Editing King's Counsel (section)

=====Federal government=====

The federal government stopped appointing Queen's Counsel in 1993, but resumed the practice in 2013 under the [[Harper Ministry]].<ref name="Gov.ca 20131211">{{Cite web |url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/nr-cp/2013/doc_33009.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220194656/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/nr-cp/2013/doc_33009.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 December 2013 |title=Justice Canada: Designation of Queen's Counsel |date=11 December 2013 |access-date=13 December 2013}}</ref> Appointments are recommended by the Minister of Justice, assisted by an advisory committee. In 2014, the government appointed seven lawyers as Queen's Counsel. All were employed in the federal public service.<ref>"[http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=913609 Justice Canada:  Designation of Queen's Counsel]", 11 December 2014. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231171201/http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=913609 |date=31 December 2015 }}</ref>

Since 2015, under the [[29th Canadian Ministry|Trudeau Ministry]], federal appointments as a Queen's Counsel (or King's Counsel since 8 September 2022) has been limited to the [[Attorney General of Canada]]. [[Jody Wilson-Raybould]] was appointed as Queen's Counsel when she served as Attorney General and [[David Lametti]] was appointed a Queen's Counsel on 15 April 2019.<ref>"[http://orders-in-council.canada.ca/attachment.php?attach=37696&lang=en Order in council PC 2019-0375]", 15 April 2019.</ref>