The Canada Gazette (French: Gazette du Canada) is an official publication by the government of Canada that publishes all laws and Orders in Council issued by the government. It also contains other information on things such as hearing and tribunals, proposed changes and any thing else the government feels should be told to the public in the time period stated in the Statutory Instruments Regulations. It is administered by Public Works and Government Services Canada by the Queen's Printer since 1841.
The Gazette is not widely read with only some media, government, and businesses paying close attention. It is important, however, as once a law or regulation is noted in the Gazette, ignorance of it is no longer a legal defence.
Canada's provinces all have their own versions of the Gazette.
The Gazette is published in three parts:
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“What makes the United States government, on the whole, more tolerable—I mean for us lucky white men—is the fact that there is so much less of government with us.... But in Canada you are reminded of the government every day. It parades itself before you. It is not content to be the servant, but will be the master; and every day it goes out to the Plains of Abraham or to the Champs de Mars and exhibits itself and toots.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)