Digital Transformation Canada launches under former Google CFO as experts weigh his private-sector record

The feds want the new organization to expand AI, rebuild in-house expertise, and help Canadian tech firms grow, raising questions about whether those goals can coexist without deepening dependence on outside suppliers.

Patrick Pichette, left, leads Digital Transformation Canada, which is overseen by Government Transformation Minister Joël Lightbound. Pichette's long career in corporate technology sits at the centre of questions over how much the new organization will lean on private-sector expertise. Handout photograph and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MZWANDILE PONCANA

September 22, 2026

Digital Transformation Canada launched on Sept. 3 with an ambitious assignment: modernize the federal government’s technology, build mor...

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