Industry Canada

Departments of the Government of Canada
Industry
Minister	Tony Clement
Deputy Minister	Richard Dicerni
Established	1993
Responsibilities	CRTC Copyright Board of Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Employees	6,104 (2006)
Department Website

Industry Canada is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for regional economic development, investment, and innovation/research and development. The department employs 6104 FTEs across Canada.^[1]

The Department headquarters is located at the C.D. Howe Building at 235 Queen Street in Ottawa, Ontario.

Industry Canada is involved in the Modern Comptrollership Initiative, which seeks to modernize the management practices of the Government of Canada.

The C.D. Howe Building, home to many Industry Canada offices

Executives and Structure

Minister of Industry

• Tony Clement

Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism)

• Diane Ablonczy
• Minister of State (Science and Technology): Gary Goodyear
• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry: Mike Lake

• Deputy Minister
• Senior Associate Deputy Minister

• Office of Consumer Affairs
• Industry Sector
• Spectrum, Information Technologies and Telecommunications Sector
• Science and Innovation Sector
• Small Business and Marketplace Operations
• Strategic Policy Branch

• Audit and Evaluation Branch
• Communications and Marketing Branch
• Comptrollership and Administration Sector
• Corporate and Portfolio Office
• Legal Services
• Human Resources Branch
• Regional Operations

• The Competition Bureau
• Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Agencies, boards and offices

The Department oversees several agencies and boards including the :

• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
• Copyright Board of Canada
• Corporations Canada
• Measurement Canada
• The Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists
• Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy
• Spectrum Management and Telecommunications
• The Communications Research Centre (CRC) Canada
• Canada Space Agency
• Statistics Canada
• Canada Tourism Commission
• Business Development Bank of Canada
• National Research Council of Canada
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada
• Standards Council of Canada
• National broadband plans from around the world

External links

• Industry Canada

References

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