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The Cabinet committee is a set of committees in the Government of Canada that are responsible for enacting the Government's agenda. The cabinet committees under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as of January 2017 were as follows: Agenda, Results and Communication Cabinet Committee; Canada in the World & Public Security Cabinet Committee
In Canada, a standing committee is a permanent committee established by Standing Orders in the House of Commons [1] or the Senate. [2] It may study matters referred to it by special order or, within its area of responsibility in the Standing Orders, may undertake studies on its own initiative.
In order to ensure that social programs such as health care and education are funded consistently throughout Canada, the "have-not" (poorer) provinces receive a proportionately greater share of federal "transfer (equalization) payments" than the richer, or "have", provinces do; this has been somewhat controversial. The richer provinces often ...
The Government of Canada, formally referred to as His Majesty's Government, [1] [2] is defined by the constitution as the King acting on the advice of his Privy Council; [3] [4] what is technically known as the Governor-in-Council, [5] referring to the governor general as the King's delegate.
The group of people is described as "a Council to aid and advise in the Government of Canada, to be styled the Queen's Privy Council for Canada", [11] though, by convention, the task of giving the sovereign and governor general advice (in the construct of constitutional monarchy and responsible government, this is typically binding [n 2]) on ...
The Parliament of Canada is the legislative body of the government of Canada. The Parliament is composed of the House of Commons (lower house), the Senate (upper house), and the sovereign, represented by the governor general. Most major legislation originates from the House, as it is the only body that is directly elected.
The Committee looks over and summarizes the administrative and management designs of Department of Justice and its subsidiary agencies Canadian Human Rights Commission, Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs of Canada, Supreme Court of Canada, Courts Administration Service, Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada, and Public Prosecution Service of Canada.
The Government of Canada (French: Gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada.The term Government of Canada refers specifically to the executive, which includes ministers of the Crown (together in the Cabinet) and the federal civil service (whom the Cabinet direct); it is alternatively known as His Majesty's Government (French: Gouvernement de Sa ...