Cabinet Committee Mandates and Membership

March 17, 2006

Priorities and Planning

Provides strategic direction on government priorities and expenditure management, and ratifies committee recommendations.

Chair
The Rt. Hon. Stephen Joseph Harper

Vice-Chair
The Hon. Lawrence Cannon

Members
The Hon. Marjory LeBreton
The Hon. Chuck Strahl
The Hon. Peter Gordon MacKay
The Hon. Stockwell Day
The Hon. Vic Toews
The Hon. Jim Prentice
The Hon. John Baird
The Hon. Maxime Bernier
The Hon. James Michael Flaherty

Listed in order of date of appointment to the Privy Council, followed by date first elected to the House of
Commons or appointed to the Senate.

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Operations

Provides the day-to-day coordination of the government’s agenda, including issues
management, legislation and house planning, and communications.

Chair
The Hon. Jim Prentice

Vice-Chair
The Hon. Robert Douglas Nicholson

Members
The Hon. David Emerson
The Hon. Gary Lunn
The Hon. Loyola Hearn
The Hon. Carol Skelton
The Hon. Rona Ambrose
The Hon. Gordon O’Connor
The Hon. John Baird
The Hon. Lawrence Cannon
The Hon. Tony Clement
The Hon. Michael Fortier

Listed in order of date of appointment to the Privy Council, followed by date first elected to the House of
Commons or appointed to the Senate.

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Treasury Board

Responsible for accountability and ethics, financial, personnel and administrative management, comptrollership, approving regulations and most orders-in-council.

Chair
The Hon. John Baird

Vice-Chair
The Hon. James Michael Flaherty

Members
The Hon. Carol Skelton
The Hon. Jim Prentice
The Hon. Maxime Bernier
The Hon. Michael Fortier

Alternates *
The Hon. Vic Toews
The Hon. Gordon O’Connor

*Alternates will attend Treasury Board meetings when accountability initiatives are being presented.

Listed in order of date of appointment to the Privy Council, followed by date first elected to the House of
Commons or appointed to the Senate.

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Social Affairs

Considers health care, justice, Aboriginal, training and skills development, culture, and immigration policy issues.

Chair
The Hon. Tony Clement

Vice-Chair
The Hon. Diane Finley

Members
The Hon. Jean-Pierre Blackburn
The Hon. Gregory Francis Thompson
The Hon. Monte Solberg
The Hon. Vic Toews
The Hon. Michael D. Chong
The Hon. Beverley J. Oda
The Hon. Jim Prentice

Listed in order of date of appointment to the Privy Council, followed by date first elected to the House of
Commons or appointed to the Senate.

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Economic Affairs

Considers economic growth, international trade, sustainable development, natural resources, fisheries, agriculture, energy, transport, infrastructure and communities, and regional development policy issues.

Chair
The Hon. James Michael Flaherty

Vice-Chair
The Hon. David Emerson

Members
The Hon. Chuck Strahl
The Hon. Gary Lunn
The Hon. Loyola Hearn
The Hon. Carol Skelton
The Hon. Rona Ambrose
The Hon. Maxime Bernier
The Hon. Lawrence Cannon
The Hon. Michael Fortier

Listed in order of date of appointment to the Privy Council, followed by date first elected to the House of
Commons or appointed to the Senate.

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Foreign Affairs and National Security

Considers foreign affairs, international development, security and defence policy
issues.

Chair
The Hon. Peter Gordon MacKay

Vice-Chair
The Hon. Stockwell Day

Members
The Hon. David Emerson
The Hon. Monte Solberg
The Hon. Loyola Hearn
The Hon. Vic Toews
The Hon. Rona Ambrose
The Hon. Gordon O’Connor
The Hon. Josée Verner

The Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board are ex-officio members of Committees where they are not shown as standing members.

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