I would agree with the iterative word. I think you need to treat this like an incubator process. I think you need to go in there lean and mean. I used to have a small business. I did it for 10 years. What I realized was that, when you have no money, you learn to do things that you didn't think were possible. So I think you don't need a lot of resources, but you need to get out there and talk to the people who are doing it.
Take a page out of the Chinese business book: “We're not going to invent it; we're just going to take it once you've got it working, and we are going to avoid all those overhead development processes.” Train in every department and agency in the government the skills to lead. You need subject matter experts who understand the data-driven process, who can work with technical teams, who have learned how to do change management, and can work and flex quickly and build that network to support through an engine. I would do it through Statistics Canada, because they have the machine. Those entities are going to need to be tapped into your C-suite. They need to be sitting at a table with the decision-makers and helping translate what they want to do into something of business value.