Cabinet of Canada
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The Cabinet of Canada is a body of ministers of the Crown that, along with the Canadian monarch, and within the tenets of the Westminster system, forms the government of Canada. Chaired by the prime minister, the Cabinet is a committee of the King's Privy Council for Canada and the senior echelon of the Ministry, the membership of the Cabinet and Ministry often being co-terminal; as of November 2015 there were no members of the latter who were not also members of the former.
Governor General David Johnston, representing Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, with his newly sworn-in Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, part of the 29th Canadian Ministry (Elizabeth's 13th and last), at Rideau Hall, 4 November 2015
Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, with her Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, part of the 19th Canadian Ministry (Elizabeth's third), at Rideau Hall, 1 July 1967
A meeting of the Cabinet of William Lyon Mackenzie King in 1930
The 16th Canadian Ministry, headed by William Lyon Mackenzie King, on the grounds of Rideau Hall, 19 June 1945
Monarchy of Canada
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The monarchy of Canada is Canada's form of government embodied by the Canadian sovereign and head of state. It is one of the key components of Canadian sovereignty and sits at the core of Canada's constitutional federal structure and Westminster-style parliamentary democracy. The monarchy is the foundation of the executive (King-in-Council), legislative (King-in-Parliament), and judicial (King-on-the-Bench) branches of both federal and provincial jurisdictions. The current monarch is King Charles III, who has reigned since 8 September 2022.
Monarchy of Canada
A Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Flight, used to transport the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their 2011 royal tour of Canada.
Sophia, Electress of Hanover, from whom heirs to the throne must directly descend
A memorial procession in Ottawa before the national commemoration ceremony for the death of Queen Elizabeth II