POLS 2250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: United Kingdom Cabinet Committee, Treasury Board Secretariat, Treasury Board
15 Feb 2017
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Agriculture and agriculture food canada, the privy council office, transport canada, public safety canada, and the social sciences and humanities research council of canada represent a handful of the many administrative bodies at the federal level in canada. This huge variety of organizations follows from the diverse functions and duties of government. The problems and challenges facing society today require governments to spend money, regulate behaviour, acquire ownership of companies and exhort people to act in a particular manner. Governor general the representative of the queen of canada; functions as the head of state when the queen is not in canada. Lieutenant governor the representatives of the queen in the provinces. Governor-in- council the governor general acting on the formal advice of the cabinet. Lieutenant governor in council the lieutenant governor acting on the formal advice of the provincial cabinet. In canada, the executive branch is accountable to the legislative branch.
