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King's Privy Council for Canada
Conseil privé du Roi pour le Canada
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The King's Privy Council for Canada (

post-nominal letters, as well as various signifiers of precedence.[5]

King-in-Council

Further information: Monarchy of Canada § Executive (King-in-Council)

The

advice (in the construct of constitutional monarchy and responsible government, this is typically binding[n 2]) on how to exercise the royal prerogative via orders-in-council rests with the Cabinet—a committee of the Privy Council made up of other ministers of the Crown who are drawn from, and responsible to, the House of Commons in the Parliament.[9] This body is distinct but also entwined within the Privy Council, as the president of the King's Privy Council for Canada customarily serves as one of its members and Cabinet ministers receive assistance in the performance of their duties from the Privy Council Office, headed by the clerk of the Privy Council
.

While the Cabinet specifically deals with the regular, day-to-day functions of the King-in-Council, occasions of wider national importance—such as the proclamation of a new Canadian sovereign following a demise of the Crown or conferring on royal marriages—will be attended to by more senior officials in the Privy Council, such as the prime minister, the chief justice of Canada, and other senior statesmen; though all privy councillors are invited to such meetings in theory, in practice, the composition of the gathering is determined by the prime minister of the day. The quorum for Privy Council meetings is four.[12]

Membership

The

parliamentary secretaries
be admitted to the Privy Council.

Andrew Scheer, then leader of the opposition, being sworn into the Privy Council at Rideau Hall in 2017

Appointees to the King's Privy Council must recite the requisite oath:[13]

I, [name], do solemnly and sincerely swear (declare) that I shall be a true and faithful servant to His Majesty King Charles III, as a member of His Majesty's Privy Council for Canada. I will in all things to be treated, debated and resolved in Privy Council, faithfully, honestly and truly declare my mind and my opinion. I shall keep secret all matters committed and revealed to me in this capacity, or that shall be secretly treated of in Council. Generally, in all things I shall do as a faithful and true servant ought to do for His Majesty.

Provincial

Jim Abbott
.

Prince Edward (front row, fifth from left), at Rideau Hall, in Ottawa, two days after being appointed to the King's Privy Council for Canada

Members of the monarch's family have been appointed to the Privy Council: Prince Edward (later King Edward VIII), appointed by his father, King George V, on 2 August 1927; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, appointed by his wife, Queen Elizabeth II, on 14 October 1957; and Prince Charles (now King Charles III), appointed by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on 18 May 2014.[15][16]

On occasion, non-Canadians have been appointed to the Privy Council. The first non-Canadian sworn of the council was Billy Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, who was inducted on 18 February 1916, at the request of Robert Borden—to honour a visiting head of government, but also so that Hughes could attend Cabinet meetings on wartime policy.[17] Similarly, Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was inducted during a visit to Canada on 29 December 1941.[18]

Privy councillors are entitled to the style

Lester Pearson, though the traditional style remained in use, limited to only prime ministers and chief justices. In 1992, several eminent privy councillors, most of whom were long-retired from active politics, were granted the style by the Governor General and, in 2002, Jean Chrétien recommended that Herb Gray, a privy councillor of long standing, be given the style the Right Honourable upon his retirement from Parliament.[19]

History

According to Eugene Forsey, Privy Council meetings—primarily meetings of the full Cabinet or the prime minister and senior ministers, held with the governor general presiding—were not infrequent occurrences in the first 15 years following Canadian Confederation in 1867.[20] One example of a Privy Council meeting presided over by the governor general occurred on 15 August 1873, in which Governor General the Earl of Dufferin outlined "the terms on which he would agree to a prorogation of Parliament" during the Pacific Scandal.[21] When he served as viceroy, John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, put an end to the practice of the governor general presiding over Privy Council meetings, other than for ceremonial occasions.[22]

Prime Minister

Privy Council of the United Kingdom met for the same purpose. But, the Prime Minister declined and held the meeting of the Canadian Privy Council so as to illustrate the separation between Canada's Crown and that of the UK.[24]

The first meeting of the Privy Council before the reigning sovereign; in the State Dining Room of Rideau Hall. Queen Elizabeth II is seated at centre, with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, to her left, and Prime Minister John Diefenbaker at her right; 14 October 1957.

The Council has assembled in the presence of the sovereign on two occasions: The first was at 10:00 a.m. on the Thanksgiving Monday of 1957, at the monarch's residence in Ottawa, Rideau Hall. There, Queen Elizabeth II chaired a meeting of 22 of her privy councilors, including her consort, by then titled as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, whom Elizabeth had just appointed to the Privy Council at that same meeting. The Queen also approved an order-in-council.[25][26] Two years later, the Privy Council again met before the Queen, this time in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to confirm the appointment of Georges Vanier as governor general.[3][27] There was originally some speculation that the coming together of the sovereign and her Council was not constitutionally sound. However, the Prime Minister at the time, John Diefenbaker, found no legal impropriety in the idea and desired to create a physical illustration of Elizabeth's position of Queen of Canada being separate to that of Queen of the United Kingdom.[25][26]

A formal meeting of the Privy Council was held in 1981 to give formal consent to the marriage of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (now King

Camilla Parker-Bowles, however, the Department of Justice announced its conclusion that the Privy Council was not required to meet to give its approval to the marriage, as the union would not result in offspring that would impact the succession to the throne.[28]

To mark the occasion of her Ruby Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth II, on Canada Day, 1992, presided over the swearing in of new members of her Privy Council.[29]

The most recent formal meeting of the Privy Council was on 10 September 2022, for the proclamation of the accession of King Charles III.[30][31]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Referred to as the Queen's Privy Council for Canada (French: Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada) during the reign of a queen.[1][2]
  2. ^ See § Responsibilities and Note 1 at Cabinet of Canada.
  3. ^ When the style is held by a woman, the French title is: La très honorable.

References

  1. ^ Official Report of Debates, House of Commons, vol. 174, Queen's Printer, 1926, p. 5237
  2. ISBN 978-1-4597-0016-1
  3. ^ a b Privy Council Office, Queen's Privy Council for Canada – Facts, Queen's Printer for Canada, archived from the original on 6 June 2011, retrieved 15 October 2009
  4. ^ Office, Privy Council (December 4, 2017). "Privy Council Office". aem.
  5. ^ Privy Council Office. "Members of the Queen's Privy Council". Queen's Printer for Canada. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  6. ISBN 978-0-662-46012-1
    . Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  7. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (ed.). Relations With the United States. Vol. 18–867. Ottawa. Archived from the original on 2012-01-18. Retrieved 18 May 2009. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  8. ^ Her Majesty the Queen (1867). Constitution Act, 1867. III.9. Westminster: Queen's Printer (published 29 March 1867). Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  9. ^
    ISBN 2-89461-378-4. 1. Parliamentary Institutions > Institutional Framework > Executive. Archived from the original
    on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  10. ^ Elizabeth II (1 April 2005). Interpretation Act. 35.1. Ottawa: Queen's Printer for Canada. Archived from the original on July 5, 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  11. ^ a b Her Majesty the Queen 1867, III.11
  12. ^ a b c Palango, Paul (8 May 1981). "Privy Council nod on royal betrothal 'medieval'". Globe and Mail.
  13. ^ Office of the Governor General of Canada. "Oaths of Office". Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 4 March 2007.
  14. ^ "Conrad Black stripped of the Order of Canada". Globe and Mail. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  15. ^ Government of Canada (11 December 2017), King's Privy Council for Canada > Members of the King's Privy Council, King's Printer for Canada, retrieved 1 March 2023
  16. ^ Government of Canada (18 May 2014), PM announces the appointment of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Queen's Printer for Canada, retrieved 1 March 2023,
  17. ISBN 0207132453
    .
  18. ^ "Becomes Canadian Privy Councillor". Ottawa Citizen. 30 December 1941. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  19. ^ Privy Council Office. "Prime Minister Announces New Ministry". Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 4 May 2008.[dead link]
  20. JSTOR 139891
    .
  21. ^ Forsey 1966, p. 491
  22. ^ Forsey 1966, pp. 489–498
  23. ^ King, William L.M. (10 September 2022), "William Lyon Mackenzie King", National Post, retrieved 15 February 2023 – via PressReader
  24. ^
    ISBN 9781862877009
    .
  25. ^
    ISBN 1-55002-360-8
    .
  26. ^
    ISBN 0-7748-0915-9
    . Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  27. ^ Buckner 2005, p. 70
  28. ^ Valpy, Michael (2 November 2005). "Scholars scurry to find implications of royal wedding". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  29. ISBN 9781550023602
    .
  30. ^ Secretary to the Governor General of Canada (9 September 2022). "Ceremony to proclaim the Accession of the Sovereign to take place at Rideau Hall". King's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  31. ^ "King Charles III proclaimed Canada's new head of state in ceremony at Rideau Hall". Globe and Mail. Canadian Press. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

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