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A scramble and scrutiny of the public service not seen in more than 20 years

OTTAWA – Not since the Gomery inquiry into the sponsorship scandal more than 20 years ago has the focus on how public servants manage been so...

28.03.2024 6

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Mulroney’s “pink slips and running shoes” yielded to a trust of the public service

OTTAWA – Brian Mulroney was elected prime minister promising to give public servants “pink slips and running shoes.” He didn’t follow through...

20.03.2024 30

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Black public servants locked in three-year legal battle with Ottawa with no end in sight

(Version française disponible ici) For years, activist Richard Sharpe warned every top bureaucrat he met that Black public service workers would...

18.01.2024 10

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Graham Flack leaves the public service after three decades at the centre of Canadian history

Graham Flack, a senior federal public servant who held jobs at the centre of crises ranging from the threat of Quebec secession, 9/11, the 2008 global...

17.01.2024 3

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Catherine Luelo named clerk’s advisor on digital transformation

OTTAWA – Catherine Luelo left the public service because she saw it as too undisciplined to bring government into the digital age. Now she’s taken...

13.01.2024 10

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John Hannaford sets up public service teams to think about future problems

OTTAWA – Canada’s top bureaucrat has assembled a dozen teams of deputy ministers to shake conventional thinking on policymaking and develop fresh...

07.12.2023 10

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Allegations of threats and lying perturb the federal public service

OTTAWA – So far, the buck stops nowhere. MPs on the government operations committee have spent a year trying to untangle contracting for the...

29.11.2023 10

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Chief information officer Catherine Luelo resigns from job revamping federal tech

OTTAWA – The federal government’s chief information officer is leaving the job as the bureaucracy struggles to modernize aging technology systems...

25.11.2023 3

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Generation X takes the helm of the public service with John Hannaford

(Version française disponible ici) OTTAWA – John Hannaford, the first Gen Xer to head Canada’s public service after decades of Baby Boomer...

23.10.2023 6

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Clerk of the Privy Council John Hannaford relaunches ethics and values discussion in the public service

(Version française disponible ici) OTTAWA – Canada’s top bureaucrat is making values and ethics a top priority, striking a task force of deputy...

20.09.2023 6

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Cutting $15 billion from the public service won’t be that hard. But what’s next?

(Version française disponible ici) OTTAWA — On paper, Canada’s public service can handily find billions of dollars in spending cuts. The big...

07.09.2023 10

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