Ruby Sahota Assigned to Assist Industry

Summary#

This is the Order Terminating the Assignment of the Honourable Filomena Tassi and Assigning the Honourable Ruby Sahota to Assist the Minister of Industry: SI/2025-7, published January 15, 2025. It ends the earlier assignment of Filomena Tassi and assigns Ruby Sahota to assist the Minister of Industry under the Ministries and Ministers of State Act.

What it does#

• Terminates the previous assignment of Filomena Tassi that was made by Order in Council P.C. 2022-935 on August 31, 2022.
• Assigns Ruby Sahota, who is Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, to:
  • be styled Minister of Democratic Institutions, and
  • be the Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, and
  • assist the Minister of Industry in carrying out that minister’s responsibilities.
• The change was made by Order in Council P.C. 2024-1417 on December 20, 2024, under section 11 of the Ministries and Ministers of State Act.

Who's affected#

• Filomena Tassi and Ruby Sahota (the two ministers named).
• Staff and offices that support the Minister of Industry and the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario.
• People and organizations that deal directly with those ministerial offices or who look to a particular minister as the contact for Industry, FedDev Ontario, or democratic institutions matters.
• It is not clear from the order that any other departments, laws, or programs are being changed.

Why it matters#

• This is an administrative reassignment of who helps the Minister of Industry. It changes who holds certain ministerial titles and who stakeholders might contact for related files.
• It does not, on its face, change laws or government programs. It mainly affects internal responsibilities and points of contact within federal government offices.