Government of Ontario

Government of Ontario
Government of Ontario
Provincial government
	Logo of the Province of Ontario
Overview
Established	July 1, 1867
State	Ontario
Country	Canada
Leader	Premier ; Doug Ford
Appointed by	Lieutenant Governor ; Edith Dumont
Main organ	Executive Council
Responsible to	Legislative Assembly
Headquarters	Toronto
Website	www.ontario.ca

The Government of Ontario (French: Gouvernement de l'Ontario) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of Ontario. The term Government of Ontario refers specifically to the executive—political ministers of the Crown (the Cabinet/Executive Council), appointed on the advice of the premier, and the non-partisan Ontario Public Service (whom the Executive Council directs), who staff ministries and agencies to deliver government policies, programs, and services—which corporately brands itself as the Government of Ontario, or more formally, His Majesty's Government of Ontario (French: Gouvernement de l’Ontario de Sa Majesté).[1]

Role of the Crown

King Charles III, as monarch of Canada is also the King in Right of Ontario. As a Commonwealth realm, the Canadian monarch is shared with 14 other independent countries within the Commonwealth of Nations.[7] Within Canada, the monarch exercises power individually on behalf of the federal government, and the 10 provinces.

Lieutenant governor

The powers of the Crown are vested in the monarch and are exercised by the lieutenant governor. The advice of the premier and Executive Council is typically binding; the Constitution Act, 1867 requires executive power to be exercised only "by and with the Advice of the Executive Council".[8]

The lieutenant governor is appointed by the governor general, on the advice of the prime minister of Canada.[12] Thus, it is typically the lieutenant governor whom the premier and ministers advise, exercising much of the royal prerogative and granting royal assent.

While the advice of the premier and Executive Council is typically binding on the lieutenant governor, there are occasions when the lieutenant governor has refused advice. This usually occurs if the premier does not clearly command the confidence of the elected Legislative Assembly.

King-in-Council

The executive power is vested in the Crown and exercised "in-Council", meaning on the advice of the Executive Council; conventionally, this is the Cabinet, which is chaired by the premier and comprises ministers of the Crown.

Premier and Executive Council

The term Government of Ontario, or more formally, His Majesty's Government refers to the activities of the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council. The day-to-day operation and activities of the Government of Ontario are performed by the provincial departments and agencies, staffed by the non-partisan Ontario Public Service and directed by the elected government.

Doug Ford is Premier

Premier

The premier of Ontario is the first minister of the Crown. The premier acts as the head of government for the province, chairs and selects the membership of the Cabinet, and advises the Crown on the exercise of executive power and much of the royal prerogative. As premiers hold office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the elected Legislative Assembly, they typically sit as a MPP and lead the largest party or a coalition in the Assembly. Once sworn in, the premier holds office until their resignation or removal by the lieutenant governor after either a motion of no confidence or defeat in a general election.[13]

In Canada, the Cabinet (French: Conseil des ministres, lit. 'council of ministers') of provincial and territorial governments are known as an Executive Council (French: Conseil exécutif).

The premier of Ontario is Doug Ford of the Progressive Conservatives since the 2018 election; the 26th since Confederation.

Cabinet membership

The Ontario Government Buildings in downtown Toronto contain the head offices of several provincial ministries.

Ministry	Minister	Assumed present office
Cabinet Office	Doug Ford (Premier)	June 29, 2018
Cabinet Office	Sylvia Jones (Deputy Premier)	June 24, 2022
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs	Lisa Thompson	June 18, 2021
Ministry of the Attorney General	Doug Downey (Attorney General)	June 20, 2019
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services	Michael Parsa	March 24, 2023
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services	Charmaine Williams (Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity)	June 24, 2022
Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism	Michael Ford	June 24, 2022
Ministry of Colleges and Universities	Jill Dunlop	June 18, 2021
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade	Vic Fedeli	June 20, 2019
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade	Nina Tangri (Associate Minister of Small Business )[14]	September 22, 2023
Ministry of Education	Stephen Lecce	June 20, 2019
Ministry of Energy	Todd Smith	June 18, 2021
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks	Andrea Khanjin	September 22, 2023
Ministry of Finance	Peter Bethlenfalvy	December 31, 2020
Ministry of Francophone Affairs	Caroline Mulroney	June 29, 2018
Ministry of Health	Sylvia Jones	June 24, 2022
Ministry of Health	Michael Tibollo (Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions)	June 20, 2019
Ministry of Indigenous Affairs	Greg Rickford	June 29, 2018
Ministry of Infrastructure	Kinga Surma	June 18, 2021
Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs	Doug Ford	June 29, 2018
Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development	David Piccini	September 22, 2023
Ministry of Legislative Affairs	Paul Calandra	October 19, 2021
Ministry of Long-Term Care	Stan Cho	September 4, 2023
Ministry of Mines	George Pirie	June 24, 2022
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing	Paul Calandra	September 4, 2023
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing	Rob Flack (Associate Minister of Housing)	September 4, 2023
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry	Graydon Smith	June 24, 2022
Ministry of Northern Development	Greg Rickford	June 24, 2022
Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery	Todd McCarthy	September 4, 2023
Ministry of Red Tape Reduction	Parm Gill	June 24, 2022
Ministry of Seniors and Accessibility	Raymond Cho	June 29, 2018
Ministry of the Solicitor General	Michael Kerzner (Solicitor General)	June 24, 2022
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport	Neil Lumsden	June 24, 2022
Ministry of Transportation	Prabmeet Sarkaria	September 4, 2023
Ministry of Transportation	Vijay Thanigasalam	September 22, 2023
Treasury Board	Caroline Mulroney (President of the Treasury Board)	September 4, 2023

Crown corporations

Ontario Public Service

The Government of Ontario employs 63,000+ public servants in its non-partisan workforce called the Ontario Public Service (OPS).[15] The OPS helps the government design and deliver policies and programs. The head of the OPS is the Secretary of Cabinet and each ministry in the OPS has a Deputy Minister. The OPS public servants work in areas like administration, communications, data analytics, finance, information technology, law, policy, program development, service delivery, science and research.[16]

Over 80% of the OPS workforce is unionized, which includes the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario.[17]

Public servants who are paid $100,000 or more are subject to the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act.[18] This list is colloquially known as the sunshine list.

References

"Order in Council 174/2019". www.ontario.ca. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
Claude Bouchard (16 February 2016). "Jugement No. 200-17-018455-139" (PDF) (in French). Cour supérieure du Québec. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2016 – via Le Devoir.
Romaniuk, Scott Nicholas; Wasylciw, Joshua K. (February 2015). "Canada's Evolving Crown: From a British Crown to a "Crown of Maples"". American, British and Canadian Studies Journal. 23 (1): 108–125. doi:10.1515/abcsj-2014-0030.
Department of Canadian Heritage (2015). "Crown of Maples: Constitutional Monarchy in Canada" (PDF). Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
"Queen and Canada". The Royal Household. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
"The Queen of Canada". Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
[2][3][4][5][6]
Branch, Legislative Services (7 August 2020). "Consolidated federal laws of canada, THE CONSTITUTION ACTS, 1867 to 1982". laws-lois.justice.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
Hicks, Bruce (2012). "The Westminster Approach to Prorogation, Dissolution and Fixed Date Elections" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review. 35 (2): 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
MacLeod 2008, p. 36
Government of Canada (4 December 2015). "Why does the Governor General give the Speech?". Queen's Printer for Canada. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
[9][10][11]
Brooks 2007, p. 235
"Premier Doug Ford Renews Team that will Deliver on Promise to Build Ontario".
"Senior leadership diversification in the Ontario Public Service – 2020 annual progress report | ontario.ca". www.ontario.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
"About the Ontario Public Service | ontario.ca". www.ontario.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
"OPS workforce demographics - Dataset - Ontario Data Catalogue". data.ontario.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
"Public sector salary disclosure 2022: all sectors and seconded employees". www.ontario.ca. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

Works cited

Brooks, Stephen (2007). Canadian Democracy: An Introduction (5 ed.). Don Mills: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-543103-2.
MacLeod, Kevin S. (2008), A Crown of Maples (PDF) (1 ed.), Ottawa: Queen's Printer for Canada, ISBN 978-0-662-46012-1, retrieved 21 June 2009

External links

Official website

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[1] "Order in Council 174/2019". www.ontario.ca. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[2] Claude Bouchard (16 February 2016). "Jugement No. 200-17-018455-139" (PDF) (in French). Cour supérieure du Québec. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2016 – via Le Devoir.

[evolve-3] Romaniuk, Scott Nicholas; Wasylciw, Joshua K. (February 2015). "Canada's Evolving Crown: From a British Crown to a "Crown of Maples"". American, British and Canadian Studies Journal. 23 (1): 108–125. doi:10.1515/abcsj-2014-0030.

[4] Department of Canadian Heritage (2015). "Crown of Maples: Constitutional Monarchy in Canada" (PDF). Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

[5] "Queen and Canada". The Royal Household. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

[6] "The Queen of Canada". Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

[7] [2][3][4][5][6]

[8] Branch, Legislative Services (7 August 2020). "Consolidated federal laws of canada, THE CONSTITUTION ACTS, 1867 to 1982". laws-lois.justice.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

[9] Hicks, Bruce (2012). "The Westminster Approach to Prorogation, Dissolution and Fixed Date Elections" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review. 35 (2): 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

[10] MacLeod 2008, p. 36

[11] Government of Canada (4 December 2015). "Why does the Governor General give the Speech?". Queen's Printer for Canada. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

[12] [9][10][11]

[Brooks235-13] Brooks 2007, p. 235

[14] "Premier Doug Ford Renews Team that will Deliver on Promise to Build Ontario".

[15] "Senior leadership diversification in the Ontario Public Service – 2020 annual progress report | ontario.ca". www.ontario.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[16] "About the Ontario Public Service | ontario.ca". www.ontario.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[17] "OPS workforce demographics - Dataset - Ontario Data Catalogue". data.ontario.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[18] "Public sector salary disclosure 2022: all sectors and seconded employees". www.ontario.ca. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

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