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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”

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Carney’s quiet public service revolution

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The public service needs to get better at firing its underperformers

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

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

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Public servants running in record numbers flip partisan assumptions

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Back-to-office order for public servants expected soon

The National Capital Commission’s impossible contract for a new HQ

Donald Savoie, in a dark suit, wears his Order of Canada medallion standing next to Mary Simon who is wearing her own medals.

Canada needs a royal commission to fix problems with the federal public service

Public service will swell to 409,000 in five years, PBO says

How to realistically elevate the status of Indigenous languages

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Leaving the comfort zone: Difficult issues in public sector reform

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Federal IT contracting: Overdone and out of date

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Ottawa needs thousands of tech workers to serve Canadians properly

The black hole of public service contract spending

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The public service’s biggest disruption in decades : hybrid work

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Canada’s top bureaucrat nudges public service toward hybrid office

Quand les gouvernements trébuchent

Top bureaucrat urges summer test drive of hybrid public service workforce

The Achilles heel of the federal public service gives out again with passport fiasco

Public service finally has a new boss, and she’s the old boss

All-powerful PMO, mistrust “destroying” the public service: Paul Tellier

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