Post: | Minister of Public Services and Procurement |
Flagsize: | 200px |
Incumbent: | Jean-Yves Duclos |
Incumbentsince: | July 26, 2023 |
Department: | Public Services and Procurement Canada |
Style: | The Honourable |
Appointer: | Monarch (represented by the governor general);[1] |
Appointer Qualified: | on the advice of the prime minister[2] |
Termlength: | genderp=~}}}} Majesty's pleasure |
Formation: | 12 July 1996 |
Inaugural: | Diane Marleau |
The minister of public services and procurement (French: ministre des services publics et de l’approvisionnement) is the minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the Government of Canada's "common service organization" (Public Services and Procurement Canada), an expansive department responsible for the internal servicing and administration of the federal government. A flavour for the department is given by the list of acts and regulations for which it is responsible.[3]
The minister of public services and procurement is also the receiver general for Canada. The Department of Public Works and Government Services Act, 1996 states: "In the Minister's capacity as Receiver General, the Minister shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties and functions assigned to the receiver general by law."
The current minister is Jean-Yves Duclos who took over on July 26, 2023, from Helena Jaczek.
Key:
No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | ||
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Minister of Public Works and Government Services | |||||||
1 | Diane Marleau | July 12, 1996 | June 10, 1997 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) | ||
2 | Alfonso Gagliano | June 11, 1997 | January 14, 2002 | Liberal | |||
3 | Don Boudria | January 15, 2002 | May 25, 2002 | Liberal | |||
4 | Ralph Goodale | May 26, 2002 | December 11, 2003 | Liberal | |||
5 | Stephen Owen | December 12, 2003 | July 19, 2004 | Liberal | 27 (Martin) | ||
6 | Scott Brison | July 20, 2004 | February 5, 2006 | Liberal | |||
7 | Michael Fortier | February 6, 2006 | June 24, 2008 | Conservative | 28 (Harper) | ||
8 | Christian Paradis | June 25, 2008 | January 19, 2010 | Conservative | |||
9 | Rona Ambrose | January 20, 2010 | July 14, 2013 | Conservative | |||
10 | Diane Finley | July 15, 2013 | November 4, 2015 | Conservative | |||
Minister of Public Services and Procurement | |||||||
11 | Judy Foote | November 5, 2015 | August 27, 2017 | Liberal | 29 (J. Trudeau) | ||
12 | Carla Qualtrough | August 28, 2017 | July 18, 2018 | Liberal | |||
Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility | |||||||
(12) | Carla Qualtrough | July 18, 2018 | November 20, 2019 | Liberal | 29 (J. Trudeau) | ||
Minister of Public Services and Procurement | |||||||
13 | Anita Anand | November 20, 2019 | October 26, 2021 | Liberal | 29 (J. Trudeau) | ||
14 | Filomena Tassi | October 26, 2021 | August 31, 2022 | Liberal | |||
15 | Helena Jaczek | August 31, 2022 | July 26, 2023 | Liberal | |||
16 | Jean-Yves Duclos | July 26, 2023 | Incumbent | Liberal |
Prior to 1996, the responsibilities of the current Public Works and Government Services portfolio were divided between the now-defunct posts of Minister of Public Works and Minister of Supply and Services.
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