Minister of Emergency Preparedness

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Minister of Emergency Preparedness
Ministre de la Protection civile
Harjit Sajjan - 2023 - P060539-646377 (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Harjit Sajjan
since July 26, 2023
Public Safety Canada
Style The Honourable
Member of
Reports to
Appointer Monarch (represented by the governor general); [3]
on the advice of the prime minister [4]
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation26 October 2021
Salary CA$269,800 (2019) [5]
Website www.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.

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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:

   Liberal Party of Canada
No.PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyMinistry
Minister of Emergency Preparedness
1 Bill Blair - MOU U.S. - Canada Wildland Fires - Group Shot (002) (cropped).png Bill Blair October 26, 2021July 26, 2023 Liberal 29 (J. Trudeau)
2 Harjit Sajjan - 2023 - P060539-646377 (cropped).jpg Harjit Sajjan July 26, 2023Incumbent Liberal 29 (J. Trudeau)

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