Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
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| Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development of Canada | |
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| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | |
| 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 | $255,300 (2017)[2] |
| 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.
History of the Office
The office of the Registrar General of Canada has traditionally been associated with the responsibility of overseeing corporate affairs, by virtue of its function in registering all letters patent. From Confederation to 1966, the Secretary of State for Canada was the Registrar General. Between 1966 and 1995, the office was held by the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs.
The economic development function of the portfolio can be traced from the office of Minister of Trade and Commerce, which was created in 1892. The post of Minister of Industry briefly existed between 1963 and 1969 as a successor to the post of Minister of Defence Production. It was merged with the Trade and Commerce portfolio in 1969. The post of Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce existed between 1969 and 1983. During that time, a separate post of Minister of Regional Economic Expansion (1969 to 1983)/Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion (1983-1990) also existed. In 1990, the post of Minister of Industry, Science and Technology was created.
From 1993 to 1995, a single minister was styled as Minister of Industry while concurrently holding the posts of Industry, Science and Technology, and of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, pending a government restructuring. The post of Minister of Industry was formally created in 1995. The office was renamed to its current name in the 29th Canadian Ministry.[3]
List of ministers
Predecessor offices
Economic development, industry, science
- Minister of Trade and Commerce (1892-1969)
- Minister of Industry (1963-1969)
- Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce (1969-1983)
- Minister of Regional Economic Expansion (1969 to 1983)/Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion (1983-1990)
- Minister of Industry, Science and Technology (1990-1995)
Corporate affairs
- Secretary of State for Canada (1867-1967)
- Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (1967-1995)
Key:
Concurrently Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs & | ||||||
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| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | |
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Jean Charest styled as Minister of Industry |
June 25, 1993 | November 3, 1993 | Progressive Conservative |
25 (Campbell) |
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John Manley styled as Minister of Industry |
November 4, 1993 | March 28, 1995 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) |
Minister of Industry (1995–2015) | ||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | |
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John Manley | March 29, 1995 | October 16, 2000 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) |
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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 | |
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Lucienne Robillard | December 12, 2003 | July 19, 2004 | Liberal | 27 (Martin) |
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David Emerson | July 20, 2004 | February 5, 2006 | Liberal | |
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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 | |
| 11 |
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Navdeep Bains | November 4, 2015 | Incumbent | Liberal | 29 (J. Trudeau) |
Critics
- Scott Brison March 2008–November 2015
References
- ^ http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/mgm/dtail.asp?lang=eng&mstyid=26&mbtpid=1
- ^ "Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances". Parliament of Canada.
- ^ 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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