Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs (Ontario)

The Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs is responsible for intergovernmental affairs between the Canadian province of Ontario and the other provinces and territories and the Canadian government. The ministry's goal is to strengthen national unity and Ontario's role within Canada. The current minister is Doug Ford, who also served as the premier of Ontario; the position is often held concurrently by the premier.

Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs

Ministère des Affaires intergouvernementales (French)
Ministry overview
Formed	1978
Jurisdiction	Government of Ontario
Ministers responsible	Doug Ford, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Norm Miller, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs

The Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario, Minister of Economics and Provincial Relations and Ministry of Federal-Provincial Relations were the positions formerly responsible for intergovernmental affairs.

List of ministers

Treasurer of Ontario, Economics, and Intergovernmental Affairs

• Darcy McKeough, 1972 (April–September)
• Charles MacNaughton, 1972–1973
• John White, 1973–1975
• Darcy McKeough, 1975–1978
• Frank Miller, 1978 (August 16–18)

Intergovernmental Affairs

Asterisks indicate ministers who were concurrently Premier of Ontario.

• Thomas Leonard Wells, 1978–1985
• Frank Miller, 1985 (February–May)
• Reuben Baetz, 1985 (May-June)
• David Peterson, 1985–1990 *
• Bob Rae, 1990–1995 *
• Dianne Cunningham, 1995–1999
• Norm Sterling, 1999–2001
• Brenda Elliott, 2001–2003
• Dalton McGuinty, October 23, 2003 – June 29, 2005 *
• Marie Bountrogianni, June 29, 2005 – October 30, 2007
• Dalton McGuinty, October 30, 2007 – January 18, 2010 *
• Monique Smith, January 18, 2010 – October 20, 2011
• Dalton McGuinty, October 20, 2011 – February 11, 2013 *
• Laurel Broten, 2013 (February–July)
• Kathleen Wynne, 2013–2018 *
• Doug Ford, 2018—present *

See also

• Foreign relations of Canada
• Alberta International and Intergovernmental Relations
• Quebec Ministry of International Relations