Manitoba Economic Development, Investment and Trade
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox government agency
| name = Manitoba Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation.
| native_name = Ministère du développement économique, de l’investissement et du commerce
| formed = 2019
| preceding1 = Department of Economic Development, Investment, Trade and Natural Resources. Department of Economic Development, Investment and Trade.
Department of Economic Development and Jobs
| employees = 409 FTEs (2021/22)
| minister1_name = Jamie Moses
| minister1_pfo = Minister of Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation.
| deputyminister1_name = Dana Rudy
| child1_agency =
| child2_agency = Industrial Technology Centre{{Cite web|url=https://www.itc.mb.ca/about-us/|title = About Us}}
| child3_agency = Manitoba Development Corp
}}
Manitoba Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation (BMTJC; {{langx|fr|Ministère du développement économique, de l’investissement et du commerce}}; formerly Economic Development, Investment, Trade and Natural Resources) is the provincial government department responsible for economic growth and the creation of jobs in Manitoba.{{Cite web|last=Communications|first=Farm Business|title=AGCanada|url=https://www.agcanada.com/daily/manitoba-agriculture-merged-into-new-provincial-ministry|access-date=2021-06-18|website=AGCanada|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Economic Development and Jobs {{!}} Province of Manitoba|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/jec/|access-date=2021-06-18|website=www.gov.mb.ca|language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/jec/reports/pdfs/estimates_supplement_edj_21_22.pdf#ministry_description |title=Main Estimates Supplement - Ministry Description |publisher=Manitoba Economic Development and Jobs |date=2021 |access-date=November 11, 2021}}
The department was created in late 2019 out of the former Department of Growth, Enterprise and Trade.{{Cite web|title=Reports and Expenses {{!}} Economic Development and Jobs {{!}} Province of Manitoba|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/jec/reports/index.html|access-date=2021-06-18|website=www.gov.mb.ca|language=en}}{{cite web|title=MLA Biographies - Living|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/mla_bio_living.html|publisher=The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba|accessdate=19 July 2017}} The portfolio is overseen by the Minister of Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation. Who is currently Jamie Moses.
History
The Department of Competitiveness, Training and Trade was established in 2006, combining responsibilities from the portfolios of Industry, Economic Development and Mines, Intergovernmental Affairs and Trade, and Advanced Education and Training. At the time, Premier Gary Doer announced that the ministry was the first of its kind in Canada, noting that it combined taxation concerns with long-term strategies for education and training.Mia Rabson, "Doer's cabinet gets makeover", Winnipeg Free Press, 22 September 2006, A1.
The department was renamed to Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade in 2009,{{cite web|date=November 3, 2009|title=Manitoba Order in Council|url=http://www2.gov.mb.ca/OICDocs/2009/11/President%20of%20the%20Council.091103.Executive%20Government%20Organization%20Act.3482009.pdf|publisher=Government of Manitoba}} and to Jobs and the Economy in October 2013.{{cite web|date=October 18, 2013|title=Manitoba Order in Council|url=http://www2.gov.mb.ca/OICDocs/2013/10/President%20of%20the%20Executive%20Council.131018.Executive%20Government%20Organization%20Act.3572013.pdf|publisher=Government of Manitoba}}
In 2016, the Department of Growth, Enterprise and Trade (GET) was created when the Jobs and the Economy portfolio combined with that of the Ministry of Mineral Resources, as well as taking on the transportation responsibilities of the former Ministry of Infrastructure and Transportation, and the northern economic development responsibilities of the Ministry of Aboriginal and Northern Affairs.{{cite news|title=A breakdown of provincial cabinet changes|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/a-breakdown-of-provincial-cabinet-changes-378042591.html|website=Winnipeg Free Press|date=3 May 2016|accessdate=19 July 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Lambert|first1=Steve|title=Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister, leaner cabinet sworn in|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/manitoba-premier-brian-pallister-leaner-cabinet-sworn-in/article29847602/|website=The Globe and Mail|date=3 May 2016|publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc|accessdate=19 July 2017}}
On 23 October 2019, the Department of Growth, Enterprise and Trade became the Department of Economic Development and Training. As result, GET's resource development division merged with the agriculture ministry to form the new Ministry of Agriculture and Resource Development; the labour and regulatory services division was transferred to Manitoba Finance; and the Office of the Fire Commissioner was transferred to Manitoba Municipal Relations.
In January 2021, the portfolio was renamed to the Department of Economic Development and Jobs. The department was renamed again the following year, on January 18, to Economic Development, Investment and Trade (EDIT).{{Cite web|title=About Us {{!}} Economic Development, Investment and Trade {{!}} Province of Manitoba|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/jec/about/index.html|access-date=2022-02-21|website=www.gov.mb.ca|language=en}}
Ministers
| class="wikitable"
!Party !Took office !Left office |
| colspan="4" |Minister of Competitiveness, Training and Trade |
|---|
| Scott Smith
|September 21, 2006 |May 22, 2007 |
| Jim Rondeau
|June 28, 2007 |February 4, 2008 |
| Andrew Swan
|February 4, 2008 |November 3, 2009 |
| colspan="4" |Minister of Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade |
| Peter Bjornson
|November 3, 2009 |October 18, 2013 |
| colspan="4" |Minister of Jobs and the Economy |
| Theresa Oswald
|October 18, 2013 |November 3, 2014 |
| Kevin Chief
|November 3, 2014 |May 3, 2016 |
| colspan="4" |Minister of Growth, Enterprise and Trade |
| Cliff Cullen
|May 3, 2016 |August 17, 2017 |
| Blaine Pedersen
|August 17, 2017 |October 23, 2019 |
| colspan="4" |Minister of Economic Development and Training |
| Ralph Eichler
|October 23, 2019 |January 5, 2021 |
| colspan="4" |Minister of Economic Development and Jobs |
| Ralph Eichler
|January 5, 2021 |July 15, 2021 |
| Jon Reyes
|July 15, 2021 |January 18, 2022 |
| colspan="4" |Minister of Economic Development, Investment and Trade |
| Cliff Cullen
|January 18, 2022 |January 30, 2023 |
| Jeff Wharton
|January 30, 2023 |October 17, 2023 |
| colspan="4" |Minister of Economic Development, Investment, Trade and Natural Resources |
| Jamie Moses
|October 18, 2022 |November 13, 2024 |
| colspan="4" |Minister of Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation |
| Jamie Moses
|November 13, 2024 |Present |