The Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation is a provincial government department in
Newfoundland and Labrador
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,
Canada
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. The department is headed by a member of the
provincial cabinet
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, typically a
Member of the House of Assembly, who is chosen by the
premier and formally appointed by the
Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The current Minister of Tourism, Culture, Arts, and Recreation is
Steve Crocker.
The department was first created in October 2011, by the government of
Kathy Dunderdale
Kathleen Mary Margaret "Kathy" Dunderdale (née Warren; born February 1952) is a politician and former MHA who served as the tenth premier of Newfoundland and Labrador from December 3, 2010, to January 24, 2014. Dunderdale was born and raised in ...
, it incorporated the former Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development and most of the programs from the former Department of Business. The department's lines of business included; business investment, business leadership, economic intelligence, industrial diversification, innovation, investment development, marketing, regulatory environment reform, and small and medium-sized enterprise development.
The department was reconfigured in 2017 as the department of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation consolidating the former departments of Industry, Innovation, and Rural Development; and Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Development. The department is responsible for tourism, business investment, heritage, provincial parks, and the arts.
The department was reconfigured in 2020 as the department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation.
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Ministers
Key:
See also
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Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador The Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador (in French: ''le Conseil exécutif de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador'', but informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Newfoundland and Labrador, and in French: ''le Cabinet de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador'' ...
References
External links
Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation website{{Newfoundland and Labrador politics
Newfoundland and Labrador government departments and agencies
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