The private Council of the Queen for Canada

See also: the private Council

The private Conseil of the Queen for Canada is a Canadian institution created in 1867 by the constitutional Loi of 1867 whose role in the control surface of Canada remains symbolic system.

The main role of the private Council is, according to article 11 of the constitutional Loi of 1867 , of advising the general governor in his decision making concerning the Administration of Canada. In other words, the private Council is an apolitical institution having the executive power in Canada. The government, itself, is as for him the active political branches of the Council. The members of this council are named and revoked, of time to other, by the general governor in council.

It is current to find, on the official documents of the government of Canada, the mention General governor in council . This legal form evokes actually the Cabinet.

Thus, the members of the government become, initially, private advisers for the Reine, which gives right to watch on all the documents of the government of Canada, and are named then by the general governor in council as a member of the government. The members of the Private Council generally remain it for the life. Thus, the private Council of the Queen for Canada includes not only the members of the government in station, but also of former ministers and other personalities of mark. In practice however, only the Ministre S have a reality capacity.

During the formation of the Cabinet, the general governor in council names among the members of the government a President of the private Council of the Queen for Canada. This station is actually symbolic system, and the holder of this title has usually another ministerial wallet, in particular that of the intergovernmental Businesses.

The members of the private Council carry the title of Honorable to life and use initial the " C.P." , can have a place reserved at the time of ceremonies such as national funeral and take share with the rare official meetings of the whole of the private Council. At their death, the flag of the tower of Peace is put in Bern.

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Information coming from the Office of the private Council

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