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Disability policy offers Canada a blueprint for governing AI

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Freedom of information is not a game

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AI could overwhelm the public consultation process

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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

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Cities are managing the visible signs of social failure with homelessness

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

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Federal IT contracting: Overdone and out of date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

Talks stall as public service union seeks 13.5 per cent wage increase over three years

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Masks no longer required for public servants at desks and in meetings with distancing

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Speaking truth to power discouraged in public service

Canada’s parliamentary watchdogs struggle for more financial independence

The Liberal-NDP pact could have a big impact on the public service

Some public service executives ‘burned out’ by crisis management

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