Ministers and Secretaries of State
Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
The Honourable Mélanie Joly
Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
The Honourable Evan Solomon
Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism)
The Honourable Rechie Valdez
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Secretary of State (Rural Development)
The Honourable Buckley Belanger
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism)
Marie-Gabrielle Ménard, MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation
Taleeb Noormohamed, MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State (Rural Development)
Pauline Rochefort, MP
Senior officials
Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Philip Jennings
Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Deputy Minister/President of Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)
Sony Perron
Associate Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development/President of the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Kaili Levesque
Associate Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Mark Schaan
Corporate Secretary, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Ana Maia
Audit and Evaluation Branch
Director General
Kimberley Accardi
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trademarks and Chief Executive Officer
Konstantinos Georgaras
Chief Information Office
Chief Information Officer
Daniel Boulet
Communications Research Centre Canada
President
Marc Levesque
Competition Bureau Canada
Commissioner of Competition
Matthew Boswell
Corporate Management Sector
Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer
Douglas McConnachie
Corporations Canada
Director General
Hantz Prosper
Digital Transformation Service Sector
A/Assistant Deputy Minister
Daniel Boulet
Industry Sector
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister
Charles Vincent
Associate Assistant Deputy Minister
Kendal Hembroff
Innovation Canada
Assistant Deputy Minister
Stephanie Tanton
Legal Services
Senior General Counsel and Executive Director
Alain Vauclair
Measurement Canada
President
Anne-Marie Monteith
Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy
Superintendent of Bankruptcy
Elisabeth Lang
Office of the Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer
Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer
Ray Edwards
Office of the Ombuds
Ombud
Abraham Temu
Science and Research Sector
Assistant Deputy Minister
Nipun Vats
Small Business, Tourism and Marketplace Services
Assistant Deputy Minister
Étienne-René Massie
Spectrum and Telecommunications Sector
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister
Chris Padfield
Associate Assistant Deputy Minister
Ray Edwards
Strategic Communications and Marketing Sector
A/Assistant Deputy Minister
Jean-Philippe Lapointe
Strategic Response Fund
Assistant Deputy Minister
Stephanie Tanton
Strategic Policy Sector
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister
Alexandra Dostal
Associate Assistant Deputy Minister
Kasi McMicking
Health Emergency Readiness Canada
Assistant Deputy Minister
Ritu Banerjee
Regional Offices
Atlantic Region
Regional Director General
Surita Maddox
Ontario Region
Regional Director General
Philippe Renoir
Prairie and Northern Region
Regional Director General
Sandra Larson
Pacific Region
Regional Director General
Christian Hansen
Quebec Region
Regional Director General
Lissette Bonilla
Portfolio organizations
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
President and CEO
Isabelle Hudon
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
President
Lisa Campbell
Copyright Board Canada (CB)
Chairman
The Honourable Luc Martineau
Destination Canada (DC)
(formerly known as the Canadian Tourism Commission)
President and CEO
Marsha Walden
National Research Council Canada (NRC)
President
Mitch Davies
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
President
Dr. Alejandro Adem
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
President
Dr. Ted Hewitt
Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
Chief Executive Officer
Chantal Guay
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Chief Statistician of Canada
André Loranger
The following organizations are associated with the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Portfolio:
Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
Sylvain Charbonneau
Council of Canadian Academies (CCA)
Tijs Creutzberg, PhD
President and CEO
Genome Canada
Rob Annan
President and CEO
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation (PETF)
Bettina B. Cenerelli
President and CEO