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  Executive Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Until the advent of responsible government, Executive Councils existed primarily to advise the governor of the colony, dominion or realm.
Executive Councils still have the power to make far-reaching administrative and legal decisions affecting their jurisdictions known as Orders-in-Council.
These Councils have almost the same functions as the Privy Council in the United Kingdom, and accordingly, decisions of the Cabinet gain legal effect by being formally adopted by the Executive Council.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Executive_Council   (314 words)

  
 Executive Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
An Executive Council in Commonwealth constitutional practice is the top tier of a government in most countries led by a Governor-General, Governor or a Lieutenant-Governor.
It is superior to Legislative Councils and Legislative Assemblies and functions as a quasi-Privy Council and therefore by extension is usually the equivalent of the Cabinet.
There is, however a Canadian Cabinet at the level of the federal government and not an executive council.
www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Executive_Council   (272 words)

  
 Executive Council biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
An Executive Council in British constitutional practice is the top tier of a government led by a Governor-General, Governor or a Lieutenant-Governor, superior to Legislative Councils and Legislative Assemblies.
It functions as a quasi-Privy Council and therefore by extension is usually the equivalent of the Cabinet.
Consistent with wider British practice, Canadian provinces have Executive Councils which are usually referred to informally as Cabinets and are headed by a provincial Premier.
executive-council.biography.ms   (104 words)

  
 Nunavut Act
There is hereby established an Executive Council of Nunavut, the members of which are appointed by the Commissioner on the recommendation of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.
(2) The Governor in Council shall appoint the judges of the superior courts of Nunavut as described in subsection (1) or as may be established by the laws of the Legislature.
Nunavut C.R.F. (1) All public moneys and revenue over which the Legislature has the power of appropriation shall form a fund to be known as the Nunavut Consolidated Revenue Fund.
laws.justice.gc.ca /en/n-28.6/text.html   (6344 words)

  
 Thomson Nelson - Political Science Resource Centre
The executive branch of Canada is composed of three elements - the symbolic, political, and permanent - that work together as the government.
The symbolic executive is composed of the Queen, who is the legal head of state of Canada, and her representatives, who fulfill the monarch's daily duties in Canada.
The Clerk of the Privy Council, Mel Cappe, is effectively the most senior civil servant in Canada.  The Clerk's Annual Reports to the Prime Minister on the Public Service of Canada provide interesting discussions of the role of government and ways to strengthen the public service.
polisci.nelson.com /executive.html   (944 words)

  
 Comparative Analysis of Fishing Rights and Resource Management Arrangements in the Circumpolar North
Within Nunavut, Inuit are accorded priority to harvest fish and wildlife for personal, family and community use over sport and commercial operations, subject to restrictions for purposes of conservation.
Of the four federal members, three are appointed by the Governor in Council on the advice of the Minister responsible for Fisheries and Oceans, the Minister overseeing the Canadian Wildlife Service, and the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and one is appointed by the Commissioner-in-Executive Council of Nunavut.
An effort by the Alaska Legislative Council and certain members of the Alaska State Legislature to block the expected implementation of federal fisheries regulations promulgated under ANILCA was rejected by a federal district court in July 1998 as premature (“not ripe for judicial review”).
www.dartmouth.edu /~arctic/articles/ponoi_eng.htm   (8694 words)

  
 Session II Implementing Nunavut: The Role of Governments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In thinking about this, I was put in mind of the fact that in the summer of 1960 the council of the Northwest Territories recommended the division of the N.W.T., and the formal resolution was passed by the council of the N.W.T. and was sent forward to the federal government-Mr.
As far as the legislative assembly is concerned, I can't speak for the executive council right now or the legislature, but I would assume that between the Nunavut caucus and our government they will be trying to determine what role the legislature would play over thc next few months on this issue.
However, I would say that even though there may only be 11 members in the Nunavut caucus in the legislative assembly and only four ministers in the cabinet, they are very effective men and women who represent their constituency and the issue of creating Nunavut.
www.carc.org /pubs/v18no4/4.htm   (7117 words)

  
 Nunavut Act - ExploreNorth
The Governor in Council may appoint a Deputy Commissioner of Nunavut, who, if the Commissioner is absent, ill or unable to act or the office of Commissioner is vacant, has and may exercise and perform all of the powers, duties and functions of the Commissioner.
If both the Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioner are absent, ill or unable to act or both those offices are vacant, the judge of the Supreme Court of Nunavut with the earliest date of appointment to the Court has and may exercise and perform all of the powers, duties and functions of the Commissioner.
(1) The Supreme Court of Nunavut and the Court of Appeal of Nunavut are superior courts in Nunavut.
www.explorenorth.com /library/politics/n-actnunavut.htm   (5086 words)

  
 Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act
The Chairperson is the chief executive officer of the Board and has such powers, duties and functions as are prescribed by the rules or by-laws of the Board.
The objects of the Board are to provide for the conservation and utilization of waters in Nunavut, except in a national park, in a manner that will provide the optimum benefit from those waters for the residents of Nunavut in particular and Canadians in general.
The Chairperson is the chief executive officer of the Tribunal and has such powers, duties and functions as are prescribed by the by-laws of the Tribunal.
lois.justice.gc.ca /en/N-28.8/text.html   (11694 words)

  
 Links River, North of Sixty - Nunavut Government Organizations Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Nunavut Implementation Commission - The NIC is set up as an advisory body to make recommendations about the coming public government in Nunavut to the Federal and territorial government and Inuit organizations.
Nunavut Planning Commission - As part of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, the Nunavut Planning Commission (NPC) will help give the Inuit of the central and eastern Arctic control over all activities on their settlement lands as well as a major say in what happens on Crown lands.
Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal - The Surface Rights Tribunal is one of the Institutions of Public Government established under the land and resources management regime of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
www.denendeh.com /linksriver/pages/nunagov.htm   (1062 words)

  
 Debates (Hansard) -- Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
Elders from all of Nunavut's communities are represented at this gathering - we thank them for their years of effort in achieving this day.
As a demonstration of unity in Nunavut for the future, our government intends to take measures to bring all the people of Nunavut into a single time zone, from Qikiqtarjuaq to Kugluktuk, from Davis Strait to the Coronation Gulf, from the Belcher Islands in the south to Ellesmere Island at the top of the globe.
Clerk, would you like to ask if her Honour, the Commissioner of Nunavut, is prepared to enter the chamber and assent to the Bill and prorogue this first session of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.
www.assembly.nu.ca /old/english/hansard/final1/19990401.html   (7224 words)

  
 TC - Strategic Highway Infrastructure Program (SHIP)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Nunavut shall independently and at its own costs conclude such arrangements as are necessary to allow implementation of a Project approved under this Agreement whenever such Project affects a municipality or other agency or instrumentality under Nunavut control.
Each Party hereto will, at all times hereafter, execute and deliver, at the request of the other, such further documents, deeds and instruments, and do such acts as may be necessary, to give full effect to the spirit and intent of this Agreement.
Nunavut, with its limited transportation infrastructure, faces distinct challenges in providing safe and efficient transportation given its severe weather and climate, lengthy travel distances within and outside of Nunavut and sparse population.
www.tc.gc.ca /SHIP/proj/nun/nun-agreement-highway.htm   (6273 words)

  
 Canada Volunteerism Initiative: Local networks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Community Services Council (CSC) Newfoundland and Labrador is a provincial social development, research, planning and service organization which manages a variety of programs including the province’s only Volunteer Centre, formed in 1977.
Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Help Line provides an anonymous and confidential telephone counseling and contact service for northerners who need to talk about personal problems or who are in crisis.
The Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Help Line has been in existence for thirteen years and has continuously operated three hundred and sixty-five days a year.
www.volunteer.ca /volcan/eng/content/canvol-init/network.php   (969 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
As a Hunter in Nunavut, all the hunters are experiencing difficulties in terms of trying to obtain firearms for hunting.
Recommendations:That the Government of Nunavut Departments create detailed business plans which specify achievable goals and objectives for the business planning cycle of one or three years, and detailed work plans for the current fiscal year.That the Government of Nunavut Departments create long term goals and objectives which the current programs are designed to meet.
Chairman, the collective agreement that was reached by the GNWT with their employees, which transferred over to the Nunavut Government and the Nunavut based employees, was a gender neutral classification, it took that into account.
inuktitutcomputing.ca /HansardSearch/SampleSearches/nuna-mi.html   (6415 words)

  
 Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association
Grants of up to $15,000 for community-based projects are open to all artistic endeavours, as well as initiatives in the area of culture and heritage, language, communications and radio, and elders and youth.
Two top priorities for the Council these days is to recruit more young people into the arts, and to see that the performing arts thrive and flourish.
Nunavut's artifacts are kept in those two locations until the territory gets its own archives.
www.nacaarts.org /helpfulOrg.html   (2764 words)

  
 BILL C-51 - First Reading   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
(1) The Board established by section 13 and the Nunavut Water Board established under the Agreement before the coming into force of this Act are hereby declared for all purposes to be one and the same body.
The Minister may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make an order exempting the Corporation from the requirement to pay fees for the right to use waters or deposit waste pursuant to a licence under the Northwest Territories Waters Act or the Nunavut Waters Act.
``Nunavut'' means the territory described in section 3 of the Nunavut Act.
www.parl.gc.ca /bills/government/C-51/C-51_1/7305b-5E.html   (1647 words)

  
 Nunatsiaq News
Arvaluk, the MLA for Nanulik riding and formerly Nunavut’s minister of education, did not appear at the hearing.
The Coral Harbour arrest prompted Arvaluk to resign as Nunavut’s minister of education.
Though Nunavut’s Executive Council and Legislative Assembly Act requires MLAs convicted of certain crimes to be expelled from the assembly, no action can be taken against them until they are convicted.
www.nunatsiaq.com /archives/nunavut001231/nvt21208_18.html   (386 words)

  
 Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees
Of the 19 health councils, I think a couple of them have never come to Quebec City in the eight years since their creation; all but a couple of them are way behind.
Of the 15 members of the council, 11 of them are independents, elected to the council, the House of Review, without any Party ties at all.
From 1983 to 1990 he was Chairman and Chief Executive responsible, in succession, for the restructuring and privatization of British Shipbuilders and The Rover Group Limited.
www.ccpac.ca /proceed/0918.00.htm   (21068 words)

  
 CARC - Northern Perspectives (Volume 21, Number 1, Spring 1993)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
2.1 The legislation proposed to establish Nunavut (the "Nunavut Act") shall be similar to the present Northwest Territories Act with such modernization and clarification as may be appropriate.
It is anticipated that appropriate sections of the Nunavut Act will be brought into force prior to April 1, 1999 where those sections support the transition process for the creation of Nunavut.
The determination of the administrative design of the first Nunavut government organization is separate from the determination of ongoing federal financing arrangements for the two territories.
www.carc.org /pubs/v21no1/nunavut2.htm   (1681 words)

  
 Web links : Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Federal-Provincial-Territorial Council on Social Policy Renewal is co-ordinating the effort among governments and with Canadians to develop new cooperative approaches for addressing children's needs through a National Children's Agenda with a shared vision for Canada's children.
A Healthy Balance is a new 5-year collaborative  research project  by the ACEWH and the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women, and funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
The National Council of Welfare is a citizens' advisory body to the Minister of Human Resources Development Canada on matters of concern to low-income Canadians.
www.gov.ns.ca /staw/links.htm   (7204 words)

  
 Executive Council #99-263 - PREMIER ROMANOW SENDS CONGRATULATIONS TO NUNAVUT - Government News Release
"April 1, 1999 marks the beginning of the journey for the newly created territory of Nunavut and the achievement of a long time goal of the Inuit people," Romanow said.
The creation of Nunavut is a timely example of the Canadian federation's ability to accommodate the cultural and linguistic diversity of its different regions and populations." Premier Romanow also sent a letter of congratulations to the Premier of Nunavut, Paul Okalik.
Together we are at the dawn of a millennium of new opportunity." A vast territory containing one-fifth of Canada's landmass, Nunavut has a population of approximately 24,000 of whom 85 per cent are Inuit (18,000).
www.gov.sk.ca /newsrel/1999/04/01-263.html   (195 words)

  
 Nunavut Act   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
(3) A member shall be appointed to hold office during pleasure for such term not exceeding three years as the Governor in Council may fix, but a member may be reappointed in the same or another capacity.
(2) If a member ceases to be ordinarily resident in Nunavut and the condition imposed by subsection (1) is not satisfied, the appointment of the member is terminated as of the date the member ceases to be so resident.
The mandate of the Commission is to advise the Government of Canada, the Government of the Northwest Territories and Tunngavik on the establishment of Nunavut and, in particular, to advise on
laws.justice.gc.ca /en/n-28.6/87041.html   (7315 words)

  
 Executive Council #04-582 - NEW DEPARTMENT OF FIRST NATIONS AND MÉTIS RELATIONS - Government News Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Executive Council #04-582 - NEW DEPARTMENT OF FIRST NATIONS AND MÉTIS RELATIONS - Government News Release
Sanders most recently served as the Deputy Minister of Justice for Nunavut from April 1998 to May 2004.
First Nations and Métis employment issues, economic development, improving relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, and public education initiatives will be some of the new department's key areas of importance.
www.gov.sk.ca /newsrel/releases/2004/10/01-582.html   (285 words)

  
 Nunatsiaq News
A fire at the old health centre in August caused enough smoke damage to close the building for repairs, and force doctors, nurses and midwives to pack up and move into temporary headquarters in the cramped five-room birthing centre.
Ed Picco, Nunavut's energy minister, says it's now up to the Utility Rates Review Council to decide on the Qulliq Energy Corp's recent capital rate-rider application and that Nunavut's utility price watchdog doesn't need more time to get its work done.
These materials may not be reprinted for commercial publication in print, or any other media, without the permission of the publisher.
www.nunatsiaq.com   (459 words)

  
 Consolidated Statutes of Nunavut 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
If you click on "View amendments" you will be brought to the "Has it been amended?" page.
Territorial Courts Act - NIF in Nunavut - SNWT 1998 c.
This website is maintained by the Nunavut Court of Justice Library.
www.nunavutcourtofjustice.ca /library/consolacts.htm   (190 words)

  
 Executive Council #98-827 - CAMPBELL APPOINTED DEPUTY MINISTER OF NORTHERN AFFAIRS - Government News Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Executive Council #98-827 - CAMPBELL APPOINTED DEPUTY MINISTER OF NORTHERN AFFAIRS - Government News Release
Since 1993, he has served as Executive Director of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI), the organization charged with implementing all Inuit obligations and responsibilities under the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, the largest treaty in Canadian history.
McKay played a leading role in the development of many initiatives that have been designed to better the lives of all Northern Saskatchewan residents and I wish him all the best in the future," Romanow said.
www.gov.sk.ca /newsrel/releases/1998/10/30-827.html   (216 words)

  
 CIO.com - Resources for Information Executives - CIO Home - CIO
Executive recruiter Martha Heller asks five CIOs for advice on how to survive year one and how to position yourself to move mountains in year two.
The CIO Executive Council's Sarbanes-Oxley Playbook contains advice from its member CIOs to help you transition for Year Two and beyond.
Find out more about the CIO Executive Council.
www.cio.com   (651 words)

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