What is "department of local government"

n. a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government [syn: local department]

The Department of Environment and Local Government is a department of the government of New Brunswick. It was created in 2012 by the Alward Government with the amalgamation of the Departments of Environment and of Local Government. The Lord Government had separated the departments in 2006 from part of the Department of Environment and Local Government.