The Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (French: Vice-premier ministre du Canada) is an honorary position in the cabinet, conferred at the discretion of the prime minister. There is currently, as of 2012, no deputy prime minister.
The deputy prime minister should not be confused with the position of deputy minister to the prime minister, officially known as the Clerk of the Privy Council, which, like other deputy minister positions, is one of a civil servant and not a minister of the Crown.
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