This will include: close collaboration with your colleagues; meaningful engagement with Opposition Members of Parliament, Parliamentary Committees and the public service; constructive dialogue with Canadians, civil society, and stakeholders, including business, organized labour, the broader public sector, and the not-for-profit and charitable sectors; and identifying ways to find solutions and avoid escalating conflicts unnecessarily. The minister of international trade diversification (French: ministre de la diversification du commerce international) is former minister of the Crown position in the Canadian Cabinet. Other issues will arise or will be brought to our attention by Canadians, stakeholders, and the public service. As Minister, you will be held accountable for our commitment to bring a different style of leadership to government. Global Affairs Canada. Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, "Minister of International Trade Diversification", Learn how and when to remove this template message, Provincial and territorial executive councils, minister of international development and la Francophonie, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, minister of small business, export promotion and international trade, Economic Development and Official Languages, Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Families, Children and Social Development, Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, "The Canadian Parliamentary system - Our Procedure - House of Commons", "Review of the Responsibilities and Accountabilities of Ministers and Senior Officials", "House of Commons Procedure and Practice - 1. Comments are welcome while open. We made a commitment to Canadians to pursue our goals with a renewed sense of collaboration. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. Before taking over the trade portfolio, Carr, an oboist-turned-journalist-turned-CEO of the Business Council of Manitoba, served in the Liberal cabinet as natural resources minister and helped oversee the government's $4.5-billion purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline. If we are to tackle the real challenges we face as a country – from a struggling middle class to the threat of climate change – Canadians need to have faith in their government’s honesty and willingness to listen. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development Rachel Bendayan Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade