Canada needs another minister of digital government

Even if the role carried little relevant decision-making power at its inception, it is not difficult envisioning a role like minister of digital government developing into a more substantive position over time under prudent leadership.

Now-Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray, pictured in Ottawa on Oct. 27, 2021, was shuffled out of the digital government portfolio following the 2021 election, with no one named to replace her on the dedicated file. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TOURAJ RIAZI

March 2, 2022

Justin Trudeau’s government made transforming the way Canadians are served its mission and created the role for Canada’s first standalone minister of digital government to support this mission in 2019. One cabinet shuffle later in 2021 and Canadians no longer have a cabinet minister with a

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