Public Servants
- With billions on the line and a track record of failed targets, how PSPC plans to deliver on its goals is unclear from its
- With billions on the line and a track record of failed targets, how PSPC plans to deliver on its goals is unclear from its
- With billions on the line and a track record of failed targets, how PSPC plans to deliver on its goals is unclear from its
- The Privy Council Office's departmental plan outlines $278-million in spending this fiscal year—easily a four-year high—while forecasting cuts down to $214-million by 2027-28.
- The Privy Council Office's departmental plan outlines $278-million in spending this fiscal year—easily a four-year high—while forecasting cuts down to $214-million by 2027-28.
- The Privy Council Office's departmental plan outlines $278-million in spending this fiscal year—easily a four-year high—while forecasting cuts down to $214-million by 2027-28.
- With the deployment of 200 people and the use of AI in some instances, the Phoenix backlog is gradually coming under control, but a
- With the deployment of 200 people and the use of AI in some instances, the Phoenix backlog is gradually coming under control, but a
- With the deployment of 200 people and the use of AI in some instances, the Phoenix backlog is gradually coming under control, but a
- The federal government needs to stop hiring generalist policy writers and start hiring experts in their field, and then hire managers and leaders with

- The federal government needs to stop hiring generalist policy writers and start hiring experts in their field, and then hire managers and leaders with
- The federal government needs to stop hiring generalist policy writers and start hiring experts in their field, and then hire managers and leaders with

- Top public servants might straighten up and self-correct if they know the prime minister isn’t afraid of swift discipline, say former bureaucrats, who welcome
- Top public servants might straighten up and self-correct if they know the prime minister isn’t afraid of swift discipline, say former bureaucrats, who welcome
- Top public servants might straighten up and self-correct if they know the prime minister isn’t afraid of swift discipline, say former bureaucrats, who welcome
- Former federal public servant David McLaughlin says Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent civil service appointments are only the beginning of a larger shuffle of
- Former federal public servant David McLaughlin says Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent civil service appointments are only the beginning of a larger shuffle of
- Former federal public servant David McLaughlin says Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent civil service appointments are only the beginning of a larger shuffle of
- The public service needs a culture of outcomes, not optics. That means making executives accountable, and, yes, having the courage to dismiss those who
- The public service needs a culture of outcomes, not optics. That means making executives accountable, and, yes, having the courage to dismiss those who
- The public service needs a culture of outcomes, not optics. That means making executives accountable, and, yes, having the courage to dismiss those who
- The public service is being retooled piece by piece to meet the demands of delivery. The changes may outlast the agenda that sparked them.
- The public service is being retooled piece by piece to meet the demands of delivery. The changes may outlast the agenda that sparked them.
- The public service is being retooled piece by piece to meet the demands of delivery. The changes may outlast the agenda that sparked them.
- With about 450,00 outstanding cases tied to the faulty pay system, an artificial intelligence virtual agent is tasked with clearing 160,000 over the next
- With about 450,00 outstanding cases tied to the faulty pay system, an artificial intelligence virtual agent is tasked with clearing 160,000 over the next
- With about 450,00 outstanding cases tied to the faulty pay system, an artificial intelligence virtual agent is tasked with clearing 160,000 over the next
- Former deputy finance minister Michael Sabia’s appointment drew praise from Tories, and came just days after he said Canada suffers from an ‘ambition deficit.’

- Former deputy finance minister Michael Sabia’s appointment drew praise from Tories, and came just days after he said Canada suffers from an ‘ambition deficit.’
- Former deputy finance minister Michael Sabia’s appointment drew praise from Tories, and came just days after he said Canada suffers from an ‘ambition deficit.’

- As of March 2024, just over 70 per cent of the core public administration belonged to one or more employment equity groups. But as
- As of March 2024, just over 70 per cent of the core public administration belonged to one or more employment equity groups. But as
- As of March 2024, just over 70 per cent of the core public administration belonged to one or more employment equity groups. But as
- The Hill Times spoke with nearly 20 insiders, including current and former senior government officials, past diplomats, business leaders, analysts, and academics to compile
- The Hill Times spoke with nearly 20 insiders, including current and former senior government officials, past diplomats, business leaders, analysts, and academics to compile
- The Hill Times spoke with nearly 20 insiders, including current and former senior government officials, past diplomats, business leaders, analysts, and academics to compile
- Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report says departments need to accelerate their efforts to reduce office space, and PSPS needs better data on the number
- Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report says departments need to accelerate their efforts to reduce office space, and PSPS needs better data on the number
- Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report says departments need to accelerate their efforts to reduce office space, and PSPS needs better data on the number
- Creating the office is one of the few concrete plans in the Throne Speech, alongside a pledge to reduce approvals on 'nation-building' projects from
- Creating the office is one of the few concrete plans in the Throne Speech, alongside a pledge to reduce approvals on 'nation-building' projects from
- Creating the office is one of the few concrete plans in the Throne Speech, alongside a pledge to reduce approvals on 'nation-building' projects from
- The choice before Parliament is binary: strategic reinvention or fiscal drift. It's time to stop pretending this business model can be modernized with enough public
- The choice before Parliament is binary: strategic reinvention or fiscal drift. It's time to stop pretending this business model can be modernized with enough public
- The choice before Parliament is binary: strategic reinvention or fiscal drift. It's time to stop pretending this business model can be modernized with enough public
- The old playbook of trimming travel budgets and giving departments arbitrary cut targets won’t cut it.

- The old playbook of trimming travel budgets and giving departments arbitrary cut targets won’t cut it.
- The old playbook of trimming travel budgets and giving departments arbitrary cut targets won’t cut it.

- It is no longer inconceivable that the U.S. could exert its regulatory powers over America-based software companies to threaten or punish rivals.
- It is no longer inconceivable that the U.S. could exert its regulatory powers over America-based software companies to threaten or punish rivals.
- It is no longer inconceivable that the U.S. could exert its regulatory powers over America-based software companies to threaten or punish rivals.
- The feds and Canada Post have squandered decades when they should have pivoted the Crown corporation away from vanishing letter delivery and restructured it

- The feds and Canada Post have squandered decades when they should have pivoted the Crown corporation away from vanishing letter delivery and restructured it
- The feds and Canada Post have squandered decades when they should have pivoted the Crown corporation away from vanishing letter delivery and restructured it

- The 2.7 per cent dip as of March 2025 represents the first time the public service hasn't grown since 2015, which experts say isn't
- The 2.7 per cent dip as of March 2025 represents the first time the public service hasn't grown since 2015, which experts say isn't
- The 2.7 per cent dip as of March 2025 represents the first time the public service hasn't grown since 2015, which experts say isn't
- Prime Minister Mark Carney has emphasized government efficiency and reining in spending, but the two largest public service unions say they need to be
- Prime Minister Mark Carney has emphasized government efficiency and reining in spending, but the two largest public service unions say they need to be
- Prime Minister Mark Carney has emphasized government efficiency and reining in spending, but the two largest public service unions say they need to be
- Jocelyne Bourgon, former PCO clerk during the Jean Chrétien era and the architect of the 1990s program review, says delivering on Mark Carney's agenda

- Jocelyne Bourgon, former PCO clerk during the Jean Chrétien era and the architect of the 1990s program review, says delivering on Mark Carney's agenda
- Jocelyne Bourgon, former PCO clerk during the Jean Chrétien era and the architect of the 1990s program review, says delivering on Mark Carney's agenda

- From dusting off financial documents to preparing to welcome new ministers, there’s plenty of work to be done before King Charles III delivers the
- From dusting off financial documents to preparing to welcome new ministers, there’s plenty of work to be done before King Charles III delivers the
- From dusting off financial documents to preparing to welcome new ministers, there’s plenty of work to be done before King Charles III delivers the
- The U.K.’s latest management model may help Carney break through Ottawa’s implementation gridlock. Or will it be another deliverology?
- The U.K.’s latest management model may help Carney break through Ottawa’s implementation gridlock. Or will it be another deliverology?
- The U.K.’s latest management model may help Carney break through Ottawa’s implementation gridlock. Or will it be another deliverology?
- Grits in Ottawa and Gatineau ridings boosted their margins, but fears of ‘DOGE-lite’ remain over party platform.
- Grits in Ottawa and Gatineau ridings boosted their margins, but fears of ‘DOGE-lite’ remain over party platform.
- Grits in Ottawa and Gatineau ridings boosted their margins, but fears of ‘DOGE-lite’ remain over party platform.
- The country’s most-lobbied federal bureaucrats so far this year have their hands on trade, agriculture, and innovation files, according to statistics from the federal
- The country’s most-lobbied federal bureaucrats so far this year have their hands on trade, agriculture, and innovation files, according to statistics from the federal
- The country’s most-lobbied federal bureaucrats so far this year have their hands on trade, agriculture, and innovation files, according to statistics from the federal
- NDP MPs David Christopherson, Hélène Laverdière, and Conservative MP Bev Shipley all announced in the last week they will not seek re-election in 2019,

- NDP MPs David Christopherson, Hélène Laverdière, and Conservative MP Bev Shipley all announced in the last week they will not seek re-election in 2019,
- NDP MPs David Christopherson, Hélène Laverdière, and Conservative MP Bev Shipley all announced in the last week they will not seek re-election in 2019,

- Conservative MP Tony Clement says his caucus colleague Gord Brown’s death is “just another indication that this is a high-stress job that takes years
- Conservative MP Tony Clement says his caucus colleague Gord Brown’s death is “just another indication that this is a high-stress job that takes years
- Conservative MP Tony Clement says his caucus colleague Gord Brown’s death is “just another indication that this is a high-stress job that takes years
- Three former Green Party staffers who have accused Elizabeth May of workplace harassment say they went public with their claims to hold her to
- Three former Green Party staffers who have accused Elizabeth May of workplace harassment say they went public with their claims to hold her to
- Three former Green Party staffers who have accused Elizabeth May of workplace harassment say they went public with their claims to hold her to
- The Trudeau government is reinvesting in public opinion research after it was virtually abandoned in the final years of the last Conservative government, though spending remains far
- The Trudeau government is reinvesting in public opinion research after it was virtually abandoned in the final years of the last Conservative government, though spending remains far
- The Trudeau government is reinvesting in public opinion research after it was virtually abandoned in the final years of the last Conservative government, though spending remains far
- OTTAWA—The Liberal government included in its mandate letters to all ministers a “commitment to transparent, merit-based appointments, to help ensure gender parity and that
- OTTAWA—The Liberal government included in its mandate letters to all ministers a “commitment to transparent, merit-based appointments, to help ensure gender parity and that
- OTTAWA—The Liberal government included in its mandate letters to all ministers a “commitment to transparent, merit-based appointments, to help ensure gender parity and that
- The videos public servants shot of Employment and Social Development Minister Pierre Poilievre glad-handing constituents and explaining Conservative tax breaks are “propaganda” that show
- The videos public servants shot of Employment and Social Development Minister Pierre Poilievre glad-handing constituents and explaining Conservative tax breaks are “propaganda” that show
- The videos public servants shot of Employment and Social Development Minister Pierre Poilievre glad-handing constituents and explaining Conservative tax breaks are “propaganda” that show
- The Conservative government booked almost $1-billion in savings from public service sick leave without showing the costs of a replacement plan, a “parlour trick”
- The Conservative government booked almost $1-billion in savings from public service sick leave without showing the costs of a replacement plan, a “parlour trick”
- The Conservative government booked almost $1-billion in savings from public service sick leave without showing the costs of a replacement plan, a “parlour trick”
- The federal public service has a middle management problem and “conflicting accountabilities” are slowing decision-making, says Hugh Segal, chair of the influential committee that
- The federal public service has a middle management problem and “conflicting accountabilities” are slowing decision-making, says Hugh Segal, chair of the influential committee that
- The federal public service has a middle management problem and “conflicting accountabilities” are slowing decision-making, says Hugh Segal, chair of the influential committee that
- Joe Friday is at home in his new office. It could be because he’s brought some pieces of home to work, as most bureaucrats
- Joe Friday is at home in his new office. It could be because he’s brought some pieces of home to work, as most bureaucrats
- Joe Friday is at home in his new office. It could be because he’s brought some pieces of home to work, as most bureaucrats