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The Minister of Foreign Affairs (French: Ministre des Affaires étrangères) is the minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the Government of Canada's international relations and is the lead minister responsible for Global Affairs Canada, though the minister of international trade leads on trade issues.
Mélanie Joly PC MP (French pronunciation: [melani ʒɔli]; born January 16, 1979) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who has served as minister of Foreign Affairs since October 2021. A member of the Liberal Party , Joly represents the Montreal -area riding of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in the House of Commons , taking office as a member of ...
Under her tenure, Canada negotiated the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union, [2] earning her a promotion to minister of foreign affairs in 2017. She became deputy prime minister following the 2019 election, where she also became minister of intergovernmental ...
Canadian Secretaries of State for External Affairs (22 P) F. Chrystia Freeland (10 P) Pages in category "Ministers of foreign affairs of Canada"
The Twenty-Ninth Canadian Ministry is the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, that began governing Canada shortly before the opening of the 42nd Parliament. The original members were sworn in during a ceremony held at Rideau Hall on November 4, 2015.
Global Affairs Canada (GAC; French: Affaires mondiales Canada; AMC) [NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada that manages Canada's diplomatic and consular relations, promotes Canadian international trade, and leads Canada's international development and humanitarian assistance.
Other Cabinet committees common across committee structures include operations, social affairs, a committee focused on economic growth, foreign affairs and security, the environment, and energy security. [30] Each committee is chaired by a senior minister whose own portfolio may intersect with the mandate of the committee. [29]
Trudeau with US President Barack Obama on March 10, 2016 Trudeau with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on November 10, 2017. In a March 2016 speech at the University of Ottawa, Stéphane Dion, Trudeau's first foreign affairs minister, used "responsible conviction" – a term syncretized from the work of German sociologist Max Weber – to describe the Trudeau government's foreign policy.