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Under the authority of sections 5 and 17 of the Executive Council Act, the Lieutenant Governor in Council is pleased to create the Department of Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Development, effective September 30, 2014, consisting of some of those functions formerly within the Department of Innovation, Business and Rural Development, and some of those functions formerly within the Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, with five branches as follows:
a) Strategic Industries and Business Development;
b) Trade and Export Development;
c) Regional Development;
d) Innovation, Research, and Advanced Technologies; and
e) Tourism and Culture.