Minister of International Trade Diversification

Template:Politics of Canada The Minister of International Trade (Template:Langx) is the minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet responsible for the federal government's international trade portfolio. Along with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, it is one of two ministers associated with Global Affairs Canada.

The position is currently held by Maninder Sidhu; the position's official title is currently Minister of International Trade (Template:Langx).

History

The post was first established in 1983 as the Minister for International Trade by the Government Organization Act, 1983, which re-organized various governmental functions and updated the Department of External Affairs Act. The lead responsibility for international trade was reassigned from the Department of Industry to the Department of External Affairs, and the position was created to assist the senior departmental minister, the Secretary of State for External Affairs at the time, in carrying out their responsibilities relating to international trade. Gerald Regan, then the Minister of State (International Trade), was appointed to be the first office holder.

While the name of the department and the title of the senior departmental minister changed numerous times, this formal title remains unchanged. However the minister has been styled differently since 2006.

Starting in 2006, the minister has been styled with a variety of titles. When Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper formed his first government on February 6, 2006, he appointed David Emerson, who was re-elected days earlier as a Liberal candidate, to the office styled Minister of International Trade (along with Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics). Subsequent ministers were styled as Minister of International Trade until 2018, when the position was renamed Minister of International Trade Diversification.

In 2019, the portfolio was merged with Small Business and Export Promotion and renamed Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade. In 2021, the role gained additional responsibility for economic development, being renamed Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2023, the role lost responsibility for small business to the Minister of Small Business, at which point it was renamed Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, a title it had until 2025, when it lost responsibility for economic development.Template:Cn

Ministers

Key:

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
Minister for International Trade
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" | 1		Gerald Regan	December 8, 1983	June 29, 1984	Liberal	22 (P. E. Trudeau)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" | 2		Francis Fox	June 30, 1984	September 16, 1984		23 (Turner)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" | 3		James F. Kelleher	September 17, 1984	June 29, 1986	Progressive Conservative	24 (Mulroney)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" | 4	File:Pat Carney.jpg	Pat Carney	June 30, 1986	March 30, 1988
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" | 5	File:Crosbie 1983-2 crop.jpg	John Crosbie	March 31, 1988	April 20, 1991
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" | 6	File:Diplomat Michael Wilson.png	Michael Wilson	April 21, 1991	June 24, 1993
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" | 7		Tom Hockin	June 25, 1993	November 3, 1993		25 (Campbell)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" | 8		Roy MacLaren	November 4, 1993	January 24, 1996	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" | 9	File:Art Eggleton 1.JPG	Art Eggleton	January 25, 1996	June 10, 1997
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" | 10		Sergio Marchi	June 11, 1997	August 2, 1999
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" | 11	File:PierrePettigrew.JPG	Pierre Pettigrew	August 3, 1999	December 11, 2003
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" | 12		Jim Peterson	December 12, 2003	February 5, 2006		27 (Martin)
Minister of International Trade
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" | 13		David Emerson	February 6, 2006	June 24, 2008	Conservative	28 (Harper)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" | 14	File:Michael Fortier.jpg	Michael Fortier	June 25, 2008	October 29, 2008
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" | 15	File:Stockwell Day - July 2010.jpg	Stockwell Day	October 30, 2008	January 19, 2010
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" | 16	File:Peter Van Loan December 2010.jpg	Peter Van Loan	January 19, 2010	May 18, 2011
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" | 17	File:Ed Fast visits University of the Fraser Valley.jpg	Ed Fast	May 18, 2011	November 4, 2015
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" | 18	File:Chrystia Freeland in Ukraine - 2017 (cropped).jpg	Chrystia Freeland	November 4, 2015	January 10, 2017	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" | 19	File:François-Philippe Champagne.jpg	François-Philippe Champagne	January 10, 2017	July 18, 2018
Minister of International Trade Diversification
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 20	File:Jim Carr.jpg	Jim Carr	July 18, 2018	November 20, 2019	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 21	File:Head of the Canadian Delegation to the 12th World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference Mary Ng (cropped).jpg	Mary Ng	November 20, 2019	October 26, 2021	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| (21)	File:Head of the Canadian Delegation to the 12th World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference Mary Ng (cropped).jpg	Mary Ng	October 26, 2021	July 26, 2023	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| (21)	File:Head of the Canadian Delegation to the 12th World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference Mary Ng (cropped).jpg	Mary Ng	July 26, 2023	March 14, 2025	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 22	File:Dominic LeBlanc 2023-nb.jpg	Dominic LeBlanc	March 14, 2025	May 13, 2025	Liberal	30 (Carney)
Minister of International Trade
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 23	File:Maninder Sidhu - G20 Foreign Ministers Meetings - 000111591 (cropped).jpg	Maninder Sidhu	May 13, 2025	Incumbent	Liberal	30 (Carney)