 When the Department of Health and Welfare was split in 1993, the Council moved with the welfare/income security side of the department to advise the Minister of the newly formed Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) ["Bill C-11, an Act to establish the Department of Human Resources Development"].When HRDC was reorganized in 2003, the Council became an advisory group to the Minister of Social Development ["Bill C-22, an Act to establish the Department of Social Development"].Currently, the Council advises the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada HRSDC, a department that was formed in 2006 by merging the two departments of Social Development Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.