All posts tagged "Canadian Public service"
Letter from Ottawa: the changing of the seasons – and erasPolitics is gearing up again in Canada as summer turns to autumn. Michael Wernick, the former clerk of the privy council and secretary to cabinet, sets out the stakes in
- Posted September 20, 2022
‘If we’re not representative, why would people trust us?’: GGF’s latest Leading Questions podcast with Canada’s recently retired head of public service accessibility, Yazmine LarocheGlobal Government Forum’s new podcast is out, featuring Yazmine Laroche who retired from the Canadian Public Service after three decades in a wide variety of roles – latterly as deputy
- Posted September 2, 2022
Canada’s hybrid work plan stokes discontent among public servantsThe Canadian federal government has continued to face backlash for its bid to bring public servants back into shared workspaces, with employees swapping views and information online in shared opposition
- Posted August 9, 2022
‘Ask yourself where you want to be three jobs from now’: five minutes with… Ontario’s deputy minister of finance, Greg OrencsakOrencsak, who also chairs the Ontario Financing Authority, tells Global Government Forum about solving wicked problems through collaboration, giving yourself permission to take a sideways career move, and the instant
- Posted April 10, 2022
New Canadian government faces US$1.97bn class action lawsuitAfter the polls close in the Canadian federal election scheduled for 20 September, the newly-formed government will have to decide its next steps on a C$2.5bn (US$1.97bn) class action lawsuit
- Posted September 19, 2021
All change in Canadian top jobs as election loomsThe top of the Canadian civil service has seen major changes this week, including new appointments as deputy clerk of the Privy Council and head of the Privy Council Office.
- Posted August 25, 2021
Talk of Scottish independence sparks memories of Canada’s fight for national unityLetter from Ottawa: In 1995, a referendum saw Quebec come close to seceding from Canada. Michael Wernick, former clerk of the Privy Council, reflects on what it was like to
- Posted May 24, 2021
