Editing Civil list (section)

==Canada==

In Canada the civil list was a common term during the [[Canada under British Imperial Control (1764–1867)|pre-confederation period]]; it referred to the payment for all officials on the government payroll.  There was much controversy as to whether the list would be controlled by the governor or by the Legislative Assembly.  The Assembly demanded control of all money matters, while the governors worried that if the Assembly was given this power, then certain positions would be delisted. Eventually under the [[Robert Baldwin|Baldwin]]-[[Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine|Lafontaine]] government, a compromise was reached with [[James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin|Lord Elgin]].{{What|date=May 2021|reason=What was the agreement?}}

The term ''civil list'' is no longer commonly used to describe the payment of civil servants in Canada, who are covered in the budgets of executive agencies.