Minister of International Trade (Canada)

Minister of International Trade of Canada

Incumbent Chrystia Freeland since 4 November 2015
Department of International Trade
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet Privy Council
Appointer	Governor General of Canada
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Gerald Regan
Formation	8 December 1983
Website	www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca

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The Minister of International Trade (French: Ministre du Commerce international) is a Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet. The minister is the head of the federal government's international trade department (International Trade Canada), including the provisions for treaties such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

History

The post was first established in 1983 as the Minister for International Trade. This title changed to Minister of International Trade under Prime Minister Paul Martin when he split the former Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The current Minister of International Trade is Chrystia Freeland.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Ministers

Key:

Liberal Party of Canada

Historical conservative parties: Liberal-Conservative, Conservative (historical), Unionist, National Liberal and Conservative, Progressive Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada

No.	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
1	Gerald Regan	December 8, 1983	June 29, 1984	Liberal	22 (P. E. Trudeau)
2	Francis Fox	June 30, 1984	September 16, 1984	Liberal	23 (Turner)
3	James F. Kelleher	September 17, 1984	June 29, 1986	Progressive Conservative	24 (Mulroney)
4	Pat Carney	June 30, 1986	March 30, 1988	Progressive Conservative
5	John Crosbie	March 31, 1988	April 20, 1991	Progressive Conservative
6	Michael Wilson	April 21, 1991	June 24, 1993	Progressive Conservative
7	Tom Hockin	June 25, 1993	November 3, 1993	Progressive Conservative	25 (Campbell)
8	Roy MacLaren	November 4, 1993	January 24, 1996	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
9	Art Eggleton	January 25, 1996	June 10, 1997	Liberal
10	Sergio Marchi	June 11, 1997	August 2, 1999	Liberal
11	Pierre Pettigrew	August 3, 1999	December 11, 2003	Liberal
12	Jim Peterson	December 12, 2003	February 5, 2006	Liberal	27 (Martin)
13	David Emerson	February 6, 2006	June 24, 2008	Conservative	28 (Harper)
14	Michael Fortier	June 25, 2008	October 29, 2008	Conservative
15	Stockwell Day	October 30, 2008	January 19, 2010	Conservative
16	Peter Van Loan	January 19, 2010	May 18, 2011	Conservative
17	Ed Fast	May 18, 2011	November 4, 2015	Conservative
18	Chrystia Freeland	November 4, 2015	Incumbent	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)

Cabinet of Canada

References

↑ Nicolaou, Anna (November 4, 2015). "Justin Trudeau names smaller and more diverse cabinet". Financial Times. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
↑ "Who's who in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's new Liberal cabinet". CTV News. November 4, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
↑ King, Robin Levinson (2015-11-04). "Chrystia Freeland has preached an economic platform that both supports technological growth and social welfare, arguing that Canada needs to encourage innovation both at home and abroad if it wants to combat income inequality.". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2016-04-12.

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