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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

How COVID-19 could bring a downtown Ottawa revival

What’s driving depression and mental-health issues in the public service?

Will nooks and lounges replace the office in the public service?

Three ways to make government spending more accountable and efficient

Speaking tech to power

The pandemic upended the federal workplace. What comes next?

Empowering public servants through effective career management

Canadians should elect a government committed to co-operative federalism

To change the trajectory of federal spending, start big and follow the money

The impact of COVID-19 on Canada’s public service: The view from the deputy minister’s office

The numbers tell us who’s in charge at Toronto city hall

One year into pandemic, federal digital government is largely business as usual

The long road to a distributed federal public service

COVID-19 and the future of public sector work surveillance

How COVID-19 could reshape the federal public service

Moving in and out of the public service shouldn’t be so hard

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