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Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
Cabinet position in the Canadian government
Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
The deputy prime minister of Canada (French: vice-première ministre du Canada) is a position in the Canadian Cabinet which is conferred from time to time by the prime minister of Canada to a senior cabinet member. That title does not have any formal standing in law or formal duties. It is not a ministerial office, in that there is no associated departmental portfolio, since it is almost always conferred on an individual who already holds a position as Cabinet minister. As a cabinet minister, deputy prime ministers are appointed to the Privy Council and styled as the Honourable (French: l'honorable), a privilege maintained for life. The title has not been in use at any point in the Carney ministry that is currently in office. The title was last held by Chrystia Freeland in the Trudeau Ministry between 2019 and 2024, and before Freeland by Anne McLellan in the Martin ministry between 2003 and 2006. The title deputy prime minister, a political title conferred upon cabinet members, should...
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