The minister of international trade, export promotion, small business and economic development (french: ministre du commerce international, de la promotion des exportations, de la petite entreprise et du développement économique) is a minister of the Crown in the

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. The officeholder is one of four ministers who are associated with

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, and one of three ministers associated with

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History

Prior to the 2019 Canadian federal election, the minister of international trade was a separate ministerial position. Before 2015, the Cabinet position responsible for small business was filled by either a

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or Secretary of State. On November 4, 2015, upon the formation of the

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, the position was named "Minister of Small Business and Tourism" without "of State" but remained formally a

"to assist the Minister of Industry" (the senior portfolio now styled as the

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). Economic development was added to the title of the portfolio after a Cabinet shuffle following the 2021 federal election.

List of ministers

Key:

Minister of State (Tourism)

From 1984 to 1986, the responsibilities for tourism were given to a

separate from the Minister of State (Small Business):

Minister of International Trade Diversification

Prior to the 2019 federal election, the Minister of International Trade and later the Minister of International Trade Diversification was a longstanding Canadian ministerial position.

References

External links

Department of Industry Canada
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