Ministerial directives and constitutional development in the Yukon Territory

ABSTRACT This article reviews the role that ministerial directives played in shaping the constitutional development of the Yukon Territory 1970–85. These were years of dramatic change, with the form of government shifting from autocratic bureaucracy to responsible democracy. The instrument for this...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Smyth, Steven
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1990
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Yukon
Indian
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400022701
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400022701
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Summary:ABSTRACT This article reviews the role that ministerial directives played in shaping the constitutional development of the Yukon Territory 1970–85. These were years of dramatic change, with the form of government shifting from autocratic bureaucracy to responsible democracy. The instrument for this change was the ministerial directive, an order from the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs to the Commissioner, sanctioned by Section 4 of the Yukon Act. The fact that the head of government is the Commissioner, a senior federal public servant, was key to the process.

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