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The two men are in silhouette against a large screen that says “All In.” The screen is blue and mauve.

What the Canadian government is missing on AI

Mark Carney speaking at a podium, viewed from the side, with dark background.

Carney’s industrial bet: Building Canada’s future while cutting the public service

People cross Wellington Street on their way to Parliament Hill, a day before the return of the House of Commons, on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025.

Trust should be a two-way street between governments and the public

Main entrance of Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in Montreal, with cars in front of the pavilion and a man walking with a cane and a travel bag, seen from behind.

Transforming health systems: Moving beyond magical thinking to disciplined action

Attendees use their phones to record then-prime minister Justin Trudeau speaking.

Trudeau set a high bar on diversity in appointments. Will Carney match it?

Carney is in front of the side of a passenger jet, with a few other people in the background.

From Trudeau’s sprawl to Carney’s focus: the evolution of mandate letters

The language learning model app logos on an iphone, including ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Anthropic Claude, Perplexity, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot.

Trust in government a key factor in acceptance of greater federal use of AI

Illustration of a pie chart in blues and orange, divided into five slices, two of which are being taken out by two hands.

Carney’s 15-per-cent challenge: Cutting and rewiring Canada’s public service

M. Aylward est représenté de profil, vêtu d'un blazer à carreaux de couleur claire, avec trois autres hommes debout à l'arrière-plan devant des drapeaux provinciaux.

Building a culture of public service on hybrid work

A scramble and scrutiny of the public service not seen in more than 20 years

Mulroney’s “pink slips and running shoes” yielded to a trust of the public service

Reassert core ethical values in the public service

ArriveCAN should drive deeper reforms, not just contracting oversight

Illustration of a single wolf standing on a wide-open city street at night, looking at the towers twinkling in the distance. Part of the sky is bright yellow-orange.

The particularly Canadian “lone-wolf” tradition of studying the public service

Black public servants locked in three-year legal battle with Ottawa with no end in sight

Graham Flack leaves the public service after three decades at the centre of Canadian history

Blue-tinted illustration showing a laptop surrounded by icons depicting the cloud, bar charts, and a notepad and pen.

Catherine Luelo named clerk’s adviser on digital transformation

A person in dark silhouette makes a phonecall.

Snitching is both ineffective and morally wrong

Two hands holding an electronic device with the opening screen of the ArriveCAN app.

Allegations of threats and lying perturb the federal public service

A boring closeup of a computer server, with yellow and blue cables coming out of it.

The federal government needs a digital transformation

Pierre Poilievre, wearing a blue suit jacket and blue shirt without a tie, gestures with four fingers as he answers questions from reporters. The background is in soft focus but the event took place at a Shaarei Shomayim Congregation synagogue in Toronto.

The pay-as-you-go proposal on cutting federal spending not as simple as advocates say

A digital image with a Canadian flag disintegrating into a blue matrix symbolizing technology.

Chief information officer Catherine Luelo resigns from job revamping federal tech

Generation X takes the helm of the public service with John Hannaford

In this illustration, small human silhouettes are shown standing on an oversized keyboard. They appear to be waiting for something.

Governments must act more urgently to attract needed digital talent

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