the prime minister alone, not the Cabinet.
		The Clerk's titles carry weight: secretary to the Cabinet, head of the civil service and, most importantly, deputy minister to the prime minister.
	www.fathersforlife.org /articles/report/monarch1.htm (3109 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.
	www.infosource.gc.ca /inst/pco/fed07_e.asp (936 words)

	Privy Council Office 4 / 10
		For the purpose of the Financial Administration Act, the Privy Council Office is regarded as a department of government under the direction of the Prime Minister.
		The Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, under whose direction the Privy Council Office's functions are carried out, is considered a deputy head taking precedence among the chief officers of the public service.
		The Privy Council Office is separated into the following main areas: Plans and Consultation; Machinery of Government and Senior Personnel; Operations; Security and Intelligence and Counsel; and, Corporate Services.
	www.infosource.gc.ca /inst/pco/fed04_e.asp (122 words)

	Breaking News \| PoliticsWatch.com - Canada's Political Portal
		OTTAWA - (Web posted April 30, 2002 @ 1:05 p.m.) - Alexander Himelfarb will be the 19th Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet effective May 13.
		Outgoing Privy Council Clerk Mel Cappe, will become special advisor to the Prime Minister on May 13, before taking a diplomatic assignment.
		Cappe has been a dedicated and skilful clerk who has served me well during what have been extremely challenging times," the prime minister said in a prepared statement.
	www.politicswatch.com /privy_clerk_04-30-02.htm (258 words)

	Federal Regulations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The draft regulation is reviewed by the Clerk of the Privy Council in consultation with the Deputy Minister of Justice.
		If necessary the regulation is revised by the ministry and returned to the Clerk of the Privy Council for review.
		Once the regulation is in final form a draft Order in Council is prepared for signature by the Governor General.
	legalresearch.org /docs/fedregs.html (1234 words)

	CanadaInfo: Government: Federal: Privy Council: Clerk
		he Clerk of the Privy Council is the most senior non-political official in the Government of Canada, and provides professional, non-partisan support to the Prime Minister on all policy and operational issues that may affect the government.
		s the Prime Minister’s Deputy Minister, the Clerk of the Privy Council provides advice and support to the Prime Minister in his or her role as head of government.
		In this role, the Clerk of the Privy Council provides support and advice to the Ministry as a whole to ensure that the Cabinet decision-making system operates according to the Prime Minister’s design.
	www.craigmarlatt.com /canada/government/privy_council_clerk.html (370 words)

	Volume II 343: The Labrador Boundary Dispute Documents
		MEMORANDUM FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S SECRETARY, 7th AUGUST, 1888, TO THE CLERK OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.
		Justice Pinsent's letter was not received with this despatch, but a memorandum has been sent to the colonial office requesting that it may be forwarded.
		CLERK OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL TO DEPUTY MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /law/lab2/labvol2_343.html (153 words)

	SICE - E-Commerce related legislation - Canada
		Copies of the consolidated statutes and consolidated regulations must be distributed without charge to the persons or classes of persons, and in the form and manner, that the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, directs.
		(2) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated statute published by the Minister under this Act and the original statute or a subsequent amendment as certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments under the Publication of Statutes Act, the original statute or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.
		(3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.
	www.sice.oas.org /e-comm/legislation/can3.asp (3551 words)

	Prime Minister announces diplomatic nomination of former Clerk of the Privy Council - Government Relations - University ...
		Prime Minister announces diplomatic nomination of former Clerk of the Privy Council - Government Relations - University of Alberta
		Prime Minister announces diplomatic nomination of former Clerk of the Privy Council
		Alexander Himelfarb, former Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, as Ambassador of Canada to the Italian Republic with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Albania and the Republic of San Marino, and as High Commissioner for Canada to the Republic of Malta.
	www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca /govrel/news.cfm?story=43807 (304 words)

	Lessons of Leadership (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Chair: Robert Thompson, Clerk of the Executive Council and Secretary to Cabinet, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
		Ruth Hubbard and Gilles Paquet (University of Ottawa), "The Clerk of the Privy Council as révélateur"
		Robert Thompson, Clerk of the Executive Council and Secretary to Cabinet, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
	www.ipac.ca /events/lessons_leadership.html (736 words)

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