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Federal-Provincial Relations Branch
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Ontario. Office of Federal-Provincial Relations
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Dates of existence
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The Federal-Provincial Relations Branch was created in 1982 and replaced the former Federal-Provincial and Interprovincial Affairs Secretariat. At the time, there were significant staff changes when the Executive Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, E.D. Greathed and the Director of the Secretariat, Gary S. Posen, left in 1981 and 1982 respectively.
The branch became known as the Office of Federal-Provincial Relations from 1989 to 1991.
In 1991, the Federal-Provincial Relations Branch was replaced with the Office of Constitutional Affairs and Federal-Provincial Relations.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Federal-Provincial Relations Branch provided policy advice on Ontario's participation in federal-provincial and interprovincial relations. An Intergovernmental Affairs representative in Ottawa reported on activities of the federal government. The branch assessed current constitutional issues in Confederation, including the distribution of powers and the reform of central institutions. It identified the effect of policy and program initiatives on Ontario's relations within Confederation; made recommendations to ministries on specific interprovincial or federal-provincial issues; assisted ministries in their intergovernmental relations and coordinated preparations for the Premier's participation at First Ministerial Level Conferences. Through the Ontario-Quebec Permanent Commission (OQPC), the branch promoted educational, public administration and cultural exchanges with Quebec by governments, individuals, groups, schools and organizations.
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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
Government of Ontario telephone directories, 1982-1990
Government of Ontario KWIC index to services, 1982-1990.
Maintenance notes
There is another branch of a very similar name, within the Ministry of Skills Development.
Archivist(s):
Dale