DND and CAF ‘exempt’ from further spending cuts, says Blair after department was asked to find $900-million a year in savings
Feds looking to find $15.8-billion in savings through ‘Refocus Government Spending’ initiative as pressure mounts for Canada to boost defence spending.
A reluctance for post-pandemic learning
To date, there has been little initiative in Canada to conduct a far-reaching public inquiry that examines pandemic response with a broader lens.
Federal overtime payments on decline, but total paid out still tops $1-billion mark
Latest government data shows RCMP, Correctional Services Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, as well as Canada Revenue Agency paid the most overtime in 2023.
Public servants sound off over new return-to-office mandate, while union faces heat over its ‘Buy Nothing’ campaign
Public service union walks back calls to boycott downtown Ottawa business.
Nearly half of Canada’s public servants are now millennials, but Gen X holds onto management reins
Millennials’ ‘fingerprints’ are now on the federal public service, says Deloitte’s Stephen Harrington, while a Carleton University professor says the demographic could be better divided into those hired pre- or post-pandemic.
Finishing the fight against COVID and the ‘global race’ to the top of Mount Vaccine
In the final part of The Hill Times‘ series on the fourth anniversary of COVID-19, Minister Anita Anand reflects on her role in the global race for PPE and vaccines, and precinct staff highlight the unequal impact the transition to a virtual Parliament had on essential employees.
Hill staffers look back on the COVID-19 pandemic from their front-row seats to history
In the second instalment of The Hill Times‘ retrospective on the fourth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, staffers recall the behind-the-scenes anxiety, and the ‘golden age of Question Period.’
‘We still only have a fragmented picture’: new report on COVID response finds critical institutions exposed both strengths and weaknesses in the federal system
The report that takes a deep dive into Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic calls for the appointment of an independent expert panel to do a thorough examination of how Canadian institutions performed during the biggest public health emergency of the last century.
‘May you govern in interesting times’: MPs, Senators look back on the COVID-19 pandemic and the day ‘everything changed’
With four years in the books since Canada’s Parliament shut down to deal with an emerging public health threat, and more than a year after the World Health Organization announced an official end to the global pandemic, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan says no one is ‘over COVID.’
ArriveCan accountability remains top question as federal spending watchdog says she found ‘disappointing failures’ everywhere she looked
Canadians will lose faith in institutions if there are no consequences, says Aaron Wudrick. But it should be bureaucrats—not ministers—who wear the procurement failings, according to former PSPC ADM Alan Williams.
