Manitoba Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation (BMTJC; ; formerly Economic Development, Investment, Trade and Natural Resources) is the provincial government department responsible for economic growth and the creation of jobs in Manitoba.
The department was created in late 2019 out of the former Department of Growth, Enterprise and Trade. The portfolio is overseen by the Minister of Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation. Who is currently Jamie Moses.
History The Department of Competitiveness, Training and Trade was established in 2006, combining responsibilities from the portfolios of Industry, Economic Development and Mines, Intergovernmental Affairs and Trade, and Advanced Education and Training. At the time, Premier Gary Doer announced that the ministry was the first of its kind in Canada, noting that it combined taxation concerns with long-term strategies for education and training.Mia Rabson, "Doer's cabinet gets makeover", Winnipeg Free Press, 22 September 2006, A1.
The department was renamed to Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade in 2009, and to Jobs and the Economy in October 2013.
In 2016, the Department of Growth, Enterprise and Trade (GET) was created when the Jobs and the Economy portfolio combined with that of the Ministry of Mineral Resources, as well as taking on the transportation responsibilities of the former Ministry of Infrastructure and Transportation, and the northern economic development responsibilities of the Ministry of Aboriginal and Northern Affairs.
On 23 October 2019, the Department of Growth, Enterprise and Trade became the Department of Economic Development and Training. As result, GET's resource development division merged with the agriculture ministry to form the new Ministry of Agriculture and Resource Development; the labour and regulatory services division was transferred to Manitoba Finance; and the Office of the Fire Commissioner was transferred to Manitoba Municipal Relations.
In January 2021, the portfolio was renamed to the Department of Economic Development and Jobs. The department was renamed again the following year, on January 18, to Economic Development, Investment and Trade (EDIT).
Ministers NamePartyTook officeLeft officeMinister of Competitiveness, Training and TradeScott SmithNew Democratic PartySeptember 21, 2006May 22, 2007Jim RondeauNew Democratic PartyJune 28, 2007February 4, 2008Andrew SwanNew Democratic PartyFebruary 4, 2008November 3, 2009Minister of Entrepreneurship, Training and TradePeter BjornsonNew Democratic PartyNovember 3, 2009October 18, 2013Minister of Jobs and the EconomyTheresa OswaldNew Democratic PartyOctober 18, 2013November 3, 2014Kevin ChiefNew Democratic PartyNovember 3, 2014May 3, 2016Minister of Growth, Enterprise and TradeCliff CullenProgressive ConservativeMay 3, 2016August 17, 2017Blaine PedersenProgressive ConservativeAugust 17, 2017October 23, 2019Minister of Economic Development and TrainingRalph EichlerProgressive ConservativeOctober 23, 2019January 5, 2021Minister of Economic Development and JobsRalph Eichler Progressive ConservativeJanuary 5, 2021July 15, 2021Jon Reyes Progressive ConservativeJuly 15, 2021January 18, 2022Minister of Economic Development, Investment and TradeCliff Cullen Progressive ConservativeJanuary 18, 2022January 30, 2023Jeff Wharton Progressive ConservativeJanuary 30, 2023October 17, 2023Minister of Economic Development, Investment, Trade and Natural ResourcesJamie Moses New Democratic PartyOctober 18, 2022November 13, 2024Minister of Business, Mining, Trade and Job CreationJamie Moses New Democratic PartyNovember 13, 2024Present
See also
Manitoba Advanced Education, Skills and Immigration
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