Government of Canada

The Government of Canada is the federal government organization for the North American country of Canada.

History

The Government of Canada joined the World Health Organization on August 29, 1946.^[1]

Canada ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on March 11, 2010, and it came into force in the country on April 12, 2010.^[2]

Structure

As a constitutional monarchy, Canada's government is comprised of the Crown; the executive branch; the Parliament of Canada (the legislative branch); and the federal court system (the judicial branch).

Crown

The Crown is represented by a number of offices and agencies:

• Privy Council Office

Executive

Branches, departments and agencies of the executive branch of Canadian government include:

• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
• Public Safety Canada
  • Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
• Canadian Heritage
• Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)
• Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT)
• Department of Justice Canada
• Global Affairs Canada
• Health Portfolio^[3]
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
  • Health Canada (HC)
  • Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)
  • Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Infrastructure Canada
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
  • National Research Council Canada (NRC)
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
• Public Safety Canada
  • Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
• Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)

Judicial

Canada's federal judicial system is made up of:

• Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada (CMAC)
• Federal Court of Appeal
• Federal Court of Canada
• Supreme Court of Canada
• Tax Court of Canada

Legislative

The Parliament of Canada is the country's legislative branch, composed of the King of Canada (represented by the Governor General), the House of Commons of Canada, and the Senate of Canada.

Additional offices and agencies of Parliament include:

• Elections Canada
• Office of the Auditor General of Canada
• Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada
• Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada
• Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
• Office of the Intelligence Commissioner of Canada
• Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
• Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada
• Parliamentary Protective Service

External links

• Campfire Wiki
• History Commons
• Sourcewatch
• Wikipedia
• Wikispooks