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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

Cyclists ride along a bike lane in downtown Toronto.

Canada needs a deeper municipal bond market

Pothole in a Montreal's street.

Cities are closer to Canada’s problems than they are to the money

A worker in a white helmet stands on scaffolding near the support beams for a roof.

How Build Canada Homes can build affordable housing fast

A medical practitioner going over medical information with a patient in an examination room.

Renewal in Canada’s primary health-care system needs a North Star

Silhouette of a head filled with and surrounded by symbols.

The Carney government’s embrace of AI will put lives at risk

The never-ending question of contracting in the public service

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

People ride a swinging carrousel carnival ride against a blue summer sky.

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

Only one car crosses the six-lane bridge.

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

A photo illustration showing a man in a suite before a wall of sticky notes with question marks.

Leaving the comfort zone: Difficult issues in public sector reform

The return key on a computer keyboard is coloured blue with the word “government contract” on it.

Federal IT contracting: Overdone and out of date

Une personne portant des cheveux noirs courts et un hoodie gris travaille à un ordinateur, alors que l’on voit des serveurs en arrière-plan.

Ottawa needs thousands of tech workers to serve Canadians properly

The black hole of public service contract spending

Un homme et une femme traversent une intersection devant la Colline parlementaire, à l’arrière-plan.

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

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Canada’s top bureaucrat nudges public service toward hybrid office

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