New return-to-office mandate for federal public servants kicks off as unions prepare telework campaign
As federal public servants return to the office three days a week, the battle over remote work will head to full court hearings.
Number of students in public service hits 10-year high as union warns against use as cheap labour
The federal student program remains ‘a key recruitment priority’ says the government, as it looks to shrink Canada’s public sector.
Nearly half of Canada’s public servants are now millennials, but Gen X holds onto management reins
Millennials’ ‘fingerprints’ are now on the federal public service, says Deloitte’s Stephen Harrington, while a Carleton University professor says the demographic could be better divided into those hired pre- or post-pandemic.
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.
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.
Feds paid $19.4-million for public opinion research last year, with Public Health Agency and PCO spending the most
Advanis, Ipsos, and Léger were the top three recipients of Ottawa’s research spending last year. These studies have a ‘significant impact’ on government decisions, says former Conservative policy adviser David Murray.
Is Canada’s military procurement system broken? Some defence experts say it is, others say it works as designed
Ottawa has revealed that the cost of building the Navy’s long-delayed supply ships has surged by nearly $1-billion, reaching a total of over $5.2-billion. This is the latest episode in the ongoing issues plaguing Canada’s defence procurement system.
Public servant denies fault in controversial ArriveCan contract, says she is ‘muzzled’ with job at risk
Diane Daly denies involvement in developing the contracting criteria that ‘favoured’ GC Strategies, and secured the two-person IT firm a $25-million contract for its staffing work on ArriveCan.
Planned submarine buy will be ‘eye-wateringly expensive,’ but the Navy ‘desperately’ needs them, say defence experts
‘Finding the money for this weapon system will be the biggest hurdle,’ says Canadian Forces College professor Paul Mitchell.
What to do with the public-service pension surplus piling up?
Now that the surplus has reached a ‘non-permissible’ level, Ottawa will have to reduce it. But who is entitled to the tens of millions of dollars?
