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 Queen's Privy Council for Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Queen's Privy Council for Canada (QPC) (French: Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada) (CPR) 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.
The QPC was established by the British North America Act, and is modelled on the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.
Among the duties of the Privy Council is the proclamation of the new Canadian Sovereign following a demise of the Crown.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Queen's_Privy_Council_for_Canada   (1150 words)

  
 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)

  
 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)

  
 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)

  
 Canada Gazette
Section 6(a) directed the Clerk of the Privy Council to prepare a consolidation of "all such orders, minutes, rules or regulations" that were in force as of December 31, 1947.
The question of the Canada Gazette's status was the subject of a lively debate in the House of Commons on March 8, 1971, shortly after the Minister's appearance before the Standing Committee.
The Privy Council Office is responsible for the registration of all regulations and the coordination for publication in Part II of theCanada Gazette.
canadagazette.gc.ca /book/pg12-e.html   (3263 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.
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.
The Clerk, or in the Clerk's stead the Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator, supports the meetings of ministers on security and intelligence issues.
www.globalsecurity.org /intell/world/canada/pco.htm   (732 words)

  
 The Cabinet and the Privy Council - By Executive Decree - Library and Archives Canada
Membership in the Privy Council is generally conferred on individuals appointed to Cabinet, though the governor general can extend membership to other prominent individuals.
Consequently, the Privy Council is a much larger body than the Cabinet itself, though by convention only the Cabinet representing the government-of-the-day makes legislative or other political recommendations to the governor general.
The earliest members of the Privy Council met in room 235 of the East Block of the Parliament Buildings.
www.collectionscanada.ca /executive-decree/023004-2041-e.html   (253 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: 2007-09-03)
Prime Minister of Canada: 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   (474 words)

  
 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
As a clerk — it was before the institution of the faculties of law — in the office of Côme-Séraphin Cherrier*, one of the great figures of the bar at that time, he received his lawyer’s commission in March 1838.
In 1859 Beaudry was appointed joint clerk of the commission for the codification of laws, which had been created in 1857.
He left two sons, one, Pierre-Janvier, who was a lawyer, a protonotary of Beauharnois, and deputy clerk of the privy council of Canada, and another, his namesake, who was a civil engineer.
www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38935   (686 words)

  
 A job given, then taken away @ workopolis.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
She had immigrated to Canada from China in 1995, and the Canadian government's hard line reminded her of how her father had been treated by the Communists because he married the daughter of a landowner.
According to a letter sent to her from the Privy Council Office, CSIS concluded that as a former employee of the Chinese news service "you may have engaged in intelligence collection activities on behalf of a foreign state.
She applied for a job with the Canada Revenue Agency, but she said that department was told by the Privy Council Office not to hire her.
globecareers.workopolis.com /servlet/Content/qprinter/20051223/ZHANG23   (796 words)

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

  
 THE OFFICES OF THE INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONERS: THE MERGER AND RELATED ISSUES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2003] 1 F.C. Van Den Bergh v.
Canada (Clerk of the Privy Council) (1993), 62 F.T.R. sub nom.
Canada (Secretary of State for External Affairs), [1990] 1 F.C. (4th) 413, 28 C.P.R. (3d) 301, 32 F.T.R. Bland v.
canada.justice.gc.ca /en/pl/p5.html   (2666 words)

  
 Clerk of the Privy Council Rehired (Politics Canada) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
After a meeting with John Stevens the Clerk of the Privy Council and his attorney the Prime Minister has rehired the former Clerk.
The Prime Minister said that after reviewing the facts of the case the Clerk gave the correct answers to the questions he was asked.
The problem was in the questioning, Mr Robert implied that Mr Meighen had released the documents to the general public, and not a parliamentary committee.
s7.invisionfree.com.cob-web.org:8888 /PolCan/ar/t2049.htm   (843 words)

  
 CanadaInfo: Government: Federal: Privy Council
he Privy Council Office provides secretariat support for Cabinet and the committees of Cabinet to facilitate the collective decision-making of Cabinet, and assists the exercise of the prerogatives of the Prime Minister, including the organization and processes of government and the appointment of senior officials to government positions.
In 1891 for the first time Privy Councillors were named who were not members of the ministry: two former Speakers of the House of Commons and three former Speakers of the Senate were sworn to the Privy Council.
The largest informal gathering in history of the Privy Council (not a formal meeting) took place at a luncheon on Parliament Hill in Room 200, West Block on April 17, 1982 after the Queen’s signing of the Proclamation of the Constitution Act, 1982.
www.craigmarlatt.com /canada/government/privy_council.html   (537 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)

  
 CSPS, Canada School of Public Service, Jocelyne Bourgon, President Emeritus
In 1994, the Honorable J. Bourgon was appointed Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet.
Bourgon was summoned to the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada in recognition of her contribution to her country.
She served on various boards in Canada and in her community including the University of Ottawa, Opera Lyra Ottawa, the Canadian Unity Council and Canada World Youth.
www.myschool-monecole.gc.ca /about/pres_em_e.html   (501 words)

  
 CIRC - Privy Council Office
The Privy Council Office (PCO) is the secretariat of the federal cabinet and the department of the Prime Minister.
The Clerk of the Privy Council is Canada's highest-ranking public servant and serves as the Prime Minister's deputy minister, the Secretary to the Cabinet, and the Head of the Public Service.
Canada has ignored the lessons from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by bungling efforts to keep terrorists out and allowing as many as 4,500 workers possibly linked to organized crime a free rein at airports, Auditor-General Sheila Fraser says.
circ.jmellon.com /agencies/pco   (707 words)

  
 Prime Minister of Canada: Prime Minister announces diplomatic nomination of former Clerk of the Privy Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
Prime Minister of Canada: 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.
Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
pm.gc.ca /eng/media.asp?id=1048   (352 words)

  
 Commonwealth of Learning - November 2001
As one of the six major financial contributors, Canada is entitled to a seat on the Board.
She sits on an advisory committee to the clerk of the privy council of Canada on modernizing human resource management in the public service.
She also served on the Perinbam task force on participation of visible minorities in the public service, and was an advisor on the federal information highway advisory council.
www.col.org /colweb/site/pid/1075   (352 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)

  
 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)

  
 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)

  
 CSPI CANADA: Letters
We urge Health Canada to limit the proposed exemption for foods processed and prepared on-site at the retail premises (see proposed paragraph B.01.401(2)(b)(vi)) to foods that are made to order at the request of individual shoppers.
We urge Health Canada to review its proposal with the objective of ambitiously advancing the public’s health, in particular, by ensuring that nutrition information is on as many foods as possible, including fresh meat, poultry, seafood, and in-store baked goods.
Mel Cappe, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
www.cspinet.org /canada/allianceltr_91401.html   (2593 words)

  
 Quebec ad firm received millions from Ottawa
Another prominent witness who testified Monday was Alex Himelfarb, the clerk of the federal Privy Council and Canada's top civil servant, called back to clarify a point from Chrétien's testimony earlier this month.
Himelfarb repeatedly said it wasn't Privy Council policy to brief a prime minister on a draft report.
Canada had a strong start to the world junior hockey championship Tuesday, shutting out host Sweden 2-0.
www.cbc.ca /canada/story/2005/02/28/gomery-sponsorship05028.html   (1618 words)

  
 Statutory Instruments Act
(2) Where the Clerk of the Privy Council refuses to register any statutory instrument for the reasons referred to in subsection (1), he shall forward a copy of the instrument to the Deputy Minister of Justice who shall determine whether or not it is a regulation.
(1) Where the Clerk of the Privy Council, after consultation with the Deputy Minister of Justice, is of the opinion that any particular regulations should be revised or consolidated, he may request the regulation-making authority or any person acting on behalf of such authority to prepare a revision or consolidation of those regulations.
(b) any statutory instrument that has not been registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council, by attending at the head or central office of the authority that made the statutory instrument or at such other place as may be designated by that authority and requesting that the statutory instrument be produced for inspection.
laws.justice.gc.ca /en/S-22/text.html   (2945 words)

  
 Privy Council Office (PCO) - Canadian Intelligence Agencies
Privy Council Office (PCO) - Canadian Intelligence Agencies
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 Security and Intelligence Secretariat of PCO supports the Clerk in advising the Prime Minister on security and intelligence matters.
www.fas.org /irp/world/canada/pco   (724 words)

  
 Gordon Fires Privy Council Clerk (Politics Canada) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
The Clerk of the Privy Council answered opposition questions honestly, and the result is that he was fired.
The Clerk of the Privy Council, in the discharge of his duties to the Canadian people intentionally mislead the opposition, yet they are now standing up for him.
And furthermore, he does not even understand the offices of the Privy Council and the powers associated with them.
s7.invisionfree.com.cob-web.org:8888 /PolCan/ar/t2043.htm   (612 words)

  
 CSPI CANADA: Letters
Alternatively, Health Canada could prohibit label claims, but require authorized generic claims to be printed on posters and placed in relevant sections of grocery stores.
Health Canada should require that adequate public resources are available for conducting nutritional/dietary surveillance, product inspections and evaluations, and public education to ensure that the effects of these measures effectively enhance, not impair, public health.
Mel Cappe, Clerk of the Privy Counsel and Secretary to the Cabinet
www.cspinet.org /canada/healthcan_ltr1.html   (1468 words)

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