A ministerial decree or ministerial order is a decree by a ministry. With a ministerial decree the administrative department is delegated the task to impose a formal judgement or mandate. Ministerial
A sign from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency advising residents of a ministerial order in effect for the area. A similar sign in French may be seen in the background of the photo.
The Government of Canada, formally His Majesty's Government, is the federal executive of Canada, which includes ministers of the Crown and the federal civil service ; it is corporately branded as the
Louise Arbour, Governor General of Canada, the monarch's representative