Minister of Digital Government explained

Post:Minister of Digital Government
Salary:$264,400 (2019)[1]
Inaugural:Scott Brison
Formation:18 July 2018
Termlength:At Her Majesty's pleasure
Appointer Qualified:on the advice of the prime minister[2]
Appointer:Monarch (represented by the governor general);[3]
Body:Canada
Style:The Honourable
Last:Joyce Murray
Abolished:26 October 2021

The minister of Digital Government (French: ministre du Gouvernement numérique) was a minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet with responsibility for Shared Services Canada (SSC)—the federal department that manages and maintains information technology services throughout the Government of Canada, as well as the digital strategies and programs of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. (The first two ministers of Digital Government were also concurrently the president of the Treasury Board.)[4]

This position was introduced in the 29th Canadian Ministry under the premiership of Justin Trudeau.[5] Prior to 2018, responsibility for oversight of SSC was in the portfolio of the minister of Public Services and Procurement. In 2021, the position was abolished and responsibility for SSC was returned to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement.[6]

List of ministers

Key:

No.PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyMinistry
1Scott Brison[7] July 18, 2018 January 13, 2019Liberal29 (J. Trudeau)
2Jane PhilpottJanuary 14, 2019 March 4, 2019
3Joyce MurrayMarch 18, 2019October 26, 2021

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances. Parliament of Canada.
  2. Web site: House of Commons Procedure and Practice - 1. Parliamentary Institutions - Canadian Parliamentary Institutions. www.ourcommons.ca. 2020-04-20.
  3. Web site: Constitutional Duties. The Governor General of Canada. 2020-04-20.
  4. Web site: Profile - Treasury Board. 2021-04-29. lop.parl.ca.
  5. Web site: Prime Minister welcomes new Cabinet. 2019-11-20. Prime Minister of Canada. en. 2019-11-25.
  6. Web site: 2021-10-27. 5 things you might have missed in Trudeau's cabinet shakeup. 2022-01-22. CTVNews. en.
  7. Web site: Roles - Hon. Scott Brison - Current and Past - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada. House of Commons of Canada. en. 2020-11-19.