Collection search - Privy Council Office clerk's notes [textual record]

Record information – Brief
1
Privy Council Office clerk's notes [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1998, 2003, 2006-2015, predominant 2009-2015.

Reference:

R16093-71027-8-E

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5754952

Context of this record:

Show detail Hide detail

Stephen J. Harper fonds

Office of the Prime Minister - Executive office

Privy Council Office clerk's notes
Link to this record

Add to My Research

Link to this record

This link identifies the web page describing this particular record. Unlike the temporary link in your browser, this link will allow you to access, and reference, this page in the future. To link to this descriptive record, copy and paste the URL where ever needed (wiki, blog, document).

Sign in

Sign in to start saving records using My Research

Sign in
Record information – Details

Sub-series includes:

564 lower level description(s)
View lower level description(s)

Date(s):

1998, 2003, 2006-2015, predominant 2009-2015.

Place of creation:

Canada

Added country of publication:

Jamaica, New Zealand, Ivory Coast, Korea (South), Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominican Republic, Malaysia, Russia (Federation), Turks and Caicos Islands

Extent:

16.3 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Japanese, German, Armenian, Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Norwegian, Korean

Scope and content:

Show detail Hide detail

Sub-series consists of photocopies of near-daily memorandums sent to the Prime Minister by the Clerk of the Privy Council (PCO). Known as "clerk's notes" or "PCO notes", the memos provide non-partisan advice to the Prime Minister on issues of the day. Supporting documentation is attached to many of the memorandums. Attachments include, for example, reports, copies of earlier notes, letters received, draft outgoing letters, third-party publications, legal opinions, etc.).

Daily PCO notes produced under the Clerk of the Privy Council's signature were intended to provide the Prime Minister with non-partisan background information and advice on most matters of importance facing the Government of Canada.

Incoming PCO notes were reviewed every morning by staff in the Office of the Prime Minister - Deputy Chief of Staff and Policy units before being routed to the Prime Minister's "night file" (memos, letters, and notes to be reviewed that evening). After reviewing each PCO note, the Prime Minister returned the night file to his support staff. Original clerk's notes were then returned to the Privy Council Office, but the Prime Minister's Office filed a duplicate set within the Executive Office for future reference.

Additional information:

Show detail Hide detail

Arrangement note:

The PCO notes within this sub-series are arranged chronologically by note date.

Related material:

Prime Minister's Office memos produced in response to selected clerk's notes are found in the "Prime Minister's Office memos responding to Privy Council Office clerk's notes" sub-series. Similar records are also found in the "Office of the Prime Minister - Deputy Chief of Staff unit" and "Office of the Prime Minister - Policy unit" series.

Source:

Private
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Show detail Hide detail

Textual records

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Volume [R16093] 385--466

[Consultation 99 Closed pending processing]

You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.

Cannot visit us on site? You can purchase a copy to be sent to you. Some restrictions may apply.