Minister of International Trade Diversification

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Minister of International Trade Diversification
Ministre de la Diversification du commerce international
Incumbent
Vacant
since November 20, 2019
Global Affairs Canada
Style The Honourable
Statusvacant
Member of
Reports to
Appointer Monarch (represented by the governor general); [3]
on the advice of the prime minister [4]
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder Gerald Regan
Formation8 December 1983
Final holder Jim Carr
AbolishedNovember 20, 2019
Salary$255,300 (2017) [5]
Website www.international.gc.ca

The Minister of International Trade Diversification (French : ministre de la Diversification du commerce international) was a minister of the Crown position in the Canadian Cabinet who was responsible for the federal government's international trade portfolio.

Contents

Along with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, the office was one of the three ministers who led Global Affairs Canada, the Canadian foreign affairs department. Since the 2019 federal election, the international trade portfolio is now overseen by the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, [6] who remains one of the three ministers of the Crown responsible for Global Affairs Canada. [7]

History

The post was first established in 1983 as the Minister for International Trade. This title changed to Minister of International Trade in 2015. [8] [9]

On 18 July 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau changed the title to Minister of International Trade Diversification, appointing Jim Carr as the new minister. [8] Following the 2019 federal election, the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade has been responsible for the duties of this position. [6]

Ministers

Key:

   Liberal Party of Canada
   Progressive Conservative
   Conservative Party of Canada
No.PortraitName [9] Term of officePolitical partyMinistry
Minister for International Trade
1 Gerald Regan December 8, 1983June 29, 1984 Liberal 22 (P. E. Trudeau)
2 Francis Fox June 30, 1984September 16, 1984 23 (Turner)
3 James F. Kelleher September 17, 1984June 29, 1986 Progressive Conservative 24 (Mulroney)
4 Pat Carney.jpg Pat Carney June 30, 1986March 30, 1988
5 Crosbie 1983-2 crop.jpg John Crosbie March 31, 1988April 20, 1991
6 Diplomat Michael Wilson.png Michael Wilson April 21, 1991June 24, 1993
7 Tom Hockin June 25, 1993November 3, 1993 25 (Campbell)
8 Roy MacLaren November 4, 1993January 24, 1996Liberal 26 (Chrétien)
9 Art Eggleton 1.JPG Art Eggleton January 25, 1996June 10, 1997
10 Sergio Marchi June 11, 1997August 2, 1999
11 PierrePettigrew.JPG Pierre Pettigrew August 3, 1999December 11, 2003
12 Jim Peterson December 12, 2003February 5, 2006 27 (Martin)
13 David Emerson February 6, 2006June 24, 2008 Conservative 28 (Harper)
14 Michael Fortier.jpg Michael Fortier June 25, 2008October 29, 2008
15 Stockwell Day - July 2010.jpg Stockwell Day October 30, 2008January 19, 2010
16 Peter Van Loan December 2010.jpg Peter Van Loan January 19, 2010May 18, 2011
17 Ed Fast visits University of the Fraser Valley.jpg Ed Fast May 18, 2011November 4, 2015
Minister of International Trade
18 Chrystia Freeland in Ukraine - 2017 (cropped).jpg Chrystia Freeland November 4, 2015January 10, 2017Liberal 29 (J. Trudeau)
19 Francois-Philippe Champagne.jpg François-Philippe Champagne January 10, 2017July 18, 2018
Minister of International Trade Diversification
20 Jim Carr.jpg Jim Carr July 18, 2018November 20, 2019 Liberal
Replaced by the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade

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