Pacific Economic Development Agency moved to Infrastructure Minister

Summary#

This order amends Schedule I.1 to the Financial Administration Act to change the minister named for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada. It removes the reference to the Minister of Industry and replaces it with the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities. The order was registered as P.C. 2025-485 on May 13, 2025 and published in the Canada Gazette on June 4, 2025 (SOR/2025-127).

What it does#

• Strikes out the reference to the Minister of Industry in column II of Schedule I.1 of the Financial Administration Act opposite the name of the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada.
• Substitutes a reference to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities in that same place.

Who's affected#

• The primary organisation named is the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada.
• The two ministers named in the order — the Minister of Industry and the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities — are directly involved because the formal association in federal records shifts from one to the other.
• It is unclear from the order whether day-to-day services, staff, funding streams, or programs for businesses and communities in the Pacific region will change; the text only modifies the named minister in the statute schedule.

Why it matters#

• The change alters which minister is formally recorded as responsible for the agency in federal statutes.
• That can affect which minister answers questions in Parliament, signs certain documents, or is publicly identified as accountable for the agency.
• For most people and businesses served by the agency, this is likely an administrative change unless the government follows up with policy, program, or operational shifts under the new minister.