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Agency Relations Branch
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The Agency Relations Branch was established in 1994 as a successor to the Entertainment Standard Branch. The Branch oversaw the activities of three sections; the Athletics Commission; the Theatres Section and the Agency Policy Analysis Section, the latter of which acted as a policy and program liason with ministry agencies like the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, the Gaming Control Commission, the Ontario Racing Commision, the Ontario Film Review Board, the Office of the Athletics Commissioner. and the Consumer Registration Appeal Tribunal.
The Branch was managed by a Branch Director reporting to the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Policy, Agency and Corporate Affairs Division.
The Agency Relations Branch ceased to exist in 1996. Functions relating to agency relations and policy were assumed by the Policy and Agency Relations Branch. Functions relating to the regulation of theatres and combative sports were assumed by the Marketplace Standards and Services Branch.
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The Agency Relations Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations administered the regulation of motion picture theatres, combative sports and acted as policy and program liason with agencies of the ministry . Besides its regulatory goals, the branch sought to balance domestic industry competitiveness with responsible participation and provincial fiscal objectives.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
KWIC Indexes, 1994-1997; Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1994-1998
Maintenance notes
Not in Canadiana authorities, 24-12-96
Archivist(s):
John Dirks