Liberals’ recycled plan to fix ‘badly busted’ defence procurement can take root in Trump era, say experts
But the political imperative to act is stronger today than it has been since the Cold War, says former federal Liberal defence minister David Pratt, and John McKay says Carney’s idea may be recycled but defence has become a big priority in the public’s eye.
Does size really matter? Rethinking public service reform
The conversation needs to evolve from a focus on public service headcount to a substantive dialogue about mission, governance, and effectiveness.
Pen to paper: recent letter of intent formalizes plan to create Indigenous Peoples Space
The plan to turn 100 Wellington St. into an Indigenous Peoples Space was first announced in 2017, but until recently, it had yet to be formally set out on paper.
Phoenix pay system: the real story of a public servant
When the Pay Centre has deducted taxes on wrongfully calculated amounts, it should apologize to the employee for the mistake and only recover the net amount that was paid. It should recover from CRA the tax it has erroneously paid to CRA, and not put the burden on the shoulders of employees.
‘Don’t make us compare you to Elon Musk’: public sector unions want job security assurances from feds as election looms
Prime Minister Mark Carney promised during the leadership campaign to cap the size of the public service, and ‘review our spending with an emphasis on outcomes and technology to reduce inefficiencies.’
Cancelling the F-35 deal would be ‘cutting our nose off to spite our face,’ says former senior military official
A former chief of the defence staff says ‘the ramifications of cancelling the F-35 purchase threatens to hurt Canada more than it would hurt the U.S.’
Another major procurement project FUBAR
Buried in the fine print of the Canadian Surface Combatant announcement was the fact that the total cost to build these three warships is expected to be a whopping $22.2-billion.
New graduate programs to boost pool of potential federal government interpreters amid ongoing shortage, but hurdles remain
None of the 21 candidates who sat the Translation Bureau’s most recent accreditation exam this past October were successful.
Disclosure, transparency rules part of new federal public service AI strategy
The first whole-of-government strategy for the use of the technology in the federal public service acknowledges that ‘levels of mistrust in AI and its use are high.’
U.S. pressure ‘lighting a fire’ under Ottawa to get major defence procurement projects moving, says expert, as trade war escalates
Amid the tariff tiff with the U.S., ‘there’s a sudden realization that…Canada may actually be on its own,’ which may be speeding things up, says Adam Lajeunesse.
