The Secrétariat du Québec aux relations canadiennes (SQRC), formerly known as the Secrétariat aux affaires intergouvernementales canadiennes (SAIC), is an agency of the
government of Quebec
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
. Its stated purpose as of 2010 is to "
dvisethe Government of Québec on all Canadian intergovernmental matters,
oordinateQuébec government activities in Canada,
ssurethe defence and promotion of Québec’s interests, and
ollaborateto strengthen links with Canada’s francophone and Acadian communities."
The secretariat is overseen by the ''minister responsible for Canadian Relations''. Most ministers who have held this position since 2005 have also been styled as the ''minister responsible for Francophone Canadians''. The current minister is
Jean-Marc Fournier
Jean-Marc Fournier (born October 7, 1959) is a Quebec politician and a lawyer. He represented the riding of Saint-Laurent in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2010 to 2018, and previously represented the riding of Châteauguay from 1994 to 2 ...
.
Benoît Pelletier
Benoît Pelletier (born 10 January 1960) is lawyer, academic, and politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was a Liberal member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1998 to 2008 and was a prominent cabinet minister in the governmen ...
, who was minister from 2003 to 2008, was also styled as the ''minister responsible for the Agreement on Internal Trade'' from March 17, 2005, to April 18, 2007.
Benoît Pelletier biography
National Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec (officially in french: link=no, Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the legislative body of the province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; french: link=no, déput ...
, updated June 2010, accessed 30 September 2010. This title was not used by his successors.
References
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Quebec government departments and agencies