How the public service should prepare for a Conservative government
For the public service to effectively transition to a future Conservative government, it needs to act now to re-orient its focus on service delivery, and to shrink and flatten its executive ranks.
A parliamentary year like no other: shifting alliances, a cautious ‘legacy’ agenda, and a potential deal with the devil
The Liberals can no longer count on the NDP, and the “legacy-building year” will be a limited parliamentary agenda where the government works hard for support bill-by-bill.
Priorities for a troubled electorate
This fall, the government has to focus on delivering on past promises and ensuring programs are reaching Canadians.
Voters want a financial system aligned with climate action
Requiring climate transition plans is one key policy, as is clarifying that group leaders should aim to help mitigate climate change and its resulting risks.
Amid brewing ‘recipe for backlash,’ Savoie stresses need for ‘good public debate’ on Canada’s civil service
A public backlash on the horizon if the growing federal civil service doesn’t deliver the goods, says Donald Savoie in his new book.
Legislative Look Ahead
Liberals’ fall priorities should centre on building support from NDP, key voting blocs: lobbyists, pollsters
With a current ‘hodgepodge’ of bills before Parliament, the Liberals may want to form a cohesive narrative through their fall legislative agenda, says Yaroslav Baran.
Canada’s shipbuilding strategy is a success we shouldn’t abandon
There is a clear national security rationale for preserving the capacity to build and maintain one’s own warships.
Protecting wild salmon populations doesn’t require banning farms
We need to put salmon farm disease in perspective with how we respond to infectious disease in humans.
‘Structural solutions not inflammatory conclusions’ required to fix foreign worker program: Senator Omidvar
A recent Senate report recommends the creation of a tripartite Migrant Work Commission, and a three-year phase-out of closed work permits to improve the TFWP.
