Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs

For the office in the British government, see Minister for Intergovernmental Relations.

Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
since August 18, 2020[1]
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
AppointerMonarch (represented by the governor general);[2]
on the advice of the prime minister[3]
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holderMarcel Massé
Formation14 November 1993
Websitewww.pco-bcp.gc.ca/aia/premier.asp
Politics of Canada
Government (structure)
The Crown
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
Elections
Local government
Foreign relations
Crown and Indigenous peoples
Related topics

The minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (French: Ministre des Affaires intergouvernementales) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for the federal government's relations with the governments of the provinces and territories of Canada. The Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs does not head a full-fledged department, but rather directs the Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat within the Privy Council Office, and ministers have often been assigned additional duties. The current Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs is Dominic LeBlanc, who serves concurrently as Minister of Finance.

Prior to the creation of full ministers responsible for this file, prime ministers occasionally appointed Ministers of State for Federal-Provincial Relations. That was the case from 1977 to 1980[4][5] and from 1986 to 1991.[6] From 1991 to 1993, the Minister responsible for Constitutional Affairs served a similar role focused on intergovernmental negotiation of a package of constitutional reforms. The resulting package, the Charlottetown Accord, was defeated in a 1992 referendum.

Several provincial governments, such as Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec, have also created homologous ministerial positions responsible for relations with other provinces and the federal government.

List of ministers

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada
  Conservative Party of Canada
No. Name Term of office Political party Ministry
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
1 Marcel Massé November 14, 1993 January 24, 1996 Liberal 26 (Chrétien)
2 Stéphane Dion January 25, 1996 December 11, 2003 Liberal
3 Pierre Pettigrew December 12, 2003 July 19, 2004 Liberal 27 (Martin)
4 Lucienne Robillard July 20, 2004 February 5, 2006 Liberal
5 Michael Chong February 6, 2006 November 27, 2006 Conservative 28 (Harper)
6 Peter Van Loan November 27, 2006 January 3, 2007 Conservative
7 Rona Ambrose January 4, 2007 October 30, 2008 Conservative
8 Josée Verner October 30, 2008 May 18, 2011 Conservative
9 Peter Penashue May 18, 2011 March 14, 2013 Conservative
Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs
10 Denis Lebel March 15, 2013 November 4, 2015 Conservative 28 (Harper)
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth
11 Justin Trudeau November 4, 2015 July 18, 2018 Liberal 29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade
12 Dominic LeBlanc July 18, 2018 November 20, 2019 Liberal 29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
13 Chrystia Freeland November 20, 2019 August 18, 2020[1] Liberal 29 (J. Trudeau)
(12) Dominic LeBlanc August 18, 2020[1] October 26, 2021 Liberal
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities
(12) Dominic LeBlanc October 26, 2021 July 26, 2023 Liberal 29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs
(12) Dominic LeBlanc July 26, 2023 December 20, 2024 Liberal 29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs
(12) Dominic LeBlanc December 20, 2024 Incumbent Liberal 29 (J. Trudeau)

References

  1. ^ a b c Harris, Kathleen; Cochrane, David (August 18, 2020). "Freeland to replace Morneau as Trudeau's finance minister". CBC News.
  2. ^ "Constitutional Duties". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "House of Commons Procedure and Practice – 1. Parliamentary Institutions – Canadian Parliamentary Institutions". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "- Privy Council Office". Archived from the original on December 25, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "- Privy Council Office". Archived from the original on December 25, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  6. ^ "- Privy Council Office". Archived from the original on December 25, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2020.