Order Transferring to the Department of Industry, Science and Technology the Control and Supervision of Certain Portions of the Public Service and Transferring to the Minister of Industry, Science and Technology the Powers, Duties and Functions of the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Amalgamating and Combining the Departments of Industry, Science and Technology and the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs under the Minister of Industry, Science and Technology (SI/93-141)

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, is pleased hereby

• (a) pursuant to paragraph 2(a) of the Public Service Rearrangement and Transfer of Duties Act, to transfer

  • (i) to the Department of Industry, Science and Technology the control and supervision of

    • (A) those portions of the public service in Investment Canada known as the Investment Review Division and the Investment Research and Policy Division, and

    • (B) those portions of the public service in the Department of Communications known as Automated Applications, Telematics and New Media, Spectrum Management Operations, Certification and Engineering Bureau, Communications Research Centre (CRC), Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister (Quebec), Regional Spectrum Services Centre and Canadian Workplace Automation Research Centre, and

  • (ii) to the Minister of Industry, Science and Technology all the powers, duties and functions of the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs under any Act of Parliament; and

• (b) pursuant to paragraph 2(b) of that Act, to amalgamate and combine the Department of Industry, Science and Technology and the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs under the Minister of Industry, Science and Technology and under the Deputy Minister of Industry, Science and Technology.