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

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The public service’s RTO policy needs to balance employees’ needs, too

What will be the fate of the budget watchdog? “I think I would know by now”

What will be the fate of the budget watchdog? “I think I would know by now”

Carney stands before a podium with his hands clasped in front of him. Five cabinet ministers are slightly out of focus in the background.

Carney’s quiet public service revolution

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The public service needs to get better at firing its underperformers

Jocelyne Bourgon tient le texte du serment devant le ministre, qui tient la Bible. Le gouverneur général Roméo LeBlanc et le premier ministre Jean Chrétien observent la scène, sous un portrait de la reine Elizabeth.

Former top bureaucrat Jocelyne Bourgon calls for bold public service reform to match Carney’s economic plan

Mark Carney standing behind a bed of tulips without blooms on the sidewalk in front of his office. Parliament is in the background.

Could ‘mission government’ solve Ottawa’s delivery problems?

Pierre Poilievre traverse une scène avec un drapeau canadien en arrière-plan.

Public servants running in record numbers flip partisan assumptions

Transport trucks approach the Canada/USA border crossing in Windsor, Ont. on Saturday, March 21, 2020.

Stress testing Canadian governance

With Hannaford’s unexpected pick, “the qualifications for clerk are changing”

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A whole new conflict around remote work

The federal public service strike ends on compromise over wages, remote work

Tensions rise in public service strike that could set trend for workers across Canada

Massive public-service strike could be days away

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The radical improvement of data will transform public sector reform

Quebec: a distinct society for drivers

How to create an adaptive culture in the public service

The time and place for consultants

Critical considerations for the future of the public service

The never-ending question of contracting in the public service

The biggest public service union prepares for the first national strike in decades

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The pull and push of the centre that haunts the public service

After years of neglect, we’ve lost a key element of federal-provincial negotiation

Government orders public service back to the office

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