Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Tourism. Policy and Priorities Division

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Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Tourism. Policy and Priorities Division

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    • Policy and Priorities Division

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      Dates of existence

      1977-1982

      History

      The Policy and Priorities Division was created in March 1977 within the Ontario Ministry of Industry and Tourism. It had no immediate predecessor. At creation, it consisted of the Industry Sector Policy Branch, the Research Branch and the Strategic Planning Branch. The Strategic Planning Branch previously reported to the Deputy Minister. The Research Branch was formed from a combination of the Industrial Research Branch and the Trade Research Branch.

      The structure within the division never achieved stability. The Research Branch was re-named the Industry and Trade Analysis Branch, and the Strategic Planning Branch was re-named the Program Planning and Analysis Branch. Finally, both these branches were disbanded and replaced with the Trade Policy Branch and the Industrial Policy Branch.

      The Policy and Priorities Division continued to exist until 1982 when the Ministry of Industry and Trade was formed. The division has no direct successor within the new ministry, as policy functions were divided amongst the Policy Secretariat, which reported directly to the Deputy Minister, and by the Industrial Policy and Analysis Branch and the Trade Policy and Analysis Branch.

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      The Policy and Priorities Division was responsible for the Ontario Ministry of Industry and Tourism's planning and policy advisory functions. The division identified key short and long term issues and provided government leadership in the development of provincial policy. For a time, it was also responsible for the definition of standards for the introduction of the metric system.

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      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Tourism (1972-1982)

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      AA13

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Tourism controls Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Tourism. Policy and Priorities Division

      Dates of relationship

      1977-1982

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      Authority record identifier

      CA889

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      Rules and/or conventions used

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

      Status

      Approved

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Robert Anger