Canadian Department of International Affairs

Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade is responsible for foreign policy and diplomacy, as well as import-export and international trade policy.

Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce International
general information
A country
date of creation	1993
Site	dfait-maeci.gc.ca

June 1, 1909 the ministry was created as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then received the name of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international trade. Commonwealth Dominions, such as Canada, deliberately avoided the word “foreign” ( foreign ), since at that time Canada’s foreign policy was still controlled by the United Kingdom. The name of the ministry was changed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade only in 1993, 60 years after Canada gained control over its foreign policy. His field of activity still includes relations with the countries of the Commonwealth, although they do not consider each other "foreign." The name change was formalized by an act of parliament in 1995.

MIDMT is headed at once by three ministers: the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of International Trade and the Minister of International Cooperation.