Leader of the Government in the House of Commons of Canada
The leader of the government in the House of Commons of Canada, more commonly known as the government house leader, is the Cabinet minister responsible for planning and managing the government's legislative program in the House of Commons of Canada. Despite the name of the position it does not refer to the prime minister of Canada, who is the head of government.
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons of Canada
Image: Photograph of the Hon. Ian A. Mackenzie
Image: Alphonse Fournier
Image: Walter Edward Harris
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
