Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Policy & Planning 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 & Planning Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Policy & Planning Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1978-1993

      History

      The Policy & Planning Branch was created within the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations in 1978, and reported directly to the Deputy Minister. It resulted when the former Finance and Program Evaluation Branch ceased to exist, and assumed the functions of the Planning and Evaluation Section of the branch.

      The Policy & Planning Branch continued to exist until 1994, when it was moved to the newly created Policy, Agency and Corporate Affairs Division and re-named the Policy Branch.

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      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Policy & Planning Branch was responsible for providing advice and assistance regarding programs of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations to the Deputy Minister and the Minister of the ministry. It was responsible for the research, analysis and development of policy submissions, and for strategic planning.

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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 & Planning Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1978-1993

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Finance and Program Evaluation Branch (1976-1978)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1289

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Finance and Program Evaluation Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Policy & Planning 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 successor of Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Policy & Planning Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1287

      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

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Annual reports of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, 1978-1993.

          Canadiana Authorities.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Bob Krawczyk