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 Executive Council of Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Executive Council of Quebec (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Quebec and in French Le Conseil des ministres) is the cabinet of the government of Quebec, Canada.
Made up of members of the Quebec National Assembly, the cabinet is similar in structure and role to the Cabinet of Canada while being smaller in size.
The cabinet is selected by the Premier of Quebec and sworn in by the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Executive_Council_of_Quebec   (268 words)

  
 Motions Passed by the AATF Executive Council and Delegate Assembly - 2000 to present
That the Committee on Restructuring the Executive Council be reconstituted to explore the issue of realigning all of the AATF regions, taking into consideration the responsibilities of the Regional Representatives and report back to the Executive Council at the 2005 Quebec Convention.
Be it resolved that the Executive Council and the entire AATF membership, on the occasion of the seventy-fifth annual meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts from July 11-14, 2002, offers its gratitude and deep appreciation to the following individuals and organizations that have made important contributions to the success of the meeting.
The Executive Council meetings for the 2001 Denver Convention be adjourned.
www.frenchteachers.org /archives/archmotions20.htm   (8071 words)

  
 Council-Manager Form of Government - City of Melbourne, Florida
The manager is hired to serve the council and the community and to bring to the local government the benefits of training and experience in administering local government projects and programs on behalf of the governing body.
The mayor presides at council meetings, facilitates communication and understanding between elected and appointed officials, assists the council in setting goals and in advocating policy decisions, and serves as a promoter and defender of the community.
With political power concentrated in the council instead of in one elected official, more citizens have an opportunity to be elected to a position with significant influence over the future of their community.
www.melbourneflorida.org /info/form.htm   (1508 words)

  
 James Irvine
In 1822 he was commissioned president of the court of appeal of the executive council, during the absence of the chief justices of Montreal and Quebec, and in 1824 he was appointed arbitrator for Lower Canada, to adjust the duties between that province and Upper Canada.
In 1837 at the beginning of the rebellion in Canada he was appointed a captain in the Royal Quebec volunteers; in 1838 was gazetted a lieutenant-colonel and deputy quartermaster-general; in November, 1851, provincial aide-de-camp to the governor-general, and principal aide-de-camp 2 October, 1868.
He became assistant commissioner of northwest mounted police in 1876, was commissioner in 1880-'6, a member of the executive council of the Northwest territory in 1882-'6, and served during the rebellion of 1885.
www.famousamericans.net /jamesirvine1   (761 words)

  
 Politics of Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The principal judicial courts of Quebec are the Court of Quebec, the Superior Court and the Court of Appeal.
Quebec is a participating government in the international organization the Francophonie, which can be seen as a sort of Commonwealth of Nations for French-speaking countries.
In the 1980 Quebec referendum, Premier René Lévesque asked the Quebec people for "a mandate to negotiate" his proposal for "sovereignty-association" with the rest of Canada, meaning political sovereignty for Quebec in an economic association with the rest of Canada, Sixty per cent of the Quebec electorate voted against it.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Quebec   (3056 words)

  
 Colorado Disability Advocacy - Colorado Developmental Disablilities Council: Advocating for self-determination and ...
Council members: The Council must have 24 members, each of whom is appointed by the governor for a maximum of two consecutive 3-year terms.
A summary of Council activities and funded in federal fiscal year are available in the 2005 Project Performance Report.
Council members are people with disabilities, family members of people with disabilities, and representatives of state agencies, nongovernmental agencies and private nonprofit groups concerned with services for people with disabilities.
www.coddc.org /council.asp   (721 words)

  
 Quebec
Quebec's reads like a chronology: fleurs-de-lis in the chief representing the French Régime, an English lion in the centre (fess) representing the British Period, and maple leaves in the base for the Canadian period.
As the king's representative in Quebec, it is possible that he just found it easiest to avoid the question of what were the appropriate arms to use on the flag: Quebec's version, or the sovereign's version.
It is divided into three diagonal panels: the red at the hoist bears the national symbol of a maple leaf; the white in the centre, the city's arms; and the blue on the fly, the provincial emblem of a fleur-de-lis.
fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Provinces/Quebec.html   (9094 words)

  
 "Extract From Minutes of the Executive Council of Quebec, Re Patent of Lands to John Shoolbred." Volume V 2239-2242: ...
His Lordship and the Board resumed the consideration of the Report of the Deputy Surveyor General The Attorney General, The Solicitor General and the Clerk of the Kings Terrars and the Papers accompanying the same, and the Draft offered by the Chief Justice of the Patent off to Mr.
John Shoolbred, as mentioned in the minutes of yesterday—Ordered by His Lordship with the advice of the Council that these papers be entered on the minutes for the clearer manifestation of the nature of the French Grants antecedent to the conquest, and that a Patent pass the seal to Mr.
When the present Grant shall have been engrossed by the proper Officer, and passed by Your Lordship under the Great Seal of the province, that Officer may be commanded by Your Lordship to transmit it to the Clerk of the Inrollments to be registered and afterwards delivered to the Grantee.
www.heritage.nf.ca /law/lab5/labvol5_2239.html   (578 words)

  
 Quebec - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
Although the assembly had little power compared to the executive and legislative councils, it quickly became a place of political and ethnic confrontation.
The Patriotes sent Britain a list of demands, called the Ninety-two Resolutions, which included demands that the legislative council be elected and that the members of the executive council be chosen by the assembly.
The constitution was suspended, and the legislative assembly was replaced by a special council that ruled from 1838 to 1841.
encarta.msn.com /text_761551789___45/Quebec.html   (6108 words)

  
 Executive Council (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Executive Councils in the provinces and territories of Canada are constitutional organs headed by the Lieutenant-Governor.
They serve the same function provincially as the Queen's Privy Council for Canada does federally except that the Executive Council does not have the ceremonial role of directly advising the Queen, proclaiming her successors, or assenting to some Royal Marriages.
Executive power is exercised by the Canadian Cabinet who are always members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Executive_Council_(Canada)   (187 words)

  
 Quebec provincial aid for forest sector falls short: industry council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
But the $925 million promised by the provincial government over four years was enough to fan the flames of the softwood lumber dispute with the United States.
The government promised $436 million for silviculture and cost reduction, $100 million of it in the form of tax credits for building forest access roads and another $120 million as a 15 per cent capital tax credit on investments over the next three years.
Jacques Gauvin, deputy chief executive officer of the Quebec Forest Industry Council, said the aid package falls short of what the sector needs.
www.cbc.ca /cp/business/060324/b032470.html   (635 words)

  
 BROADCAST COUNCIL APPROVES STEAMY SEX SCENES FOR QUEBEC TEENS
In Quebec, the council said the movie is safe for 13-year-olds to see during prime time, while elsewhere the minimum age should be 18.
The council cited "regional differences" that "may from time to time, be reflected in broadcast practices and public tastes." Asked for comment, Ann Mainville-Neeson, the council's executive director, said of Quebec, "It's a different society...
Quebec's liberal moral climate coincides with it status of having one of the world's lowest birthrates and a teen suicide rate of 20.7 per 100,000 people, a rate twice the national average.
www.lifesite.net /ldn/2003/feb/03021806.html   (339 words)

  
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In the Case of Quebec each of the Twenty-four Senators representing that Province shall be appointed for One of the Twenty-four Electoral Divisions of Lower Canada specified in Schedule A. to Chapter One of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada.
[Executive Government of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.] The Constitution of the Executive Authority in each of the Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act, continue as it exists at the Union until altered under the Authority of this Act.
[Assets of Ontario and Quebec.] The Assets enumerated in the Fourth Schedule to this Act belonging at the Union to the Province of Canada shall be the Property of Ontario and Quebec conjointly.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/5/9/8/5984/old/tbnaa10.txt   (6954 words)

  
 Minutes 8-12-1998 - NH Governor and Council Meetings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Governor and Executive Council convened at 11:00 a.m.
The Governor and Council find that the proposed financing, operation and use of the industrial Facility will serve a public use and provide a public benefit; and the Governor and Council determine that the Authority's financing of the Project will be within the policy of, and the authority conferred by, the Act.
Jack Donovan, Executive Director of the Authority, briefly explained the project, emphasized that the credit of the State was not involved and introduced Carl Croce, attorney for the Borrower, and Richard Bennett, President of Andover Corporation.
www.state.nh.us /council/minutes/minutes1998/min081298.html   (14069 words)

  
 Minutes 9-20-2000 - NH Governor and Council Meetings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Governor and Executive Council, on motion of Councilor Griffin, seconded by Councilor Spaulding, confirmed the appointment of several persons nominated for Civil Commissions from the September 6, 2000 meeting.
The Governor and Executive Council, on motion of Councilor Griffin, seconded by Councilor Burton, with Councilor Streeter voting NO, authorized the Office to execute a contract agreement with the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in the amount of $39,453.53 for the period through December 31, 2000 regarding ice research.
The Governor and Executive Council, on motion of Councilor Griffin, seconded by Councilor Burton, with Councilor Streeter voting NO, authorized the Office to execute a contract agreement with Klotz Consultant Group, Inc. in the amount of $9,000.00 to be completed by December 31, 2000 for research regarding New Hampshire's seismic hazard and risk.
www.state.nh.us /council/minutes/minutes2004/min092000.html   (4962 words)

  
 City of Cincinnati -Y. Laketa Cole
In 2005 she was re-elected to council with a 3rd place finish out of 31 candidates elected President Pro-Tem for the second time by her colleagues.
Before her appointment to Council in April of 2003, she held several positions at the Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation, working as the Public Relations Director and as Interim Director of Economic and Workforce Development.
She is a member of the Grassroots Leadership Academy, the Martin Luther King, Co., and the Urban League Guild (an auxiliary of the Urban League).
www.cincinnati-oh.gov /council/pages/-3238-   (592 words)

  
 John Jones Ross
In 1867 he resigned his seat in the latter on his appointment to the legislative council of Quebec.
Ross was a member of the executive council of Quebec and speaker of the legislative council from 27 February, 1873, till August, 1874.
Ross is vice-president of the Provincial college of physicians and surgeons and a member of the Agricultural council of Quebec, and was elected vice-president of the North Shore railway company in 1875.
www.famousamericans.net /johnjonesross   (393 words)

  
 Jérôme Turcq Re-Elected PSAC Regional Executive Vice-President for Québec : ArriveNet Press Releases : ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
He will sit on the Québec Regional Council and would become the REVP in the event that Turcq could not complete his term of office.
Pelletier is President of the Mauricie Area Council, Regional Vice- president in Québec for the Union of Taxation Employees (UTE) and President of UTE Local 10027.
Bouchard is President of the Montréal Area Council, President of Local 10007 of the National Health and Welfare Union (NHWU) and Alternate Regional Vice-president for NHWU in Québec.
press.arrivenet.com /industry/article.php/637806.html   (528 words)

  
 Huairou Commission
The council is Huairou’s governing/policy-setting body and includes representatives of global networks and partner groups.
She is currently heading the new Grassroots Women and Peacebuilding Campaign for Huairou and, because of the fundamental importance of land and property rights to women in Central America, is also active in its Land and Property campaign.
Peterson is also a founder of GROOTS International and prior to that, founder and executive director of the National Congress of Neighborhood Women, a grassroots women's empowerment organization in the United States.
www.huairou.org /who/contact_council.html   (948 words)

  
 Comparative Federalism Newsletter
The proceedings of the Congress were doubtless highlighted by their first and their final events: The (folkloristically colourful) Opening Ceremony climaxed in a remarkable keynote-speech of the Executive Deputy President of South Africa, Mr.
Our Committee's member Michael Stein of Canada, who had been elected as the first RC Liaison Representative to the IPSA Executive Council in Québec, gave a very impressive report on his achievements and recommendations on behalf of the RCs.
He was re-elected for another term in a contest with Yolande Cohen, also of Canada, by a majority of 11 : 9 with 1 abstention and 1 invalid vote.
www.indiana.edu /~speaweb/IPSA/vol18_1/article1.html   (657 words)

  
 Executive Council of Quebec - Slider   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Executive Council of Quebec (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Quebec and in French Le Conseil des ministres) is the cabinet of the Canadian province.
Today the next most powerful position is certainly the health portfolio which has a vast budget and is of central political import.
The current cabinet has been in place since soon after the 2003 Quebec election with the formation of a government by the Quebec Liberal Party.
enc.slider.com /Enc/Cabinet_of_Quebec   (253 words)

  
 CIO Executive Council - Contact   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
A Council staff member will contact you to confirm your registration and provide meeting details.
IT Value Matrix and Knowledge Center™ is a tool designed by Council members to facilitate the success of IT and its leadership.
For general inquires about the CIO Executive Council, click here.
www.cioexecutivecouncil.com /public/itvalue_demo.html   (208 words)

  
 Harvard University IOP: For Harvard Students: Director's Internship Program
After spending last summer in the office of a District Attorney, she is excited to be interning with NYS Attorney General Eliot Spitzer this summer--what she sees as the perfect opportunity to combine her interests in law, government, and the media!
She is currently heavily involved with the Harvard Undergraduate Council and chairs one of its three committees.
Returning home to intern in the Quebec Executive Council and in different departments will therefore be a great opportunity to cast a new look at public policymaking in my province and to get executive level government experience.
www.ksg.harvard.edu /iop/students_dip_recipients.html   (2832 words)

  
 Canada. Executive Council
As French explorers and fur traders pushed westward and southward in their travels, the area to which Canada referred to increased, but specific geographic boundaries were never firmly established.
At first, the geographic area was relatively small, but it rapidly grew with the purchase of Rupert's Land in 1870 which extended the country to the Rocky Mountains in the west and to the Arctic Ocean in the north.
This fonds consists of microfilmed records from the National Archives of Canada, including both state records and land records of the Executive Council of United Canada, 1841-1867, those of its predecessors in Upper and Lower Canada, 1791-1841 and in the Province of Quebec, 1764-1791.
www.trentu.ca /library/archives/76-016.htm   (1806 words)

  
 Center for Business and Government Names 1999-00 Fellows
In addition, he has served as an advisor or consultant to the National Research Council, the Ford Foundation, the World Bank, the Organization for Economic and Cooperative Development (OECD), and other government and non-profit organizations in the United States and abroad.
Joskow is president of the Yale University Council and is a fellow of the Econometric Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
While at the Center for Business and Government, his work is focusing on the liberalization of trade in services; on the development of rules on foreign direct investment in the multilateral trading system; as well as on some of the systemic challenges confronting the World Trade Organization as it prepares for a new negotiating round.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/1999/09.30/CBG_Fellows.html   (1538 words)

  
 Canadian Horticultural Council - Executive and Finance
The Executive and Finance Committees of the Canadian Horticultural Council are charged with overseeing the operation of the Council on behalf of the Board of Directors.
Members of the Executive and Finance Committees are appointed on a yearly basis at the Annual Meeting.
To contact members of the Executive and Finance, please call the National Office at: (613) 226-4880.
www.hortcouncil.ca /execfin.htm   (88 words)

  
 Archdeacon's Newsletter, December 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Executive usually meets for two days every spring and fall, but on this occasion, it was extended to three days to allow the new Executive to get to know one another, and to have a time of orientation.
The dynamics of the Executive Council meeting were changed in a very positive way by the presence of all the First Nations participants.
We ask for your prayers for all the parishes of the Diocese of Moosonee that it may be a spiritual place in the lives of all who look to it for leadership and guidance.
moosonee.anglican.org /Executive/newsletter/dec05b.html   (1445 words)

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