Minister of International Trade Diversification

Minister of International Trade Diversification
Ministre de la Diversification du commerce international
Incumbent
Vacant
since November 20, 2019
Global Affairs Canada
StyleThe Honourable
Statusvacant
Member of
Reports to
AppointerMonarch (represented by the governor general);[3]
on the advice of the prime minister[4]
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holderGerald Regan
Formation8 December 1983
Final holderJim Carr
AbolishedNovember 20, 2019
Salary$255,300 (2017)[5]
Websitewww.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.

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]

  1. ^ "The Canadian Parliamentary system - Our Procedure - House of Commons". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  2. ^ "Review of the Responsibilities and Accountabilities of Ministers and Senior Officials" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Constitutional Duties". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  4. ^ "House of Commons Procedure and Practice - 1. Parliamentary Institutions - Canadian Parliamentary Institutions". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  5. ^ "Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances". Parliament of Canada.
  6. ^ Aiello, Rachel. "Trudeau expands cabinet, promotes seven rookies and shakes up existing ministers". CTV News.
  7. ^ "Organizational structure: Global Affairs Canada".

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