Public Service
- 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 Carney's 'sound management practices.'
- 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 Carney's 'sound management practices.'
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- 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
- Canada’s former Parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page says MPs should allow the auditor general to audit the House, Senate and MPs’ expenses regularly
- Canada’s former Parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page says MPs should allow the auditor general to audit the House, Senate and MPs’ expenses regularly
- Canada’s former Parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page says MPs should allow the auditor general to audit the House, Senate and MPs’ expenses regularly
- The Public Service Alliance of Canada is exploring its legal options against the Conservative government’s proposed provisions related to labour union relations in
- The Public Service Alliance of Canada is exploring its legal options against the Conservative government’s proposed provisions related to labour union relations in
- The Public Service Alliance of Canada is exploring its legal options against the Conservative government’s proposed provisions related to labour union relations in
- Three city councils are passing resolutions calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government to reverse its decision to close nine Veterans Affairs Canada
- Three city councils are passing resolutions calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government to reverse its decision to close nine Veterans Affairs Canada
- Three city councils are passing resolutions calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government to reverse its decision to close nine Veterans Affairs Canada
- Treasury Board President Tony Clement says the federal Conservative Party’s resolutions related to public service unions recently passed at its convention in Calgary
- Treasury Board President Tony Clement says the federal Conservative Party’s resolutions related to public service unions recently passed at its convention in Calgary
- Treasury Board President Tony Clement says the federal Conservative Party’s resolutions related to public service unions recently passed at its convention in Calgary
- Mel Cappe, a former clerk of the Privy Council, says government scientists’ complaints that they’re not allowed to talk freely to the media
- Mel Cappe, a former clerk of the Privy Council, says government scientists’ complaints that they’re not allowed to talk freely to the media
- Mel Cappe, a former clerk of the Privy Council, says government scientists’ complaints that they’re not allowed to talk freely to the media
- Conservative MPs say they are willing to meet with war veterans pushing for the reversal of the Stephen Harper government’s decision to shut
- Conservative MPs say they are willing to meet with war veterans pushing for the reversal of the Stephen Harper government’s decision to shut
- Conservative MPs say they are willing to meet with war veterans pushing for the reversal of the Stephen Harper government’s decision to shut
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government’s “war on science,” which includes muzzling government scientists, is depriving Canadians of vital information on issues such as
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government’s “war on science,” which includes muzzling government scientists, is depriving Canadians of vital information on issues such as
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government’s “war on science,” which includes muzzling government scientists, is depriving Canadians of vital information on issues such as
- The newer generation of federal deputy ministers have top-notch management skills, but lack sufficient expertise in policy development which could prove to be
- The newer generation of federal deputy ministers have top-notch management skills, but lack sufficient expertise in policy development which could prove to be
- The newer generation of federal deputy ministers have top-notch management skills, but lack sufficient expertise in policy development which could prove to be
- Waiting for a tax return to come in the mail will soon be a distant memory for most Canadians when the government stops
- Waiting for a tax return to come in the mail will soon be a distant memory for most Canadians when the government stops
- Waiting for a tax return to come in the mail will soon be a distant memory for most Canadians when the government stops
- Thousands of public servants are ditching their desk phones for the freedom of a cell, in a move that the government says will
- Thousands of public servants are ditching their desk phones for the freedom of a cell, in a move that the government says will
- Thousands of public servants are ditching their desk phones for the freedom of a cell, in a move that the government says will
- Federal public servants are launching into a once-in-a-generation re-envisioning of how the civil service should work, advise, and serve Canadians with Blueprint 2020,
- Federal public servants are launching into a once-in-a-generation re-envisioning of how the civil service should work, advise, and serve Canadians with Blueprint 2020,
- Federal public servants are launching into a once-in-a-generation re-envisioning of how the civil service should work, advise, and serve Canadians with Blueprint 2020,
- This spring the government made its first extra half-billion dollar payment into public servants’ pension fund to start to pay off a $4.4-billion deficit
- This spring the government made its first extra half-billion dollar payment into public servants’ pension fund to start to pay off a $4.4-billion deficit
- This spring the government made its first extra half-billion dollar payment into public servants’ pension fund to start to pay off a $4.4-billion deficit