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    Department of Munitions and Supply

    The Department of Munitions and Supply was Canada's principal agency for co-ordinating domestic industry during WORLD WAR II.

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    Department of National Defence

    The Department of National Defence was created 1 January 1923, the result of the amalgamation of the departments of Naval Services and Militia and Defence, and the Air Board.

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    Department of Natural Resources

    The Department of Natural Resources was established in 1993, replacing Energy, Mines and Resources as a federal agency. Some of the department's components have long histories. The Department of Mines, created in 1907, was reorganized as the Department of Mines and Resources in 1936.

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    Department of Secretary of State

    Established in 1867 as the official channel of communication between the Dominion of Canada and the imperial government, the department evolved into the most eclectic ministry in Cabinet.

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    Department of Solicitor General

    Solicitor General, Department ofThe Department of the Solicitor General is a body within the Ministry of the Solicitor General which consists of the department and four other agencies: the ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE (RCMP), the CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (CSIS), the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), and the National Parole Board (NPB). There are also four Ministry review bodies which aim at accountability and respect for the rule of law. The entire portfolio has a...

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    Department of Supply and Services

    The Department of Supply and Services was the purchasing and accounting arm of the federal government.

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    Department of Veterans Affairs

    Veterans Affairs, Department of, est 1944, upon division of the Department of Pensions and National Health.

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    Deputy Minister

    A deputy minister is generally an officer of the public service appointed as managerial and administrative head of a department or ministry of the federal or provincial governments.

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    Federal Task Force on Agriculture

    Agriculture, Federal Task Force on, established 1967 to advise the federal minister of agriculture on problems of Canadian agriculture and to recommend policies.

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    Health Canada

    Originally created in 1919 as the Department of Health, and merged with the Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment to form the Department of Pensions and National Health in 1928, the Department of National Health and Welfare was established in 1944.

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    Canada’s Cold War Purge of LGBTQ from Public Service

    Between the 1950s and the 1990s, the Canadian government responded to national security concerns generated by Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union by spying on, exposing and removing suspected LGBTQ individuals from the federal public service and the Canadian Armed Forces. They were cast as social and political subversives and seen as targets for blackmail by communist regimes seeking classified information. These characterizations were justified by arguments that people who engaged in same-sex relations suffered from a “character weakness” and had something to hide because their sexuality was considered a taboo and, under certain circumstances, was illegal. As a result, the RCMP investigated large numbers of people. Many of them were fired, demoted or forced to resign — even if they had no access to security information. These measures were kept out of public view to prevent scandal and to keep counter-espionage operations under wraps. In 2017, the federal government issued an official apology for its discriminatory actions and policies, along with a $145-million compensation package.

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    Library of Parliament

    The Library of Parliament came into being when the legislative libraries of Upper and Lower Canada were amalgamated in 1841 and situated in Montréal. In 1849 only 200 of the 12,000 books were saved when an angry mob protesting the Rebellion Losses Bill set fire to the Parliament Buildings.

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    Ministère de la Marine

    The Ministère de la Marine is the section of the French government that administered Canada during its last 100 years as a French colony. The Ministère de la Marine — variously described as a ministry, department, or secretariat of state — administered France’s navy, colonies and seaborne trade.

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    Ministry of Overseas Military Forces

    The Ministry of Overseas Military Forces was established in November 1916 to administer Canadian forces in the UK, especially in the training of reinforcements, and to act as the communications channel between the Militia Department, the British War Office, and the Canadian Corps in France.

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    Minting

    The early years saw the Mint efficiently producing gold Sovereigns, Canadian coins and millions of ounces of refined gold. The Mint even produced gun parts for Britain during World War I.

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