Ministerial Listing for Chief Electoral Officer Changed

Summary#

The Order Amending Schedule I.1 to the Financial Administration Act (SOR/2019-352) changes which ministerial title is listed next to a federal office in a government schedule. The order was registered December 4, 2019 and published in the Canada Gazette on December 25, 2019.

What it does#

• It removes the reference to the Minister of Democratic Institutions in column II of Schedule I.1 to the Financial Administration Act opposite the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (column I).
• It replaces that reference with the President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada.
• The text in the Gazette is an administrative amendment to the schedule; it does not describe any change to the functions of the office itself.

Who's affected#

• The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer is directly named in the change and is the main office affected on paper.
• The two ministerial positions — the Minister of Democratic Institutions and the President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada — are affected in terms of how the office is listed in federal financial/administrative records.
• It is unclear from the text whether this causes any immediate change to day-to-day work at the office or to how elections are run.

Why it matters#

• This is a paper-level reassignment of which ministerial title is formally linked to the office in federal financial records.
• That can change who is listed for administrative or budgetary correspondence and who appears in certain oversight or reporting records.
• The Gazette notice does not say it changes the Office’s duties or how elections are managed.