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General Jennie Carignan (Chief of Defence Staff) Agency. Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services; Intelligence agency. Communications Security Establishment; Special Operating Agencies. Canadian Forces Housing Agency; Defence Research and Development Canada; Program. Canadian Cadet Organizations; National Search and Rescue Program. Joint ...
It meets to advise and assist the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) on all matters concerning the command, control, and administration of the forces, and generally meets once per month. [1] It was created in 1964 to replace the Chiefs of Staff Committee in preparation for the 1968 unification of the Canadian Armed Forces .
Previous National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Department of National Defence was established by the National Defence Act, which merged the Department of Militia and Defence (which was created in 1906 when the British Army withdrew its forces stationed in Canada), the Department of Naval Services (the department responsible for the administration of the Royal Canadian ...
The chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) follows in rank only the commander-in-chief of the Canadian Armed Forces, who is the Canadian monarch represented by the governor general. The National Defence Act gives the authority to appoint the CDS to the Governor-in-Council ; [ 7 ] effectively, the governor general acting on the constitutional advice ...
The Defence Portfolio is a collection of organizations and agencies that report to the minister of National Defence. Although deputy heads for individual agencies direct and oversee the activities of their agency, the minister is accountable to Parliament its activities. [16] The Defence Portfolio includes: [17] Canadian Armed Forces
along with the deputy minister for the Department of National Defence, is accountable to the minister of national defence for the Communications Security Establishment; and overseeing the intelligence assessment function, specifically the production and co-ordination of intelligence assessments for the prime minister, other Cabinet members and ...
The Office's present location in the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council building at 80 Wellington Street in Ottawa. The Privy Council Office (French: Bureau du Conseil privé) is the central agency of the Government of Canada which acts as the secretariat to the Cabinet of Canada – a committee of the King's Privy Council for Canada – and provides non-partisan advice and support ...
In exercising the duties of commander-in-chief, the governor general appoints the chief of the Defence Staff, as well as royal colonels-in-chief of Canadian regiments (save for the monarch himself); approves new military badges and insignia (except for those bearing St Edward's Crown, which may only be sanctioned by the sovereign); visits ...