Minister of Digital Government

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]

Minister of Digital Government of Canada
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet Privy Council Treasury Board
Appointer	Monarch (represented by the governor general);[1] on the advice of the prime minister[2]
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Scott Brison
Formation	18 July 2018
Final holder	Joyce Murray
Abolished	26 October 2021
Salary	$264,400 (2019)[3]
Website	canada.ca/en/shared-services.html

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:

  Liberal Party of Canada

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office[4]		Political party	Ministry
1		Scott Brison[7]	July 18, 2018	January 13, 2019	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
2		Jane Philpott	January 14, 2019	March 4, 2019
3		Joyce Murray	March 18, 2019	October 26, 2021

References

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