Civil Circles
- So far, public servants have secured nominations as Conservative, NDP, Green, People’s Party, and Christian Heritage candidates, while one is running as an Independent.
- So far, public servants have secured nominations as Conservative, NDP, Green, People’s Party, and Christian Heritage candidates, while one is running as an Independent.
- So far, public servants have secured nominations as Conservative, NDP, Green, People’s Party, and Christian Heritage candidates, while one is running as an Independent.
- Mark Fisher joins the Canada Water Agency, the prime minister will soon have a new PCO foreign and defence policy adviser, and four new

- Mark Fisher joins the Canada Water Agency, the prime minister will soon have a new PCO foreign and defence policy adviser, and four new
- Mark Fisher joins the Canada Water Agency, the prime minister will soon have a new PCO foreign and defence policy adviser, and four new

- Plus, PCO deputy secretary Mollie Johnson adds clean growth responsibilities to her existing role.
- Plus, PCO deputy secretary Mollie Johnson adds clean growth responsibilities to her existing role.
- Plus, PCO deputy secretary Mollie Johnson adds clean growth responsibilities to her existing role.
- The multibillion-dollar lawsuit alleges systemic anti-Black discrimination in the federal public service resulted in lost wages and pensions for Black government staff.

- The multibillion-dollar lawsuit alleges systemic anti-Black discrimination in the federal public service resulted in lost wages and pensions for Black government staff.
- The multibillion-dollar lawsuit alleges systemic anti-Black discrimination in the federal public service resulted in lost wages and pensions for Black government staff.

- The federal student program remains ‘a key recruitment priority’ says the government, as it looks to shrink Canada’s public sector.
- The federal student program remains ‘a key recruitment priority’ says the government, as it looks to shrink Canada’s public sector.
- The federal student program remains ‘a key recruitment priority’ says the government, as it looks to shrink Canada’s public sector.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Last month, the public service saw a number of people shifting in and out of senior roles, including in files dealing with public safety,
- Last month, the public service saw a number of people shifting in and out of senior roles, including in files dealing with public safety,
- Last month, the public service saw a number of people shifting in and out of senior roles, including in files dealing with public safety,
- Two and a half years into a COVID-19 pandemic that has dramatically altered workplace arrangements, some federal departments are moving to implement return-to-office policies,

- Two and a half years into a COVID-19 pandemic that has dramatically altered workplace arrangements, some federal departments are moving to implement return-to-office policies,
- Two and a half years into a COVID-19 pandemic that has dramatically altered workplace arrangements, some federal departments are moving to implement return-to-office policies,

- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent shakeup of the senior public service promotes nine bureaucrats, bolstering impressive resumes of some rising in the ranks to

- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent shakeup of the senior public service promotes nine bureaucrats, bolstering impressive resumes of some rising in the ranks to
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent shakeup of the senior public service promotes nine bureaucrats, bolstering impressive resumes of some rising in the ranks to

- Amnesty International, a global organization with a mandate to protect and promote human rights, has thrown its support behind a multi-billion-dollar proposed class-action lawsuit

- Amnesty International, a global organization with a mandate to protect and promote human rights, has thrown its support behind a multi-billion-dollar proposed class-action lawsuit
- Amnesty International, a global organization with a mandate to protect and promote human rights, has thrown its support behind a multi-billion-dollar proposed class-action lawsuit

- KAMOURASKA, QUE. – Happy New Year from chilly rural Quebec. To start the year off right, there was an announcement from the PMO, which

- KAMOURASKA, QUE. – Happy New Year from chilly rural Quebec. To start the year off right, there was an announcement from the PMO, which
- KAMOURASKA, QUE. – Happy New Year from chilly rural Quebec. To start the year off right, there was an announcement from the PMO, which

- There are many lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, but surely the greatest lesson is the need to be better prepared. The

- There are many lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, but surely the greatest lesson is the need to be better prepared. The
- There are many lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, but surely the greatest lesson is the need to be better prepared. The

- Three of Canada’s federal public service unions representing hundreds of thousands of employees have all expressed concerns over the federal government’s announcement on Oct.
- Three of Canada’s federal public service unions representing hundreds of thousands of employees have all expressed concerns over the federal government’s announcement on Oct.
- Three of Canada’s federal public service unions representing hundreds of thousands of employees have all expressed concerns over the federal government’s announcement on Oct.
- A Federal Court judge has directed that a proposed multi-billion-dollar class-action lawsuit against the federal government, launched on the part of now more than

- A Federal Court judge has directed that a proposed multi-billion-dollar class-action lawsuit against the federal government, launched on the part of now more than
- A Federal Court judge has directed that a proposed multi-billion-dollar class-action lawsuit against the federal government, launched on the part of now more than

- Systemic racism in federal Indigenous departments and agencies has led to human rights and Charter violations, allege two First Nations public servants—one current, one

- Systemic racism in federal Indigenous departments and agencies has led to human rights and Charter violations, allege two First Nations public servants—one current, one
- Systemic racism in federal Indigenous departments and agencies has led to human rights and Charter violations, allege two First Nations public servants—one current, one

- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a major shakeup in the senior echelons of the public service nine days before calling the election, including the
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a major shakeup in the senior echelons of the public service nine days before calling the election, including the
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a major shakeup in the senior echelons of the public service nine days before calling the election, including the
- The COVID-19 pandemic has pulled back the curtain on the lagging technological investment by governments all over the world. Even before the pandemic, the
- The COVID-19 pandemic has pulled back the curtain on the lagging technological investment by governments all over the world. Even before the pandemic, the
- The COVID-19 pandemic has pulled back the curtain on the lagging technological investment by governments all over the world. Even before the pandemic, the
- With COVID-19 lockdowns restricting our mobility, working from home (i.e., telecommuting) has become a ‘norm’ for many sectors. We’ve been trying to figure out
- With COVID-19 lockdowns restricting our mobility, working from home (i.e., telecommuting) has become a ‘norm’ for many sectors. We’ve been trying to figure out
- With COVID-19 lockdowns restricting our mobility, working from home (i.e., telecommuting) has become a ‘norm’ for many sectors. We’ve been trying to figure out
- Federal cybersecurity workers at Canadas’s Communications Security Establishment are gearing up for strike votes following the collapse of bargaining talks after nearly two years

- Federal cybersecurity workers at Canadas’s Communications Security Establishment are gearing up for strike votes following the collapse of bargaining talks after nearly two years
- Federal cybersecurity workers at Canadas’s Communications Security Establishment are gearing up for strike votes following the collapse of bargaining talks after nearly two years

- MONTREAL—When I was a young boy, my brother and I would while away the summer days in Kamouraska by skipping rocks along the surface

- MONTREAL—When I was a young boy, my brother and I would while away the summer days in Kamouraska by skipping rocks along the surface
- MONTREAL—When I was a young boy, my brother and I would while away the summer days in Kamouraska by skipping rocks along the surface

- KAMOURASKA, QUE.—The poet Kahlil Gibran wrote in The Prophet, “the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.” As I take my leave
- KAMOURASKA, QUE.—The poet Kahlil Gibran wrote in The Prophet, “the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.” As I take my leave
- KAMOURASKA, QUE.—The poet Kahlil Gibran wrote in The Prophet, “the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.” As I take my leave
- OTTAWA—There was a day and age when the federal government hired public health policy experts for the Public Health Agency of Canada, adult educators

- OTTAWA—There was a day and age when the federal government hired public health policy experts for the Public Health Agency of Canada, adult educators
- OTTAWA—There was a day and age when the federal government hired public health policy experts for the Public Health Agency of Canada, adult educators

- Following the 2019 Employment Equity Report provision of disaggregated representation for visible minorities, Indigenous people, and persons with disabilities, the 2019 Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) similarly lays
- Following the 2019 Employment Equity Report provision of disaggregated representation for visible minorities, Indigenous people, and persons with disabilities, the 2019 Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) similarly lays
- Following the 2019 Employment Equity Report provision of disaggregated representation for visible minorities, Indigenous people, and persons with disabilities, the 2019 Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) similarly lays
- Perhaps it was the release of Bob Woodward’s book on U.S. President Donald Trump, Rage, and its detailed telling of the story of when

- Perhaps it was the release of Bob Woodward’s book on U.S. President Donald Trump, Rage, and its detailed telling of the story of when
- Perhaps it was the release of Bob Woodward’s book on U.S. President Donald Trump, Rage, and its detailed telling of the story of when

- Nearly seven weeks after the federal government first addressed how and when Canada’s federal public servants will return to physical worksites, the Treasury Board

- Nearly seven weeks after the federal government first addressed how and when Canada’s federal public servants will return to physical worksites, the Treasury Board
- Nearly seven weeks after the federal government first addressed how and when Canada’s federal public servants will return to physical worksites, the Treasury Board

- OTTAWA—Three years ago this week, I said goodbye to the public service and began a new life as a weekly columnist for this newspaper.
- OTTAWA—Three years ago this week, I said goodbye to the public service and began a new life as a weekly columnist for this newspaper.
- OTTAWA—Three years ago this week, I said goodbye to the public service and began a new life as a weekly columnist for this newspaper.
- Three months into the COVID-19 shutdown that’s seen government offices closed to all but critical workers and thousands of public servants working from home,
- Three months into the COVID-19 shutdown that’s seen government offices closed to all but critical workers and thousands of public servants working from home,
- Three months into the COVID-19 shutdown that’s seen government offices closed to all but critical workers and thousands of public servants working from home,
- Contract talks for Public Service Alliance of Canada groups representing more than 90,000 bureaucrats seem to have some momentum, but national president Chris Aylward

- Contract talks for Public Service Alliance of Canada groups representing more than 90,000 bureaucrats seem to have some momentum, but national president Chris Aylward
- Contract talks for Public Service Alliance of Canada groups representing more than 90,000 bureaucrats seem to have some momentum, but national president Chris Aylward

- Canadians have just had a crash course in the workings of their national political institutions. What have they learned? Partisan politics rules. Canadians ought
- Canadians have just had a crash course in the workings of their national political institutions. What have they learned? Partisan politics rules. Canadians ought
- Canadians have just had a crash course in the workings of their national political institutions. What have they learned? Partisan politics rules. Canadians ought
- The government has dismissed a House committee’s concerns that turnover at the deputy minister level is too high in some departments, pointing instead to
- The government has dismissed a House committee’s concerns that turnover at the deputy minister level is too high in some departments, pointing instead to
- The government has dismissed a House committee’s concerns that turnover at the deputy minister level is too high in some departments, pointing instead to
- OTTAWA—I am pissed off with the government of Canada. Not with the current debacle/debate over SNC-Lavalin, the Prime Minister’s Office, the attorney general or
- OTTAWA—I am pissed off with the government of Canada. Not with the current debacle/debate over SNC-Lavalin, the Prime Minister’s Office, the attorney general or
- OTTAWA—I am pissed off with the government of Canada. Not with the current debacle/debate over SNC-Lavalin, the Prime Minister’s Office, the attorney general or
- Later this month, the department overseeing the fix of the government’s Phoenix pay system will award two contracts to companies in the hopes of
- Later this month, the department overseeing the fix of the government’s Phoenix pay system will award two contracts to companies in the hopes of
- Later this month, the department overseeing the fix of the government’s Phoenix pay system will award two contracts to companies in the hopes of
- Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick’s testimony last week to the House Justice Committee on the SNC-Lavalin scandal was “way over the line,” according to
- Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick’s testimony last week to the House Justice Committee on the SNC-Lavalin scandal was “way over the line,” according to
- Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick’s testimony last week to the House Justice Committee on the SNC-Lavalin scandal was “way over the line,” according to
- A new group advocating for the rights of Black public servants says that to combat the systemic racism employees face, specific data on Black
- A new group advocating for the rights of Black public servants says that to combat the systemic racism employees face, specific data on Black
- A new group advocating for the rights of Black public servants says that to combat the systemic racism employees face, specific data on Black
- More than half of the public servants who experience harassment at work and choose to do nothing about it say they don’t file a

- More than half of the public servants who experience harassment at work and choose to do nothing about it say they don’t file a
- More than half of the public servants who experience harassment at work and choose to do nothing about it say they don’t file a

- Alex Benay, the country’s chief information officer, doesn’t really have his own office in the Flaherty Building. Instead, he sits near the window, surrounded
- Alex Benay, the country’s chief information officer, doesn’t really have his own office in the Flaherty Building. Instead, he sits near the window, surrounded
- Alex Benay, the country’s chief information officer, doesn’t really have his own office in the Flaherty Building. Instead, he sits near the window, surrounded
- Not sure what the bureaucracy’s hierarchy is? Never heard of a policy cycle? Not sure what you need to emphasize in your public-sector job

- Not sure what the bureaucracy’s hierarchy is? Never heard of a policy cycle? Not sure what you need to emphasize in your public-sector job
- Not sure what the bureaucracy’s hierarchy is? Never heard of a policy cycle? Not sure what you need to emphasize in your public-sector job
