| Parliamentarians and their staff | Elected individuals or individuals designated by the prime minister for that parliamentary term, and staff working for those individuals, responsible to the political party in power |
| Prime Minister’s Office |
Prime minister Any people registered with the Prime Minister’s Office as their government institution (e.g., directors, chiefs, policy advisors)
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| Ministers and parliamentary secretaries |
Ministers (i.e., the political leader of a government department, such as minister of health, minister of finance) Parliamentary secretaries (i.e., politicians serving as the link between parliamentarians and ministers and assisting senior ministers in their roles)
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| Ministerial staff |
Any people working directly for a minister or parliamentary secretary (i.e., any individual registered with the branch unit “Minister’s office”; such as chief of staff to the minister, director of parliamentary affairs, policy advisor to the minister, executive assistant to the minister)
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| Members of Parliament, Senators and their staff |
Members of Parliament Senators Any people registered with the House of Commons or the Senate of Canada as their government institution (e.g., director of parliamentary affairs, policy advisors to Members of Parliament, parliamentary assistants, member’s assistant)
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| Civil servants | Nonpolitical staff (i.e., nonelected), responsible to the state (i.e., Canada) and not to the political party in power |
| Privy Council Office |
Any people registered with the Privy Council Office as their government institution (i.e., senior civil servants who provide direct, nonpartisan support and advice to the Prime Minister’s Office, ministries and government leadership, such as director of policy, assistant secretary, deputy secretary, policy advisors)
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| Deputy ministers |
Deputy ministers (i.e., senior civil servant who is the functional head of a government department [e.g., Health Canada], reporting to the minister or political lead of the department) including acting and associate deputy ministers
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| Assistant deputy ministers |
Assistant deputy ministers (i.e., senior civil servant who is the functional head of a branch within a government department, such as the Health Products and Food Branch within Health Canada), reporting to the deputy minister, including acting and associate assistant deputy ministers
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| Other government officials |
Any civil servant registered with one of the government institutions other than the House of Commons or the Senate of Canada (e.g., Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Health Canada, such as directors, chiefs, advisors, policy advisors, chairpersons, analysts, commissioners, secretary generals, economists, special assistants)
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