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New Advisory Committee on Vice-Regal Appointments
The Advisory Committee, composed of individuals from outside of government with diverse expertise, will deliberate on candidates and consult with key stakeholders when vacancies for the Governor General, Lieutenant Governors or Territorial Commissioners are anticipated. The Advisory Committee will then present a report to the Prime Minister with a shortlist of proposed candidates for the Prime Minister’s consideration. In addition to the Chair, the Advisory Committee will include two permanent members and two temporary members.
Mr. Kevin MacLeod, who currently serves in the part-time position of Canadian Secretary to The Queen, will assume the full-time role. The first two permanent Advisory Committee members will be: Mr. Robert Watt, a Citizenship Judge and Canadian social historian who served as the first Chief Herald of Canada from 1988-2007 in the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General; and Dr. Jacques Monet, the Director of the Canadian Institute of Jesuit Studies and a specialist in Canadian constitutional and social history. For appointments of Lieutenant Governors and Territorial Commissioners, temporary members of the committee will be chosen from the jurisdiction of the appointment, bringing a regional perspective to the process.
Further details on the Advisory Committee, including its membership and recommendation process, are set out in the related Terms of Reference backgrounder.
