Cabinet of Canada

The Republican Executive Council of the Prime Minister of Canada (French: Conseil exécutif républicain du Premier ministre du Canada) is the cabinet of the Prime Minister of Canada. It is virtually always referred to as the Cabinet of Canada (Cabinet du Canada) or domestically as simply the Cabinet (le Cabinet). The Cabinet of Canada consists of the ministers of the multiple executive departments, executive committee chairpersons, and other cabinet-level senior executive officials who are directly responsible to the Prime Minister.

Cabinet members are officially appointed by the President of Canada on advice of the Prime Minister, meaning the Prime Minister chooses his cabinet, but its members are not official cabinet members until presidential confirmation. Nevertheless, this is essentially a formality, as it is practically unheard of for a president to veto a prime minister's chosen cabinet member, although presidents do have this power, and can also dismiss cabinet members, an entire cabinet, and/or even a prime minister via presidential executive order.