Member of Parliament

Ng helped to facilitate the government's commitment to invest in Canadian ideas and innovators in her riding by advocating for the inclusion of Markham's tech-innovation hub, VentureLabs, in the Southern Ontario Supercluster.^[12]

Ng holds roles on Parliamentary Associations such as the Canada-China Legislative Association and the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association.^[13] In June 2019, Ng publicly announced Michael Chan as her re-election campaign co-chair, which led to questions of potential pro-Beijing influence in her campaign.^[14]

Cabinet minister

Ng was appointed Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion in the cabinet reshuffle in July 2018.^[15] Following her re-election as MP in the 2019 federal election, she was named Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, adding the trade portfolio to her responsibilities and becoming jointly responsible for Trudeau's foreign policy.^[16]

In 2019, Ng attended People's Republic of China 70th anniversary celebrations with Toronto consulate official Han Tao.^[14] In response, members of the group Torontonians Stand With Hong Kong indicated concern that Ng could hold the same pro-Beijing positions as those allegedly held by her campaign co-chair, Michael Chan.^[14]

After the 2021 election, Ng's responsibilities expanded to include Economic Development.^[17] She remains the minister responsible for Canada's trade negotiations, overseeing crown corporations including Business Development Canada and Export Development Canada, and promoting small business through grant funding.^{[citation needed]}

On December 13, 2022, Mario Dion, the federal ethics commissioner, released a report finding that Ng had broken ethics rules in 2019 and 2020 by failing to recuse herself and awarding two government media training contracts – worth $16,950 and $5,840 – to the public relations firm Pomp&Circumstance that her friend of 20 years, Amanda Alvaro, had co-founded.^[18] After the release of the report, Ng apologized and issued a statement saying that she should have recused herself.^[19][20] Ng reportedly did not consider resigning or repaying the money after the ethics breach.^[18]