Minister of Emergency Preparedness
Ministre de la Protection civile
Incumbent
Harjit Sajjan
since July 26, 2023
Public Safety Canada
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports to
AppointerMonarch (represented by the governor general);[3]
on the advice of the prime minister[4]
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation26 October 2021
SalaryCA$269,800 (2019)[5]
Websitewww.publicsafety.gc.ca

The minister of emergency preparedness (French: ministre de la protection civile) is a minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet. The officeholder is one of two ministers (the other being the minister of public safety) responsible for administering the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

History

The department was previously administered by a single minister, styled Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. The role was split by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a Cabinet shuffle following the 2021 federal election.[6]

List of ministers

Key:

No. Portrait Name Term of office Political party Ministry
Minister of Emergency Preparedness
1 Bill Blair October 26, 2021July 26, 2023 Liberal 29 (J. Trudeau)
2 Harjit Sajjan July 26, 2023Incumbent Liberal 29 (J. Trudeau)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Canadian Parliamentary system - Our Procedure - House of Commons". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Review of the Responsibilities and Accountabilities of Ministers and Senior Officials" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Constitutional Duties". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  4. ↑ "House of Commons Procedure and Practice - 1. Parliamentary Institutions - Canadian Parliamentary Institutions". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances". Library of Parliament. April 11, 2018. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  6. ↑ Curry, Bill; Kirkup, Kristy; Raman-Wilms, Menaka; Dickson, Janice (October 26, 2021). "Trudeau cabinet shuffle: Anita Anand moves to Defence, Steven Guilbeault to Environment, Mélanie Joly to Foreign Affairs". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
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