Minister of Public Safety (Canada)

Minister of Public Safety
Ministry
Federal
Incumbent Vic Toews PC, MP
Style	The Honourable
Appointed by	David Lloyd Johnston as Governor General of Canada
First	Anne McLellan
Formation	12 December 2003
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Website	www.publicsafety.gc.ca

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The Minister of Public Safety (French: Ministre de la Sécurité publique) (formerly the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's domestic security department, Public Safety Canada. The position was nominally created in 2003 and incorporated the responsibilities associated with the Solicitor General including responsibility for the federal Canadian prison system (Correctional Service of Canada), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Parole Board of Canada, and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, although the incumbent was formally sworn in as Solicitor General of Canada. The position also assumed responsibility for the Canada Border Services Agency which was formerly known as Canada Customs and was administered by the Minister of National Revenue prior to 2003. In 2005 the creation of the position was formalized and that of Solicitor General abolished.

The current public safety minister is Vic Toews, who is styled simply as Minister of Public Safety.

Ministers

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada

  Conservative Party of Canada

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
1		Anne McLellan	December 12, 2003	February 5, 2006	Liberal	27 (Martin)
2		Stockwell Day	February 6, 2006	October 30, 2008	Conservative	28 (Harper)
3		Peter Van Loan	October 30, 2008	January 19, 2010	Conservative
4		Vic Toews	January 19, 2010	Incumbent	Conservative

Critics

• Ujjal Dosanjh March 2008-present

External links

• Ministery of Public Safety