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| Minister of Foreign Affairs - Pierre Pettigrew
Pierre Pettigrew was elected to the House of Commons in a March 1996 by-election and first joined the Cabinet in January 1996 as Minister for International Co-operation and Minister responsible for La Francophonie. In 2003, he was named Minister of Health, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister responsible for Official Languages. From 1996 to 1999, he served as Minister of Human Resources Development, and was appointed Minister for International Trade in 1999. |
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| Minister of International Cooperation - Aileen Carroll
First elected to the House of Commons in 1997, Aileen Carroll was re-elected in the 2000 and 2004 general elections. She was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in September 2001. She has served as a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade and in 2003 was named Minister for International Cooperation. |
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| Minister responsible for La Francophonie - Jacques Saada
Jacques Saada was first elected as a Member of Parliament in June 1997 and has served as Deputy Whip of the Government, as Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, and as a member of the Board of Internal Economy. In 2003, he was named Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister responsible for Democratic Reform. |
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs - Dan McTeague
First elected to the House of Commons in 1993, Dan McTeague served as Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology and as a member of the Standing Committee on Official Languages. In 2003, he was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs with special emphasis on Canadians Abroad. |
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (Canada-U.S.) - Marlene Jennings
Marlene Jennings was first elected to the House of Commons in 1997 and was re-elected in 2000 and 2004. She has served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for International Cooperation as well as Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General of Canada. Ms. Jennings was Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology and of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. She is the first black woman from Quebec to be elected to Parliament in the history of Confederation. |
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Cooperation - Patricia Ann Torsney
Paddy Torsney was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993. She has served as Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee and as a member of the Industry Committee. She has also been Chair of the Subcommittee on Electoral Boundaries and Vice-Chair of the Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness committees. She has also served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment. |
