Public Service

- Language training is a budget line that can be seen as extraneous, but Commissioner Raymond Théberge says reduced training could ‘severely impact’ managers who now are required to have higher second-language levels.
- Language training is a budget line that can be seen as extraneous, but Commissioner Raymond Théberge says reduced training could ‘severely impact’ managers who now are required to have higher second-language levels.
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- With the issue at 'epidemic levels' in Canada, advocates are worried about the national plan's future with funding sunsetting by 2027.
- With the issue at 'epidemic levels' in Canada, advocates are worried about the national plan's future with funding sunsetting by 2027.
- With the issue at 'epidemic levels' in Canada, advocates are worried about the national plan's future with funding sunsetting by 2027.
- A top-heavy bureaucracy has weighed down innovation, delayed decisions, and strained the relationships needed to move Canada forward.
- A top-heavy bureaucracy has weighed down innovation, delayed decisions, and strained the relationships needed to move Canada forward.
- A top-heavy bureaucracy has weighed down innovation, delayed decisions, and strained the relationships needed to move Canada forward.
- Blanket cuts may appear neutral but have discriminatory effects, particularly on First Nations peoples whose essential services are federally funded.

- Blanket cuts may appear neutral but have discriminatory effects, particularly on First Nations peoples whose essential services are federally funded.
- Blanket cuts may appear neutral but have discriminatory effects, particularly on First Nations peoples whose essential services are federally funded.

- The department reported 120 'founded' cases in 2024-25, of which 31 were for misconduct and inappropriate behaviour, nine for financial mismanagement, five for harassment
- The department reported 120 'founded' cases in 2024-25, of which 31 were for misconduct and inappropriate behaviour, nine for financial mismanagement, five for harassment
- The department reported 120 'founded' cases in 2024-25, of which 31 were for misconduct and inappropriate behaviour, nine for financial mismanagement, five for harassment
- Women's advocates call the department's three-year forecast 'extremely shocking' and 'disproportional' for the small ministry. 'The level of support will be radically reduced,' says
- Women's advocates call the department's three-year forecast 'extremely shocking' and 'disproportional' for the small ministry. 'The level of support will be radically reduced,' says
- Women's advocates call the department's three-year forecast 'extremely shocking' and 'disproportional' for the small ministry. 'The level of support will be radically reduced,' says
- Senior bureaucrats have been on the move at the Treasury Board Secretariat, the Communications Security Establishment, and Correctional Services for the last few months,
- Senior bureaucrats have been on the move at the Treasury Board Secretariat, the Communications Security Establishment, and Correctional Services for the last few months,
- Senior bureaucrats have been on the move at the Treasury Board Secretariat, the Communications Security Establishment, and Correctional Services for the last few months,
- 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
- The government will spend more than $4-million in each of the next three fiscal years on public service leadership and direction as it looks
- The government will spend more than $4-million in each of the next three fiscal years on public service leadership and direction as it looks
- The government will spend more than $4-million in each of the next three fiscal years on public service leadership and direction as it looks