Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs

For the office in the British government, see Minister for Intergovernmental Relations.

The minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (French: Ministre des Affaires intergouvernementales) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for the federal government's relations with the governments of the provinces and territories of Canada. The Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs does not head a full-fledged department, but rather directs the Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat within the Privy Council Office, and ministers have often been assigned additional duties. The current Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs is Dominic LeBlanc, in his capacity as Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs.

Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Incumbent Dominic LeBlanc since August 18, 2020[1]
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet Privy Council
Appointer	Monarch (represented by the governor general);[2] on the advice of the prime minister[3]
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Marcel Massé
Formation	14 November 1993
Website	www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/aia/premier.asp

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^[4][5] and from 1986 to 1991.^[6] From 1991 to 1993, the Minister responsible for Constitutional Affairs served a similar role focused on intergovernmental negotiation of a package of constitutional reforms. The resulting package, the Charlottetown Accord, was defeated in a 1992 referendum.

Several provincial governments, such as Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec, have also created homologous ministerial positions responsible for relations with other provinces and the federal government.

List of ministers

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada

  Conservative Party of Canada

No.		Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
1		Marcel Massé	November 14, 1993	January 24, 1996	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
2		Stéphane Dion	January 25, 1996	December 11, 2003	Liberal
3		Pierre Pettigrew	December 12, 2003	July 19, 2004	Liberal	27 (Martin)
4		Lucienne Robillard	July 20, 2004	February 5, 2006	Liberal
5		Michael Chong	February 6, 2006	November 27, 2006	Conservative	28 (Harper)
6		Peter Van Loan	November 27, 2006	January 3, 2007	Conservative
7		Rona Ambrose	January 4, 2007	October 30, 2008	Conservative
8		Josée Verner	October 30, 2008	May 18, 2011	Conservative
9		Peter Penashue	May 18, 2011	March 14, 2013	Conservative
Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs
10		Denis Lebel	March 15, 2013	November 4, 2015	Conservative	28 (Harper)
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth
11		Justin Trudeau	November 4, 2015	July 18, 2018	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade
12		Dominic LeBlanc	July 18, 2018	November 20, 2019	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
13		Chrystia Freeland	November 20, 2019	August 18, 2020[1]	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
(12)		Dominic LeBlanc	August 18, 2020[1]	October 26, 2021	Liberal
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities
(12)		Dominic LeBlanc	October 26, 2021	July 26, 2023	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs
(12)		Dominic LeBlanc	July 26, 2023	Incumbent	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)

References

1. Harris, Kathleen; Cochrane, David (August 18, 2020). "Freeland to replace Morneau as Trudeau's finance minister". CBC News.
2. "Constitutional Duties". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
3. "House of Commons Procedure and Practice – 1. Parliamentary Institutions – Canadian Parliamentary Institutions". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
4. "- Privy Council Office". Archived from the original on December 25, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
5. "- Privy Council Office". Archived from the original on December 25, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
6. "- Privy Council Office". Archived from the original on December 25, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2020.

External links

• Intergovernmental Affairs, Government of Canada
• Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat