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Disability policy offers Canada a blueprint for governing AI

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Freedom of information is not a game

A man wrangles a long bundle of printed paper in front of Parliament.

AI could overwhelm the public consultation process

Silas is holding a mic and raising a fist in front of a group of people holding protest signs.

Canadian governments are taking different paths back to the office

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New federal agencies won’t fix old problems with delivery

Two stats from the survey: 61 per cent lack confidence in the ability of public servants to plan for the future. And: 67 per cent: Lack confidence in the ability of public servants to spend taxpayers’ money wisely.

Canadians not confident public service is prepared for the future

A tent, trash, and personal belongings at a homeless encampment on Notre-Dame Street in East Montreal.

Cities are managing the visible signs of social failure with homelessness

Champagne raises a hand to the robot, which is made of metal but has a human form, while Desmarais looks on.

Canada doesn’t need AI independence. It needs exit plans for critical sectors

Anita Anand wearing a purple coat speaks at a table with Canadian flags in soft focus in the background.

The federal government plans to expand the “25-and-out” pension

Hogan is seated at a long wood table with a paper nameplate and a slender silver microphone in front of her. She is looking at papers, and is holding on to two single sheets as she looks at the pile.

Do away with the maze of government procurement

A person in a uniform standing in front of their booth speaks to a driver in a silver Toyota SUV. Several vehicles are lined up behind them.

Border guards try to set a new frontier in labour dispute

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

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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

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