Minister of Social Development (Canada) Stephanie Cadieux was appointed the BC Minister of Social Development. She is the previous Minister of Labour Citizens' Services and Open Government and is the MLA of the Surrey - Panorama district. She was elected in the 2009 provincial election. Minister of Social Development (Canada) The Minister of Social Development () is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing Social Development Canada, the federal government's department concerned with the needs of seniors, children, families and people with disabilities. On February 6, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper merged the personnel and responsibilities of Social
Deputy Prime Minister of Canada by Governor General Michaëlle Jean on February 6, 2006—the day Harper was appointed prime minister—when "the prime minister is unable to perform the functions of his office", Lawrence Cannon, then Jim Prentice, then the balance of the Cabinet by order of precedence, were "authorized to act for the prime minister". This order was followed by a number of others updating the list; in each case, the status as the top person on that list was accorded to the vice-chair of the cabinet's Priorities and Planning Committee. Previous prime ministers have had similar orders-in-council, under which the deputy prime minister and