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Federation – Prime Minister of Canada; Justin Trudeau [1] Canada: 23rd: Liberal Party of Canada: 9 years, 92 days 2015 election: 2021 election: 2025 election: 44th: Provinces – Provincial premiers; Doug Ford [2] Ontario: 26th: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario: 6 years, 220 days 2018 election: 2022 election: 2025 election: 43rd ...
The Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC; French: Commission de la fonction publique du Canada) is an independent government agency that safeguards merit-based hiring, non-partisanship, representativeness of Canada's diversity, and the use of both official languages (English and French) in the Canadian public service. The PSC aims to ...
In Canada, a premier (/ ˈ p r iː m j ər / ⓘ PREEM-yər) is the head of government of a province or territory. Though the word is merely a synonym for prime minister, it is employed for provincial prime ministers to differentiate them from the prime minister of Canada. There are ten provincial premiers and three territorial premiers.
Deputy premiers of Canadian provinces and territories (13 C, 1 P) Ministers of education of Canadian provinces (3 C) Ministers of health of Canadian provinces (7 C, 4 P)
The executive branch of the Canadian federal government is not called an executive council; instead, executive power is exercised by the Canadian Cabinet who are always members of the King's Privy Council for Canada. [1] A Council's informal but functioning form is the Cabinet, headed by a provincial premier, who holds de facto power over the ...
Premiers of Canadian provinces since Canadian confederation who have subsequently been elected to the House of Commons of Canada.. Dave Barrett - British Columbia; Andrew George Blair - New Brunswick
Prior to introduction of responsible government in 1848, the Province of Canada, then a British colonial possession lacked an organized civil service. [5] Positions in the colonial administration were then largely filled through patronage, with appointments almost exclusively controlled by the sitting governor, often under the advisement of members of the ruling Family Compact, who would ...
During First World War, the provincial government purchased and took possession of two submarines to defend the province from the threat of German attack; quickly transferred by order of the federal government to the Royal Canadian Navy in August 1914. Created the province's first university, the University of British Columbia. 17: William John ...