Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Policy and Agency Relations Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Policy and Agency Relations Branch

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    • Policy and Agency Relations Branch

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1997-2001

      History

      The Policy and Agency Relations Branch was established in 1997 as a successor to the Agency Relations Branch and the Policy Branch. The branch provided policy development services to MCCR and was the program liaison with the beverage, alcohol, gaming agencies and horse racing: the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, the Gaming Commission of Ontario, and the Ontario Racing Commission.

      The Branch was managed by a Branch Director reporting to the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Corporate Services Division.

      The Policy and Agency Relations Branch ceased to exist in 2001. The Sector Liaison and Policy Branches of the Policy and Consumer Protection Services Division, MCCR assumed functions relating to agency relations and policy.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The branch's focus was to deliver an integrated approach to policy development, strategic planning, and issues management within the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (MCCR). It provided corporate policy services to all of MCCR's divisions as well as to the Minister and Deputy Minister's offices. In addition, the branch was responsible for policy development related to agencies, boards and commissions that reported directly to MCCR, and to the sectors they regulated.

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      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (1972-2001)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA18

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations controls Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Policy and Agency Relations Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1997-2001

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Agency Relations Branch (1994-1996)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1390

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Agency Relations Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Policy and Agency Relations Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Policy Branch (1993-1996)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1889

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Policy Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Policy and Agency Relations Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

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      Authority record identifier

      CA1937

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          KWIC Indexes, 1997-2002

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Radford-Grant