The minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities (french: Ministre des Affaires intergouvernementales) is the
Minister of the Crown
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in the
Canadian Cabinet
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who is responsible for the federal government's relations with the governments of the
provinces and territories of Canada
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
. The Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs does not head a full-fledged department, but rather directs the
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat within the
Privy Council Office. The current Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs is
Dominic LeBlanc
Dominic A. LeBlanc (born December 14, 1967) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served as the minister of intergovernmental affairs since 2020 and also became the minister of infrastructure and communities in 2021. A member of the Liber ...
.
Since the post's establishment, all Ministers of Intergovernmental Affairs except
Pierre Pettigrew
Pierre Stewart Pettigrew (born April 18, 1951) is a Canadian politician and businessman.
Early life and career
Born in Quebec City, Pettigrew has a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (1972) ...
,
Prime Minister
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Justin Trudeau
Justin Pierre James Trudeau ( , ; born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who is the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada. He has served as the prime minister of Canada since 2015 and as the leader of the Liberal Party since 2 ...
and
Chrystia Freeland
Christina Alexandra Freeland (born August 2, 1968) is a Canadian politician serving as the tenth and current deputy prime minister of Canada since 2019 and the Minister of Finance (Canada), minister of finance since 2020. A member of the Libe ...
have concurrently served as
President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
In the Canadian cabinet, the president of the King's Privy Council for Canada (french: président du Conseil privé du Roi pour le Canada) is nominally in charge of the Privy Council Office. The president of the Privy Council also has the larg ...
.
Prior to the creation of full ministers responsible for this file, prime ministers occasionally appointed Ministers of State for Federal-Provincial Relations. That was the case from 1977 to 1980 and from 1986 to 1991.
From 1991 to 1993, the
Minister responsible for Constitutional Affairs
The Minister responsible for Constitutional Affairs was the Canadian cabinet minister responsible for constitutional affairs during the preparation for the attempted Charlottetown Accord constitutional amendments. The position was created on April ...
served a similar role focused on intergovernmental negotiation of a package of constitutional reforms. The resulting package, the
Charlottetown Accord
The Charlottetown Accord (french: Accord de Charlottetown) was a package of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada, proposed by the Canadian federal and provincial governments in 1992. It was submitted to a public referendum on October ...
, was defeated in a 1992 referendum.
Several provincial governments, such as
Ontario
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,
Manitoba
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and
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
, have also created homologous ministerial positions responsible for relations with other provinces and the federal government.
List of ministers
Key:
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
From 2015 to 2021, the responsibilities for infrastructure and communities were assigned its own ministry.
Key:
References
External links
Intergovernmental Affairs, Government of CanadaCanadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat
{{Cabinet of Canada
Intergovernmental Affairs