Cabinet of Canada

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Cabinet of Canada
Cabinet du Canada
Canada arms lesser.png
Lesser arms of the Canadian Republic
Established 9 September 1864
State Canada flag.png Canadian Republic
Type Executive government
Chairperson Prime Minister of Canada
Headquarters Privy Council Building
80 Wellington St
Ottawa CDM
Appointed by President of Canada
Responsible to Parliament of Canada

The Cabinet of Canada (French: Cabinet du Canada) is the highest executive body of the Canadian federal government, led by the Prime Minister of Canada (the Canadian head of government at the federal level). The Cabinet of Canada consists of the Prime Minister (who chairs the Cabinet), the Deputy Prime Minister, the Attorney General of Canada and his deputy, the Solicitor General, the Cabinet Secretary of Canada, and the multiple ministers in charge of the federal government's many executive departments (see below), as well as chairpersons of other agencies and executive committees attached to the Cabinet.

All members of the Cabinet of Canada are directly answerable to the Prime Minister, typically via the Deputy Prime Minister, who categorises all information and data received from Cabinet members (whether in electronic, written or oral form, the last including both in-person dialogue/speech and phone calls) into three main categories: 1) "urgent" – forward immediately to Prime Minister (PM) and await PM's decision; 2) "important" – take executive action if/as required on behalf of PM, then compile a dossier which includes both the original info acted upon (properly organised) and a detailed report on those actions taken and the resultant success(es), failure(s), and ultimate change(s); and 3) "least concern/irrelevant" – have any issue resolved if one does exist, preferably by appropriate Cabinet ministry/agency rather than personally, but do not bother writing anything about the initial concern, solution chosen and the result, beyond a simple summary.

Cabinet members are officially appointed by the President of Canada on advice of the Prime Minister, meaning the Prime Minister, after choosing his/her preferred cabinet, nominates the listed individuals to their respective posts, who only actually take office and thus realise the nominated cabinet upon Official appointment by the President. While the President does, according to the constitution, reserve the right to reject specific nominated cabinet members or even the whole cabinet outright, this has virtually never happened, with presidential confirmation of government a de facto formality, despite being de jure an actual legal requirement. The constitution also gives the President the power to unilaterally dismiss cabinet members, an entire cabinet, the Deputy Prime Minister, and/or even the Prime Minister, via a simple executive order. As above, however, this is essentially unheard of, with such actions, despite being constitutional, likely to cause significant political controversy.

Cabinet membership[edit | edit source]

Executive office[edit | edit source]

# Office Incumbent
1) Prime Minister of Canada Anna Di Carlo
2) Deputy Prime Minister Rose Parker

Ministers[edit | edit source]

3) Cabinet Secretary of Canada A.J. Sengupta
4) Attorney General of Canada Benjamin Braidek
5) Minister of Public Security and Solicitor General Miriam Wilson
6) Director of Intelligence and National Security David Vigneault
7) Treasurer of Canada Arie Gubenko
8) Minister of National Defence Michael Archer
9) Minister of Foreign Affairs Michael Rantanen
10) Minister of Health Dr. Anna Kindi
11) Minister of Education Dr. Sandy Dowling
12) Minister of Finance Kareem Dahya
13) Minister of Customs and Immigration Rita Benes
14) Minister of Transportation Rosa Castro Nuñez
15) Minister of Economic Development Dr. Joseph Milo
16) Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Anders Knudsen
17) Minister of Nuclear Energy Dr. James Coetsee
18) Minister of Statistics and the Census Anil Arora
19) Minister of Tourism Adam Youssef
20) Minister of Agriculture Dr. Helen Rasmussen
21) Minister of Natural Resources Dr. Roman Rodarte
22) Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Dr. Rosa Ramirez
23) Minister of Emergency Preparedness Scott Drysdale