TY - JOUR
AU - Murphy, Gavin
AB -  Statute Law Review 24(2), 157­168, Oxford University Press 2003; all rights reserved GAVIN MURPHY* Introduction Important matters of state requiring federal gnment action in Canada must be agreed to collectively by the Cabinet. The Memorandum to Cabinet is the document prepared to obtain this approval. Memoranda are drafted for a variety of issues, but one key area calling for this level of involvement is the approval of proposed legislation.1 Similar, but less detailed, documents are also prepared for the same purpose in other Commonwealth jurisdictions. The Memorandum to Cabinet Canada's federal Memorandum to Cabinet system can be traced back to a Cabinet directive issued in 1948.2 But it was Pierre Elliott Trudeau who, as the newly elected Prime Minister in 1968, developed the Memorandum's current usefulness and importance. Trudeau was determined to correct a process under which Cabinet agendas were often hastily cobbled together and seldom fol* Legal Counsel, the International Cooperation Group, Department of Justice of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. The views expressed are those of the author only and do not necessarily represent those of the Department of Justice of Canada. Memoranda are also drafted for other issues requiring Cabinet approval. For example, a Memorandum may be 
TI - Political Control over Policy Development
JF - Statute Law Review
DO - 10.1093/slr/24.2.157
DA - 2003-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/political-control-over-policy-development-luvDHR439f
SP - 157
EP - 168
VL - 24
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -