 members of the queen's privy council for canada use the title the honourable if they are ordinary members. prime ministers, governors general and chief justices automatically are given the title the right honourable. while governors general have the right to the title right honourable upon being sworn into office they are not inducted into the privy council until the end of their term unless they were previously members of the council by virtue of another office. other eminent individuals such as prominent former cabinet ministers are sometimes also given the title right honourable. leaders of opposition parties and provincial premiers are not automatically inducted into the privy council. opposition leaders are brought in from time to time either to commemorate a special event such as the canadian centennial in 1967, the patriation of the constitution or, in order to allow them to be advised on sensitive issues of national security under the security of information act. paul martin inaugurated a practice of inducting parliamentary secretaries into the privy council but this has not been continued by his successor, stephen harper. ==current members of the queen's privy council for canada (year sworn in)== ===royalty=== * hrh the duke of edinburgh (1957) * hrh the prince of wales (2014) ===former governors general=== *the right honourable edward schreyer (1984) *the right honourable adrienne clarkson (2005) *the right honourable michaÃ«lle jean (2012) ===current prime minister=== *the right honourable stephen harper (2004) ===former prime ministers=== *the right honourable john turner (1965)initially joined privy council as federal cabinet minister. *the right honourable jean chrÃ©tien (1967) *the right honourable joe clark (1979) *the right honourable brian mulroney (1984)initially joined privy council as federal opposition leader. *the right honourable kim campbell (1989) *the right honourable paul martin (1993) ===current and former chief justices of canada=== *the right honourable beverley mclachlin (2000) ===current and former cabinet ministers (by prime minister at induction)=== ====louis st. laurent==== * the honourable paul hellyer (1957) (currently the longest-serving member of the privy council) ====lester pearson==== * the honourable allan maceachen (1963) * the honourable yvon dupuis (1964) ====pierre trudeau==== * the honourable donald stovel macdonald (1968) * the honourable jean-eudes dubÃ© (1968) * the honourable otto emil lang (1968) * the honourable robert douglas george stanbury (1969) * the honourable jean-pierre goyer (1970) * the honourable alastair william gillespie (1971) * the honourable patrick morgan mahoney (19
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