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Jane Philpott resigns from cabinet, citing ‘lost confidence’ in how government dealt with SNC-Lavalin
Jane
Philpott resigns from Trudeau cabinet over his handling of SNC-Lavalin
affair ‘I
have lost confidence’: Jane Philpott’s cabinet resignation letterFord
government fires OPP deputy Brad Blair, critic of Taverner
appointment Canada’s
Golden Boy Loses His Shine
Second
Trudeau Minister Resigns as Canada’s Political Crisis
Swells Trudeau
says no decision yet on whether Wilson-Raybould can stay in Liberal
caucusNDP
MP calls for Facebook investigation following UK media
reports If
the system truly worked, it would not hang on the defiance of one
womanDoes
Jody Wilson-Raybould have a future in Trudeau’s
party? Justin
Trudeau, imposterThe
real Trudeau emerges at last Look
away. There’s no scandal here with SNC-LavalinOld,
new politics clash in SNC-Lavalin scandal Testimony
by Butts will likely just prolong the Liberals’ SNC-Lavalin agony ![[]](https://assets.nationalnewswatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/07104407/key.png)
Trudeau
dismisses China report anonymously accusing Kovrig, Spavor of
espionage Trudeau tells P.E.I.
Liberals his political opponents are playing up ‘division and fear’1 in 4 Canadians say
SNC-Lavalin affair will influence their vote:
Nanos More than half of
Canadians say charges against SNC-Lavalin should go to criminal trial:
pollMPP
Randy Hillier’s PC riding association demands Ford let him back into Tory
caucus UCP
leader says he would cut corporate tax rate to eight per centConsumers
Still in a Rut as Soft Economy Adds to Trudeau’s
Woes Reeling
from Wilson-Raybould’s explosive testimony, Liberal MPs brace for more damaging
fallout on SNC-Lavalin controversyCanada
and Justin Trudeau are in trouble Fake News Case
Dismissed
Ottawa
spent $60,000 to fight $25,000 defamation case against O’Regan, and will spend
more before case is decided Moose
truce: Norway cedes title of tallest ungulate back to Saskatchewan
cityTrudeau
to announce $37.5M investment in biotech
company ‘Unreliable’
LRT trains can’t handle Ottawa winters, internal reports revealShould
governments interfere in criminal prosecutions? It depends, says AG David
Lametti Feds
to again underspend on new military kit, threatening NATO targetFacebook
demanded hands-off data policy in early talks to build new centre in Canada,
documents reveal
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venir L'anticorps
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of EU elections, Macron unveils plan for "European
renaissance" "She
said she'd blow herself up first": Hope dims on YazidisRise
in populism eroding women's rights, global leaders
warn Hamas
chief warns Israel against pre-poll 'adventure'U.S.
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obstruction Venezuela's
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coordination Putin
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says deployed THAAD missile defense system to
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failure
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The significance of Jody Wilson-Raybould invoking Indigenous 'Big House' laws
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To understand that, we have to look at some relevant history. It helps if we keep in mind Constitution section 9:
9. The Executive Government and Authority of and over Canada is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the Queen.
Note: Vested in the Queen, not in the Prime Minister’s office.
In 1926, Governor General Lord Julian Byng of Vimy refused Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King’s request to dissolve parliament and call an election. That was a rare occasion when the Governor General exercised his powers to refuse the request of a Prime Minister.
On March 23, 1931, the reigning Monarch (George V) outlined the responsibilities and duties of the Canadian Governor General in Letters Patent. A copy is attached for your reference.
You will note that the Privy Council is subject to instructions from the Governor General, not from the Prime Minister. This is consistent with our constitution sections 11 and 13:
11. There shall be a Council to aid and advise in the Government of Canada, to be styled the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada; and the Persons who are to be Members of that Council shall be from Time to Time chosen and summoned by the Governor General and sworn in as Privy Councillors, and Members thereof may be from Time to Time removed by the Governor General.
13. The Provisions of this Act referring to the Governor General in Council shall be construed as referring to the Governor General acting by and with the Advice of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada.
(Note the designation of the Queen’s Privy Council).
The Statute of Westminster, passed December 11, 1931, was a British law clarifying the powers of Canada's Parliament and those of the other Commonwealth Dominions. It granted these former colonies full legal freedom except in those areas where they chose to remain subordinate to Britain.
The Canadian exception was amendments or changes to the British North America Act which was our Constitution at the time. We could not agree on a means of amending or changing our constitution, so any changes required had to be agreed to by Great Britain. That stood in effect for the next five decades until an amended constitution was adopted in 1982.
In 1940, Prime Minister Mackenzie King found himself in unusual circumstances:
- Canada was at war;
- France had been vanquished by Germany;
- Great Britain was under siege by Germany;
- In January, the Clerk of the Privy Council had retired after nearly five decades of service;
- In February, Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir died in office; and
- In March, the Government and cabinet was overwhelmed by duties related to the war effort.
Canada had no governor General from February 1940 until April 1946.
In April 1946, Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis was appointed Governor General and Commander in Chief of Canada. On October 1, 1947, British monarch George VII issued new Letters Patent outlining the Governor General of Canada’s duties and responsibilities. At that time the King’s Privy Council should have been reinstituted in its role as non-partisan counsel to the Governor General but was not. The Privy Council continued as an arm of the Prime Minister’s Office.
The Executive powers of the Prime Minister’s Office are not there by design or by structure of our constitution, but due to errors of omission in failing to follow the structure set out on our constitution and Governor General’s Letters Patent.
Michael Wernick became Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet on January 22, 2016.
The Clerk of the Privy Council has three main roles:· Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister· Secretary to the Cabinet· Head of the federal public serviceAll of the recent media we have seen recently conveniently omit Michael Wernick’s titles and duties as Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Secretary to the Cabinet. To declare that he is ‘non-partisan’ is a new height in ridiculous positions this government has adopted.
For those who are interested there are currently 390 members of the Privy Council including all sitting Government MPs.
The 1940 Order in Council must be rescinded, and the Governor General’s Letters Patent adhered to in order to return constitutional structure and the balance of power to our governance.
John Feldsted
Order in Council PC 1121 .docx
Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor General 1947.docx
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