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Lobbying by Digital Trust Canada: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.

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Organization

Digital Trust Canada

Meetings this Parliament
3
With MPs
2
Since Nov 2021
28
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: May 18, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Mar 11, 2026

Filed by Michelle Robitaille, Présidente et directrice générale

Lobbyists

  • Michelle Robitaille · Présidente, directrice générale par intérim Former public office holder

    Formerly Chef partenariats et engagement communautaire, Partenariats et engagement communautaire, Musée des beaux-arts du Canada (2014–2019)

    Formerly Secrétaire générale, conseillère principale au DGA et spécialiste des partenariats, Relations externes, expériences visiteurs, Parc Canada (2008–2014)

    Formerly Agente de planification, Direction de la planification et du cadre de responsabilisation de gestion, Agence de services frontaliers (2007–2008)

    Formerly Gestionnaire de conférences, Bureau des conférences du CNRC, Conseil national de recherche du Canada (2002–2007)

Institutions they may lobby: Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canada School of Public Service (CSPS), Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), Courts Administration Service, Elections Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Justice Canada (JC), Law Commission of Canada, National Capital Commission (NCC), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (2)
  • Obtaining federal funding and program support to enable Digital Trust Canada to establish, coordinate and scale national demonstrators and infrastructure enabling capabilities that strengthen trusted digital infrastructure, data sovereignty and interoperability across the economy, public services and critical infrastructure sectors. This includes enablement of GAIA-X Hub Canada as a national coordination and ecosystem alignment function supporting Canada’s participation in global trusted data and interoperability frameworks. Activities include convening industry and public sector stakeholders, accelerating implementation readiness through pilot deployments and testing environments, and building shared capacity for dual purpose digital capabilities and future adoption of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and data driven systems.
  • Act as an independent, technology agnostic national advisor and neutral ecosystem convenor supporting governments in strengthening Canada’s federated and secure digital infrastructure across the economy, public services and critical infrastructure sectors. Activities focus on enabling secure and sovereign data sharing, trusted access and governance approaches that protect privacy, support resilience and reinforce trust. The organization contributes to coordination and scaling of demonstrators and infrastructure enabling functions that support adoption of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and digital credential ecosystems, while advancing interoperability across standards and enabling Canada’s participation in international trusted data infrastructure frameworks, including GAIA-X Hub Canada.

Registration 958845-375446-13. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Patrick Cormier (18), Michelle Robitaille (10).

  • Reported by Patrick Cormier · In-house (organization)

    Consumer IssuesEconomic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingFederal-Provincial RelationsInternational RelationsInternational TradePrivacy and Access to InformationScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Cormier · In-house (organization)

    • Jason Choueiri · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Digital Officer, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Darcy Pierlot · Chief Information Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Consumer IssuesEconomic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingFederal-Provincial RelationsInternational RelationsInternational TradePrivacy and Access to InformationScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Cormier · In-house (organization)

    • Lou Carosielli · Chief of Staff, National Defence (DND)
    • Raj Thuppal · Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Information Officer, National Defence (DND)

    Consumer IssuesEconomic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingFederal-Provincial RelationsInternational RelationsInternational TradePrivacy and Access to InformationScience and Technology

    Official report

From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026. Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month. Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Licence. PolitiKit is independent and is not endorsed by the Commissioner of Lobbying.