Style The Honourable Inaugural holder Jack Davis | Member of Cabinet
Privy Council Formation 11 June 1971 | |
Appointer Governor General of Canada Term length At Her Majesty's pleasure |
The Minister of Environment and Climate Change (French: Ministre de l'Environnement et du Changement Climatique) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's environment department, Environment and Climate Change Canada. The Minister is also responsible for overseeing Parks Canada and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency.
Noted environment ministers of the past have included Jack Davis, Roméo LeBlanc, Jean Charest, Stéphane Dion, Sheila Copps, David Anderson and Peter Kent.
Known as the Minister of the Environment until 2015, the position was given its current name in 2015 upon the creation of the 29th Canadian Ministry.
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