All posts tagged "Privy Council"
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Canadian PM Trudeau names new clerk of privy council as Janice Charette announces retirementCanada’s most senior public servant, Janice Charette, is to retire as clerk of the privy council and secretary to the cabinet and will be replaced by John Hannaford, the country’s
- Posted May 31, 2023
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Significant change at the top of the Canadian public serviceCanadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has announced 18 changes in the senior ranks of the public service, with four top-rank officials among those switching departments. The moves of deputy ministers
- Posted January 12, 2022
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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
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Hope springs for a new wave of public sector transformation: a letter from OttawaOpinion: There is a chance to apply the lessons learned from the immediate response to COVID-19 to tackle a wide range of reforms in Canada. Michael Wernick, former clerk of
- Posted March 24, 2021
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Canada’s most senior civil servant, Ian Shugart, to undergo cancer treatmentCanada’s most senior civil servant, Ian Shugart, is to step back from work while receiving treatment for cancer. In a note to staff on Monday, Shugart, who is clerk of Canada’s
- Posted February 10, 2021
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Michael Wernick on turbulent times for Canada – and its ClerkMichael Wernick, Canada’s outgoing Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, tells Matt Ross how the civil service is responding to an ever faster, more fractious world;
- Posted September 16, 2019
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Canada’s top civil servant steps down over role in ministerial battleCanada’s most senior official, Michael Wernick, has announced his early retirement as clerk of the Privy Council after being caught up in allegations that prime minister Justin Trudeau improperly put
- Posted March 19, 2019
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Canadian departments told to update harassment rulesGovernment departments in Canada will have to make changes to rules and policies on harassment by next spring, following a review of the issue by the country’s top civil servant.
- Posted September 19, 2018
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Janice Charette, Canadian High Commissioner to the UK: Exclusive InterviewFormer Canadian civil service chief Janice Charette now represents her country at the Court of St James, serving as High Commissioner to the UK. Tania Mason learns about her career,
- Posted September 7, 2017
