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Ministerial directives and constitutional development in the Yukon Territory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Steven Smyth
Steven Smyth
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77 Kluane Gescent, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 3G9Canada
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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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Polar Record , Volume 26 , Issue 156 , January 1990 , pp. 7 - 12
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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