Advice for new Finance Minister Bill Morneau
By Barry Campbell Nov. 13, 2015
What I wish someone had told me, a few years ago.
TORONTO—I have never had the burden of your job. But as a former parliamentary secretary to a minister of finance, I did come to understand the unique interaction between the minister’s office and officials in your department. Like you, I came in as a political newcomer and after a career in the private sector. So here, respectfully, is what I wish someone had told me before I came to Finance. If someone had, I might have been less bewildered, my nights at the office shorter.
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