[2][5][6] The portfolio is overseen by the Minister of Economic Development, Investment, Trade and Natural Resources who is currently Jamie Moses.
At the time, Premier Gary Doer announced that the ministry was the first of its kind in Canada, noting that it combined taxation concerns with long-term strategies for education and training.
[7] The department was renamed to Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade in 2009,[8] and to Jobs and the Economy in October 2013.
[2][3][5][6] As result, GET's resource development division merged with the agriculture ministry to form the new Ministry of Agriculture and Resource Development; the labour and regulatory services division was transferred to Manitoba Finance; and the Office of the Fire Commissioner was transferred to Manitoba Municipal Relations.
[6] The department was renamed again the following year, on January 18, to Economic Development, Investment and Trade (EDIT).