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18-398: Privy Council Office may refer to: Privy Council Office (Canada) Privy Council Office (United Kingdom) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Privy Council Office . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

36-493: A department of intergovernmental affairs, secretariats for communications, foreign and defence policy, security and intelligence, social affairs, economic affairs, legislation and house planning and machinery of government . Traditionally, the Privy Council Office has served as a "finishing school" for civil servants destined for executive positions within government. Officials who spend several years gaining experience at

54-605: A link between the political party organization and the government. One of the most important roles of the PMO is related to government appointments, which are made by the monarch or governor general on the advice of the prime minister, the PMO working with the Privy Council Office to find suitable candidates for positions such as the governor general, provincial lieutenant governors , senators , Supreme Court justices, chairpersons of ministerial boards, heads of Crown corporations , and more. After Jean Chrétien became prime minister,

72-483: Is a personal and partisan office. It is understood that the prime minister should not receive advice from only one institutionalized source. To that end, the Privy Council Office serves as the policy-oriented but politically neutral advisory unit to the prime minister, while the Prime Minister's Office is politically oriented but policy-sensitive. As of 2017, the Privy Council Office's Impact and Innovation Unit manages

90-403: Is the seat of the PMO. But, since the building has been renamed, media usually simply speak of staff "in the prime minister's office". The PMO includes speech writers, strategists, and communications staffers who shape the prime minister's and Cabinet 's message, as well as keeping the prime minister informed on events that take place in government and across the country. The office also acts as

108-645: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau ; and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre Pettigrew . The head of the civil service has the title of clerk of the Privy Council , and also serves as the secretary to the Cabinet and deputy minister to the prime minister. The Privy Council Office's role is different from that of the Prime Minister's Office , which

126-675: The Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council Building in Ottawa , Ontario. The PMO provides policy advice, information gathering, communications, planning, and strategizing. It should not be confused with the Privy Council Office (PCO) – a department of the Government of Canada and part of the Public Service , which is expressly non-partisan . The PMO is concerned with making policy, whereas

144-656: The White House , and Rideau Hall , the Canadian prime minister's official residence of 24 Sussex Drive is not widely used as a metonym for the prime minister's office. This is because, unlike those examples, the Canadian prime minister's official residence is not the site of any bureaucratic functions. Langevin Block—the former name of the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council Building—was occasionally used this way in media, as it

162-511: The Impact Canada behavioural sciences platform in partnership with other departments of the Government of Canada. Canadian Prime Minister%27s Office The Office of the Prime Minister (commonly called the prime minister's office or PMO ; French : Cabinet du Premier ministre ; CPM ) comprises the political staff which support the prime minister of Canada . Located in

180-496: The PCO is concerned with executing the policy decisions. Katie Telford manages the PMO, serving as chief of staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau since November 4, 2015. The position of principal secretary has been vacant since February 18, 2019. Officially titled the Office of the Prime Minister , the organization is widely referred to as the prime minister's office and, although

198-467: The PMO continued to be the central organ of the government. Chrétien greatly depended upon the PMO, especially his chief of staff, Jean Pelletier , who ran the office from 1993 to 2001; Percy Downe , who served as his director of appointments from 1998 to 2001 and chief of staff from 2001 to 2003; and his senior advisor, Eddie Goldenberg , who had spent his entire career working with Chrétien in various ministries. Chrétien's successor, Paul Martin , changed

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216-541: The Privy Council Office, and working on policy matters from the perspective of the prime minister, return to their home departments with a greater appreciation of government operations at the corporate level. Aside from senior positions within the civil service, Privy Council Office alumni have gone on to pursue successful careers in business and politics, including Paul Tellier , former chief executive officer of Bombardier ; Michael Sabia , chief executive officer of Bell Canada ; Robert Rabinovitch , chief executive officer of

234-456: The department, is the head of the civil service of Canada , and acts as the deputy minister to the prime minister , who is the minister responsible for the department. The Privy Council Office is located in the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council building (previously known as Langevin Block) on Parliament Hill . Although the Privy Council Office has grown in size and complexity over

252-404: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Privy_Council_Office&oldid=715593162 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Privy Council Office (Canada) The clerk of the Privy Council , who leads

270-452: The latter rendering of the name is completely unofficial, the office's English abbreviation is always given as PMO , as opposed to OPM . (In French , the PMO is known as the Cabinet du Premier minister and abbreviated as CPM , or often literally translated as Bureau du Premier Ministre , abbreviated as BPM .) Unlike similar executive offices, such as 10 Downing Street ,

288-399: The salary of the PMO's staff. This model was largely retained by Martin's successor, Stephen Harper , despite the recommendations of John Gomery following his investigation into the sponsorship scandal , in which he concluded the power of the PMO should be reduced, stating, "the most troubling facts were that this aberration originated in the prime minister's office in the first place and

306-740: The structure of the PMO to more match that of the Executive Office of the President of the United States . For example, he introduced deputy chiefs of staff, who were responsible for areas such as communications and policy; re-established the position of director in the offices of the other ministers of the Crown , positions that were previously known as special assistants; and re-established the position of principal secretary, which had originally been created by Trudeau. Martin further, and significantly, increased

324-407: The years, its main pillars remain the operations and plans secretariats. The former is primarily concerned with coordinating the day-to-day issues of government while the latter takes a medium-term view to the evolution of the Canadian federation. Each incoming prime minister will re-organize the Privy Council Office to suit the policy agenda of their government. Today, the Privy Council Office includes

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