GOVERNING RESPONSIBLY: 
A Guide For Ministers and Ministers of State

2004

Footnotes

1 Details may be found in Responsibility in the Constitution,  Privy Council Office, 1993.

2 See Chapter VI, section 1 regarding exempt staff.

3 See Annex B, section 5 regarding Orders in Council.

4 See Annex A, section 3 for a definition of Governor in Council.

5 See Chapter 1 and Annex A for more information about responsible government.

6 See Notes on the Responsibilities of Public Servants in Relation to Parliamentary Committees, available from the Privy Council Office.\

7 Available from the Ethics Commissioner, deputy ministers or the Privy Council Office.

8 See Annex E for additional information on dealings with quasi-judicial tribunals.

9 See Annex F for additional guidance on Crown corporations.

10 Annex D provides a detailed description of the four categories of documents.

11 This institution differs from the Privy Council Office, which is a department in the Public Service.

12 See Cabinet Directive on Law Making, available from the Privy Council Office.

13 For more details, see Robert Marleau and Camille Montpetit, House of Commons Procedure and Practice, House of Commons, Ottawa, 2000, chap. 18.