Department of Innovation, Business and Rural Development (Newfoundland and Labrador)

Department of Innovation, Business and Rural Development
Agency overview
Formed October 28, 2011 (2011-10-28)
Preceding agencies
  • Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development
  • Department of Business
Jurisdiction Newfoundland and Labrador
Headquarters St. John's
Minister responsible
Website www.ibrd.gov.nl.ca

The Ministry of Innovation, Business and Rural Development is a provincial government department in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The department is headed by a member of the provincial cabinet, typically a Member of the House of Assembly, who is chosen by the premier and formally appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The current Minister of Innovation, Business and Rural Development is Charlene Johnson.[1]

The department was created in October 2011, by the government of Kathy Dunderdale, it incorporates the former Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development and most of the programs from the former Department of Business. The department's lines of business include; business investment, business leadership, economic intelligence, industrial diversification, innovation, investment development, marketing, regulatory environment reform, and small and medium-sized enterprise development.[2][3]

Ministers

Key:

No. Portrait Name Term of office Political party Premier
1 Keith Hutchings October 28, 2011 October 9, 2013 Progressive Conservative Kathy Dunderdale
1 Charlene Johnson October 9, 2013 Present Progressive Conservative Kathy Dunderdale

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Premier Dunderdale Appoints New Cabinet, Announces Departmental Restructuring". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "About the Department - Innovation, Trade and Rural Development". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "About the Department - Business". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

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