Splitting DFAIT

Belinda Stronach hears the noises inside the Pearson Building

Published February 9, 2005

As parliamentarians continued to await the long-delayed release of the government's International Policy Review, International Trade minister Jim Peterson rose to introduce Bill C-31 in the House of Commons. The proposed legislation aims to formalize the division of Canada's erstwhile Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) into two separate ministries, by creating the Department of International...

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