Minister of Regional Economic Expansion was an office in the

Cabinet of Canada The Cabinet of Canada (french: Cabinet du Canada) is a body of Minister of the Crown, ministers of the Crown that, along with the Canadian monarch, and within the tenets of the Westminster system, forms the government of Canada. Chaired by the ...

from 1969 to 1990. On February 23, 1990 the position was merged into that of

Minister of Industry, Science and Technology The minister of innovation, science, and industry (french: ministre de l'Innovation, des Sciences et de l'Industrie) is the minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the economic development and corporate ...

Ministers

On December 7, 1982 the position was renamed Canadian Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion. The Department of Regional Industrial Expansion (DRIE) was created when Industry, Trade and Commerce was combined with the Department of Regional Economic Expansion (DREE).

External links

* http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/00024.html Regional Industrial Expansion {{Canada-gov-stub