<sod>* Federal Government:  the federal government stopped appointing Queen's Counsel in 1993, but resumed the practice in 2013.<ref name="Gov.ca 20131211">{{Cite web |url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/nr-cp/2013/doc_33009.html |title=Justice Canada:  Designation of Queen's Counsel |date=11 December 2013 |accessdate=13 December 2013}}{{dead link|date=December 2015}}</ref>  Appointments are recommended by the Minister of Justice, assisted by an advisory committee.  In the most recent appointments, late 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,"  December 11, 2014.]</ref><eod>
<sod>* [[Canada|Federal Government]]:  the federal government stopped appointing Queen's Counsel in 1993, but resumed the practice in 2013.<ref name="Gov.ca 20131211">{{Cite web |url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/nr-cp/2013/doc_33009.html |title=Justice Canada:  Designation of Queen's Counsel |date=11 December 2013 |accessdate=13 December 2013}}{{dead link|date=December 2015}}</ref>  Appointments are recommended by the Minister of Justice, assisted by an advisory committee.  In the most recent appointments, late 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,"  December 11, 2014.]</ref><eod>