Public Service
- Cuts should focus on non-essential administrative or back-office functions that don’t directly contribute to service delivery.
- Cuts should focus on non-essential administrative or back-office functions that don’t directly contribute to service delivery.
- Cuts should focus on non-essential administrative or back-office functions that don’t directly contribute to service delivery.
- The Public Service Alliance of Canada, a union that represents a large swath of the public service, said returning to pre-pandemic staffing levels could
- The Public Service Alliance of Canada, a union that represents a large swath of the public service, said returning to pre-pandemic staffing levels could
- The Public Service Alliance of Canada, a union that represents a large swath of the public service, said returning to pre-pandemic staffing levels could
- After fears of sizable cutbacks, the money only came ‘because frontline organizations fought for it,’ says NDP MP Leah Gazan of the $660.5-million coming
- After fears of sizable cutbacks, the money only came ‘because frontline organizations fought for it,’ says NDP MP Leah Gazan of the $660.5-million coming
- After fears of sizable cutbacks, the money only came ‘because frontline organizations fought for it,’ says NDP MP Leah Gazan of the $660.5-million coming
- Pay accuracy across the public service is at 98.4 per cent, and remaining errors stem from manager delays or errors at the human resources
- Pay accuracy across the public service is at 98.4 per cent, and remaining errors stem from manager delays or errors at the human resources
- Pay accuracy across the public service is at 98.4 per cent, and remaining errors stem from manager delays or errors at the human resources
- Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada has only recently begun tracking staff attendance. However, the departments that have been monitoring employee attendance say there is
- Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada has only recently begun tracking staff attendance. However, the departments that have been monitoring employee attendance say there is
- Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada has only recently begun tracking staff attendance. However, the departments that have been monitoring employee attendance say there is
- At an Oct. 20 committee meeting, Conservative Senator Claude Carignan asked if the cuts would impact frontline Mounties.
- At an Oct. 20 committee meeting, Conservative Senator Claude Carignan asked if the cuts would impact frontline Mounties.
- At an Oct. 20 committee meeting, Conservative Senator Claude Carignan asked if the cuts would impact frontline Mounties.
- Changes to contract rules for freelance interpreters may lead to their mass exodus from the Hill, and a troubling decline in quality, according to
- Changes to contract rules for freelance interpreters may lead to their mass exodus from the Hill, and a troubling decline in quality, according to
- Changes to contract rules for freelance interpreters may lead to their mass exodus from the Hill, and a troubling decline in quality, according to
- ‘It’s not that departments are holding out or resisting, but it's challenging for departments to align and modernize space,’ says Public Services and Procurement
- ‘It’s not that departments are holding out or resisting, but it's challenging for departments to align and modernize space,’ says Public Services and Procurement
- ‘It’s not that departments are holding out or resisting, but it's challenging for departments to align and modernize space,’ says Public Services and Procurement
- Last week, MPs on several committees interviewed public officials in camera, meaning the meeting was neither broadcast nor recorded, no members of the public
- Last week, MPs on several committees interviewed public officials in camera, meaning the meeting was neither broadcast nor recorded, no members of the public
- Last week, MPs on several committees interviewed public officials in camera, meaning the meeting was neither broadcast nor recorded, no members of the public
- Ninety-four per cent of public servants surveyed this summer say citizens’ data must be stored within Canada, and 86 per cent worry about public
- Ninety-four per cent of public servants surveyed this summer say citizens’ data must be stored within Canada, and 86 per cent worry about public
- Ninety-four per cent of public servants surveyed this summer say citizens’ data must be stored within Canada, and 86 per cent worry about public
- Chief Data Officer Stephen Burt says he recently received a draft of the public service's first AI registry, representing 400 cases being used across
- Chief Data Officer Stephen Burt says he recently received a draft of the public service's first AI registry, representing 400 cases being used across
- Chief Data Officer Stephen Burt says he recently received a draft of the public service's first AI registry, representing 400 cases being used across
- The Pay Equity Commissioner’s office is struggling with limited resources, compliance issues, and delays with case resolutions—proper funding is essential for pay equity to
- The Pay Equity Commissioner’s office is struggling with limited resources, compliance issues, and delays with case resolutions—proper funding is essential for pay equity to
- The Pay Equity Commissioner’s office is struggling with limited resources, compliance issues, and delays with case resolutions—proper funding is essential for pay equity to
- Ahead of a consequential fall budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney says reducing the federal bureaucracy bloat will ‘happen naturally through attrition.’
- Ahead of a consequential fall budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney says reducing the federal bureaucracy bloat will ‘happen naturally through attrition.’
- Ahead of a consequential fall budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney says reducing the federal bureaucracy bloat will ‘happen naturally through attrition.’
- Bureaucrats in the core public administration called out sick an average of 9.2 days in 2023-24 compared to 5.9 in 2020-21, marking a rise
- Bureaucrats in the core public administration called out sick an average of 9.2 days in 2023-24 compared to 5.9 in 2020-21, marking a rise
- Bureaucrats in the core public administration called out sick an average of 9.2 days in 2023-24 compared to 5.9 in 2020-21, marking a rise
- Bureaucrats in the core public administration called out sick an average of 5.9 days in 2020-21 compared to 9.2 in 2023-24. 'We need to
- Bureaucrats in the core public administration called out sick an average of 5.9 days in 2020-21 compared to 9.2 in 2023-24. 'We need to
- Bureaucrats in the core public administration called out sick an average of 5.9 days in 2020-21 compared to 9.2 in 2023-24. 'We need to
- The Liberals are still in ‘a honeymoon period,’ but the government needs to be careful with the coming cuts, says the Chrétien-era cabinet minister.
FeatureBY | September 8, 2025
FeatureBY | September 8, 2025
- The Liberals are still in ‘a honeymoon period,’ but the government needs to be careful with the coming cuts, says the Chrétien-era cabinet minister.
FeatureBY | September 8, 2025
- The Liberals are still in ‘a honeymoon period,’ but the government needs to be careful with the coming cuts, says the Chrétien-era cabinet minister.
- Twenty-nine departments and agencies reported hundreds of ways they plan to improve regulatory efficiency by 'speeding up decision-making and streamlining processes to increase productivity'
- Twenty-nine departments and agencies reported hundreds of ways they plan to improve regulatory efficiency by 'speeding up decision-making and streamlining processes to increase productivity'
- Twenty-nine departments and agencies reported hundreds of ways they plan to improve regulatory efficiency by 'speeding up decision-making and streamlining processes to increase productivity'
- I'm not sure anyone ever enjoys dealing with a call centre, but some of them actually do run reasonably well. Just do what they
- I'm not sure anyone ever enjoys dealing with a call centre, but some of them actually do run reasonably well. Just do what they
- I'm not sure anyone ever enjoys dealing with a call centre, but some of them actually do run reasonably well. Just do what they
- Considering this is a government worried about federal spending, making a more efficient CRA could provide the assistance that Canadians deserve from the agency,
- Considering this is a government worried about federal spending, making a more efficient CRA could provide the assistance that Canadians deserve from the agency,
- Considering this is a government worried about federal spending, making a more efficient CRA could provide the assistance that Canadians deserve from the agency,
- 'Eliminating public health positions while Canada’s health-care system is already stretched to the breaking point leaves Canada dangerously unprepared for the next health crisis
- 'Eliminating public health positions while Canada’s health-care system is already stretched to the breaking point leaves Canada dangerously unprepared for the next health crisis
- 'Eliminating public health positions while Canada’s health-care system is already stretched to the breaking point leaves Canada dangerously unprepared for the next health crisis
- After persistent call-centre delays, the agency has been instructed to take 'concrete steps' to improve service, but one tax lawyer is dismissing the 'vague'
- After persistent call-centre delays, the agency has been instructed to take 'concrete steps' to improve service, but one tax lawyer is dismissing the 'vague'
- After persistent call-centre delays, the agency has been instructed to take 'concrete steps' to improve service, but one tax lawyer is dismissing the 'vague'
- The challenge in cutting ministers’ budgets is ensuring their offices 'can still do what they need to do, and only they can do,' says
- The challenge in cutting ministers’ budgets is ensuring their offices 'can still do what they need to do, and only they can do,' says
- The challenge in cutting ministers’ budgets is ensuring their offices 'can still do what they need to do, and only they can do,' says
- Free and fair collective bargaining and the right to negotiate, the right to strike are cornerstones of a functioning democracy. But today, that foundation is
- Free and fair collective bargaining and the right to negotiate, the right to strike are cornerstones of a functioning democracy. But today, that foundation is
- Free and fair collective bargaining and the right to negotiate, the right to strike are cornerstones of a functioning democracy. But today, that foundation is
- Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs' Heidi Cook says the Carney government backing Manitoba’s Port of Churchill as a national-interest project was a ‘surprise to a
- Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs' Heidi Cook says the Carney government backing Manitoba’s Port of Churchill as a national-interest project was a ‘surprise to a
- Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs' Heidi Cook says the Carney government backing Manitoba’s Port of Churchill as a national-interest project was a ‘surprise to a
- Looking at the representation of South Asian Canadians in the federal public service 78 years after the end of British colonization of India.
- Looking at the representation of South Asian Canadians in the federal public service 78 years after the end of British colonization of India.
- Looking at the representation of South Asian Canadians in the federal public service 78 years after the end of British colonization of India.
- A Toronto Metropolitan University think tank says 58 per cent of federal bureaucrats are very likely to cross paths with the technology. While AI
- A Toronto Metropolitan University think tank says 58 per cent of federal bureaucrats are very likely to cross paths with the technology. While AI
- A Toronto Metropolitan University think tank says 58 per cent of federal bureaucrats are very likely to cross paths with the technology. While AI
- A 41-per-cent drop in planned spending by 2028 is largely due to limited-time funding for certain projects coming to a close, but the department
- A 41-per-cent drop in planned spending by 2028 is largely due to limited-time funding for certain projects coming to a close, but the department
- A 41-per-cent drop in planned spending by 2028 is largely due to limited-time funding for certain projects coming to a close, but the department
- You don’t need to be an Uber driver or drone operator to see how technology is impacting professional life. New tools and techniques are
- You don’t need to be an Uber driver or drone operator to see how technology is impacting professional life. New tools and techniques are
- You don’t need to be an Uber driver or drone operator to see how technology is impacting professional life. New tools and techniques are
- If the government wants to keep up with the rapid pace of the technology sector, its procurement process is going to have to evolve,
- If the government wants to keep up with the rapid pace of the technology sector, its procurement process is going to have to evolve,
- If the government wants to keep up with the rapid pace of the technology sector, its procurement process is going to have to evolve,
- A new group advocating for the rights of Black public servants says that to combat the systemic racism employees face, specific data on Black
FeatureBY | February 27, 2019
FeatureBY | February 27, 2019
- A new group advocating for the rights of Black public servants says that to combat the systemic racism employees face, specific data on Black
FeatureBY | February 27, 2019
- A new group advocating for the rights of Black public servants says that to combat the systemic racism employees face, specific data on Black
- Not sure what the bureaucracy’s hierarchy is? Never heard of a policy cycle? Not sure what you need to emphasize in your public-sector job
FeatureBY | February 13, 2019
FeatureBY | February 13, 2019
- Not sure what the bureaucracy’s hierarchy is? Never heard of a policy cycle? Not sure what you need to emphasize in your public-sector job
FeatureBY | February 13, 2019
- Not sure what the bureaucracy’s hierarchy is? Never heard of a policy cycle? Not sure what you need to emphasize in your public-sector job
- Opposition Members of Parliament are raising accountability concerns about the impending shuffle of the deputy minister in charge of the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system
- Opposition Members of Parliament are raising accountability concerns about the impending shuffle of the deputy minister in charge of the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system
- Opposition Members of Parliament are raising accountability concerns about the impending shuffle of the deputy minister in charge of the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system
- Becoming the chancellor of Carleton University is something former Treasury Board secretary Yaprak Baltacioglu says she never expected, but for the university alumna, it’s a coming
FeatureBY | December 12, 2018
FeatureBY | December 12, 2018
- Becoming the chancellor of Carleton University is something former Treasury Board secretary Yaprak Baltacioglu says she never expected, but for the university alumna, it’s a coming
FeatureBY | December 12, 2018
- Becoming the chancellor of Carleton University is something former Treasury Board secretary Yaprak Baltacioglu says she never expected, but for the university alumna, it’s a coming
- Building on unprecedented investments for science in the 2018 budget, universities and colleges are pressing the Liberals ahead of the 2019 budget for new
- Building on unprecedented investments for science in the 2018 budget, universities and colleges are pressing the Liberals ahead of the 2019 budget for new
- Building on unprecedented investments for science in the 2018 budget, universities and colleges are pressing the Liberals ahead of the 2019 budget for new
- If the government wants to mitigate the prevalence of favouritism in the public service, it should strengthen whistleblowing protection, the representatives of the federal
FeatureBY | October 10, 2018
FeatureBY | October 10, 2018
- If the government wants to mitigate the prevalence of favouritism in the public service, it should strengthen whistleblowing protection, the representatives of the federal
FeatureBY | October 10, 2018
- If the government wants to mitigate the prevalence of favouritism in the public service, it should strengthen whistleblowing protection, the representatives of the federal
- The leader of the largest public service union wants to wrap up contract negotiations by the end of 2018 for four of its largest
FeatureBY | October 3, 2018
FeatureBY | October 3, 2018
- The leader of the largest public service union wants to wrap up contract negotiations by the end of 2018 for four of its largest
FeatureBY | October 3, 2018
- The leader of the largest public service union wants to wrap up contract negotiations by the end of 2018 for four of its largest
- Be nimble and learn the local language: these are two pieces of advice Canada’s G7 sherpa Peter Boehm hopes to pass along to new
FeatureBY | September 26, 2018
FeatureBY | September 26, 2018
- Be nimble and learn the local language: these are two pieces of advice Canada’s G7 sherpa Peter Boehm hopes to pass along to new
FeatureBY | September 26, 2018
- Be nimble and learn the local language: these are two pieces of advice Canada’s G7 sherpa Peter Boehm hopes to pass along to new
