Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
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| Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development of Canada | |
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| Department of Industry | |
| Style | The Honourable |
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| Appointer | Governor General of Canada |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | John Manley |
| Formation | 29 March 1995[1] |
| Salary | $251,900 (CAD) |
| Website | www.ic.gc.ca |
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The Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's economic development and corporate affairs department, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. The Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development is also the minister responsible for Statistics Canada. By convention, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development also serves as the Registrar General of Canada. From 1993 – 2015, the Ministry was known as Minister of Industry before being renamed to its current name in the 29th Canadian Ministry.[2]
List of ministers
Key:
Minister of Industry (1993–2015) | ||||||
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| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | |
| 1 | 
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John Manley | November 1993 | October 2000 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) |
| 2 | 
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Brian Tobin | October 17, 2000 | January 14, 2002 | Liberal | |
| 3 | 
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Allan Rock | January 15, 2002 | December 11, 2003 | Liberal | |
| 4 | 
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Lucienne Robillard | December 12, 2003 | July 19, 2004 | Liberal | 27 (Martin) |
| 5 |
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David Emerson | July 20, 2004 | February 5, 2006 | Liberal | |
| 6 | 
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Maxime Bernier | February 6, 2006 | August 13, 2007 | Conservative | 28 (Harper) |
| 7 | 
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Jim Prentice | August 14, 2007 | October 29, 2008 | Conservative | |
| 8 | 
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Tony Clement | October 30, 2008 | May 18, 2011 | Conservative | |
| 9 |
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Christian Paradis | May 18, 2011 | July 15, 2013 | Conservative | |
| 10 | 
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James Moore | July 15, 2013 | November 4, 2015 | Conservative | |
Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (2015–) | ||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | |
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Navdeep Bains | November 4, 2015 | Incumbent | Liberal | 29 (J. Trudeau) |
Prior to 1995, the responsibilities of the current Industry portfolio were divided between the now-defunct posts of Minister of Industry, Science and Technology (List) and Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (List).
Critics
- Scott Brison March 2008–November 2015
References
- ^ http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/mgm/dtail.asp?lang=eng&mstyid=26&mbtpid=1
- ^ Morgan, Geoffrey (4 November 2015). "What happened to Industry Canada? Trudeau elevates scientific research in new cabinet role". Financial Post. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
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