Dominic LeBlanc
- Born
- December 14, 1967 — Ottawa, Ontario
- Family
- Married to Jolène Richard, has an adult stepson
- Education
- BA Political Science, University of Toronto (Trinity College); LLB, University of New Brunswick; Master of Laws, Harvard Law School
- Career
- Barrister and solicitor with Clark Drummie in Shediac and Moncton; Special Advisor to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien (1993-1996)
- Political Experience
- MP for Beauséjour since 2000; Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence; Parliamentary Secretary to the leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Deputy Chief Government Whip; Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (2015-2016); Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard (2016-2018); Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Northern Affairs and Internal Trade (2018-2019); President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada (2018-2021); Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (2020); Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities (2021); Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs (2023); Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs (2024); President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy (2025)
- Notable
- Son of former governor general Roméo LeBlanc; diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and underwent a stem cell transplant; met his stem cell donor in 2022.
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Dominic LeBlanc won with 36,139 votes (60.6%)
Total votes cast: 59,631
Again, Mr. Speaker, our colleague has highlighted consistently one of the important challenges in having free trade across Canada. As he well knows, the regulation of the sale of alcohol is within the hands of provincial and territorial governments. However, his idea of changing section 19 of the Canada Post Corporation Act to incentivize provinces to allow it and to co-operate with the [more]
Minister of Finance and National Revenue Mr. Speaker, at the risk of echoing our colleague the, I must say that we have good news for the hon. member. Prime Minister This week, thewas in India, where we signed an agreement worth over $2.5 billion for energy exports. We worked with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to approve the Bay du Nord project off the coast of that province. We [more]
Prime Minister Again, Mr. Speaker, I indicated to our colleague that we have called an urgent meeting of interprovincial trade ministers following the's meeting with first ministers at the end of January. That is happening in a few weeks. We are going to seek to make progress in collaboration with provinces. I would ask our colleague to note that it was Ontario and Nova Scotia, two champions for [more]
C-5 Mr. Speaker, we agree with our opposition colleague that it is important to build a strong economy in Canada. The good news is that the Conservative Party helped adopt Bill, which, in fact, enabled the government to accelerate the construction of major projects, including major energy infrastructure projects like the ones our colleague just mentioned. I was in Contrecœur, near Montreal. [more]
C-5 Mr. Speaker, our colleague would remember very well the votes that happened at the end of June when we passed Bill, which removed all federal barriers to interprovincial trade in Canada. He is highlighting something with which we agree: the important GDP boost of removing all these barriers. The vast majority of these barriers have always been in the hands of provinces and territories. We [more]
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank our colleague for his consistent work in terms of removing barriers to interprovincial trade. As he knows very well, the federal government removed all our exemptions to free trade in Canada by legislation supported by the Conservatives in June. I know he has been, and he should be, as pleased as we are that the governments of Ontario and of Nova Scotia recently [more]