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Minister of Transport (Canada)
The
Minister of Transport
is the
Minister of the Crown
in the
Canadian Cabinet
who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's transportation regulatory and development department,
Transport Canada
, as well as
Canada Post
, the
Saint Lawrence Seaway
and the
Port Authority
system. The post was created by
Prime Minister
Mackenzie King
in 1936, replacing the
Minister of Railways and Canals
. From 2006 to 2013, the position was
styled
the
Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
, a name change corresponding with responsibility for
Infrastructure Canada
being transferred to the portfolio at that time. "Minister of Transport" remained the title for legal purposes. With the Cabinet shuffle of July 15, 2013, Infrastructure and Communities portfolio was separated from Transport and assigned to the
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
. In 2015 it became an independent portfolio titled
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
.
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