What’s inside Ottawa stays inside—and there is no confidence that will change
This fall sitting of Parliament is going to be full of politicking, which doesn’t leave room to make efforts to fix Ottawa’s secretive ways that harm many Canadians.
Senators praise PBO report to release ‘crucial’ public accounts earlier, but government reluctant to commit to changes
Former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page says all political parties should consider including the recommendations in their election platforms.
Sutcliffe blames federal hybrid-work model for capital’s transit woes as city’s commuters face service cuts
The City of Ottawa is warned of an impending public transit ‘death spiral’ as politicians look to boost the downtown core with more federal public servants.
Public servants sound off over new return-to-office mandate, while union faces heat over its ‘Buy Nothing’ campaign
Public service union walks back calls to boycott downtown Ottawa business.
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.
Citizens’ services minister ‘unsexiest’ title, but ‘lack of spotlight’ on Beech not bad news politically, say observers
Former Liberal staffer Olivier Cullen says that Terry Beech has quietly taken passports out of the opposition’s ‘arsenal,’ but former NDP staffer Cam Holmstrom says ‘the sad irony is’ the government needed more delivery-focussed ministers from the start.
Feds need to be accountable as Canadian diplomats’ health-care woes persist: union head
‘We’re kind of at a loss of how to get the government to accept this responsibility,’ says PAFSO president Pamela Isfeld.
