Queen's Privy Council for Canada

The Canadian Privy Council (English Queen's Privy Council for Canada, French Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada), named Privy Council or Conseil privé, is a political advisory body to the Canadian monarch. Its members are appointed for life, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister by the Governor-General. The Council was created in 1867 with the British North America Act ( 1982 Constitution Act of 1982 renamed) and is inspired by the Privy Council in the United Kingdom. Canada and the United Kingdom are the only Commonwealth realms with a body of this kind

Authority and duties

The formal authority of the Privy Council starts from the Canadian monarch, but only on the recommendation of the Cabinet, which forms a part of the Privy Council, exercised. The actions of the ministers are supported by the Privy Council Office / Bureau du Conseil privé. This is presided by the highest state officials, the Clerk of the Privy Council / Conseil privé du registrar, and the President of the Privy Council as the competent minister. Legal acts of government must always be made on the recommendation of a member of the Privy Council, and this is invariably a minister. The duties of the Privy Council are limited. These include, among other things, the proclamation of a new Canadian monarch and the consent to royal weddings.

Membership

The Privy Council to include all current and former Minister of the Federal Cabinet, the President of the Supreme Court and all former governors general. Chairman of the opposition parties are sometimes also added. By law, all members of the supervisory board of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service must belong to the Privy Council. The Prime Minister may additionally other, mostly prominent people to record in the Privy Council, which is considered a great honor. The Prime Minister of the province does not automatically belong to the Privy Council, but appointed on special occasions to members.

Crown Counsels may be addressed to The Honorable and l' Honorable, especially senior people with The Right Honourable (le très Honorable ). In addition, they may in their name the initials PC (French CP).