Lack of ‘government effectiveness’ the unifying focus of AG reports, says one expert
Issues of service delivery and digital governance cut across many of the reports Auditor General Karen Hogan issued on Oct. 19.
Treasury Board ‘impacts just about everything in government’ and is a good fit for someone ‘who gets things done,’ say insiders of Anand move
‘Being the chief operating officer of a $400-billion operation is not a small job,’ said former Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick of the Treasury Board president’s role.
Latest inflation data reinforce Conservative messaging: ‘the battle is not finished,’ say observers
Inflation is ‘significant’ and ‘steady,’ and early gains may have come quicker than what remains to be achieved on the path to two per cent, said economist Don Drummond.
Feds seek approval for additional $20.5-billion in spending
Altogether, if approved, federal spending so far this year will reach $454.8-billion, up 11.7 per cent from the $407.2-billion in spending approved by the same point last year.
Amid TikTok ban, Canadians left ‘to their own devices’ as feds dither on updating privacy rules: Geist
The Liberals’ latest attempt at modernizing the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, Bill C-27, has only made it to its second reading nine months after being introduced.
Feds seek parliamentary approval for $198.1-billion in budgetary spending for next fiscal year
The main estimates for 2023-24 detail $432.9-billion in planned spending, although Budget 2023 will introduce further cash commitments for the fiscal year.
Return-to-office mandate a step backwards for all Canadians
The offices aren’t ready, lacking equipment and offering a shortage of workstations.
Government seeks $10.3-billion in extra spending to close out the fiscal year
If approved before March 31, the government’s final spending update for 2022-23 would bring total budgetary spending for the year to $443.3-billion, a 7.1 per cent increase over the previous year.
Focus on service delivery, not where bureaucrats’ work is done
Tinkering with one element of the terms and conditions of employment of public service employees while ignoring the need to evolve the basic service delivery model for Canadians will only lead to greater deterioration of support and confidence in the federal public service overall.
Treasury Board directive flies in the face of research on productivity
It is only a matter of time before the Treasury Board’s policy will have to be revised, as recruitment and retention challenges intensify. However, some of Canada’s most productive federal public servants will have left by then.
