Minister of Environment and Climate Change
The minister of environment and climate change (French: ministre de l'environnement et du changement climatique) is a minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada. The portfolio is responsible for the Environment and Climate Change Canada, as well as a number of other federal organizations including Parks Canada, and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada.[6]
Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Monarch (represented by the governor general);[3]
on the advice of the prime minister[4]
11 June 1971
Steven Guilbeault is the current minister of environment and climate change. He was appointed to the role on October 26, 2021.[7]
The position was called the minister of the environment until 2015, when the position was given its current name upon the creation of Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, the 29th Canadian ministry.