Executive Council of Quebec
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The Executive Council of Quebec (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Quebec and in French Le Conseil des ministres) is the cabinet of the government of Quebec, Canada.
Made up of members of the Quebec National Assembly, the cabinet is similar in structure and role to the Cabinet of Canada while being smaller in size. As federal and provincial responsibilities differ, there are a number of portfolios that differ between the federal and provincial governments.
The cabinet is selected by the Premier of Quebec and sworn in by the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec. Most cabinet ministers are the head of a ministry, but this is not always the case.
Like at the federal level, the most important cabinet post, after that of the prime minister or premier, is Minister of Finance. Today, the next most powerful position is the health portfolio, which has a vast budget and is of central political import. Other powerful porfolios include education and energy.
Current Cabinet
The current cabinet has been in place since soon after the 2003 election, with the formation of a government by the Quebec Liberal Party. A major cabinet shuffle was implemented on February 18, 2005.
| Portfolio | Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier of Quebec and Minister responsible for Youth Issues |
Jean Charest | (2003-) | |||
| Deputy Premier of Quebec Minister of Public Security Government House Leader and Minister responsible for the Laurentides region and the Lanaudière region
| (2006-) | ||||
| Minister Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Minister responsible for the Centre-du-Québec region |
Yvon Vallières | (2006-) | |||
| Minister responsible for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs Minister of Francophones within Canada Minister of the Agreement on Internal Trade Minister of the Reform of Democratic Institutions Minister of Access to Information and Minister responsible for the Outaouais region |
Benoît Pelletier | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Culture and Communications and Minister responsible for the Montreal Region |
Line Beauchamp | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Development, Innovation and Export Trade | Raymond Bachand | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports and Minister responsible for the Montérégie region |
Jean-Marc Fournier | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity and Minister responsible for the Laval region |
Michelle Courchesne | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Families, Seniors and the Status of Women | Carole Théberge | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Finance | Michel Audet | (2005-) | |||
| Minister responsible for Government Administration and Chair of the Treasury Board |
Monique Jérôme-Forget | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Government Services and Minister for Online Government |
Henri-François Gautrin | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Health and Social Services | Philippe Couillard | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities | Lise Thériault | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of International Relations Minister responsible for La Francophonie and Minister responsible for the Estrie region |
Monique Gagnon-Tremblay | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Justice | Yvon Marcoux | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Labour and Minister responsible for the Chaudière-Appalaches region |
Laurent Lessard | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Municipal Affairs and Regions | Nathalie Normandeau | (2006-) | |||
| Minister for Native Affairs | Geoffrey Kelley | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife and Minister responsible for the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region and the Nord-du-Québec region |
Pierre Corbeil | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Revenue | Lawrence S. Bergman | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks Deputy Government House Leader and Minister responsible for the Bas-Saint-Laurent region and Côte-Nord region |
Claude Béchard | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Saguenay—Lac-St-Jean region |
Françoise Gauthier | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Transport | Michel Després | (2005-) | |||
| Minister for Transport and Minister responsible for the Mauricie region |
Julie Boulet | (2003-) | |||
| Minister for Youth Protection and Rehabilitation | Margaret F. Delisle | (2005-) | |||
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