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Questionable transfers from Statistics Canada to Shared Services Canada

  • OTTAWA—In a recent letter to Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains and then-Public Services and Procurement minister Judy Foote, obtained through access to information, current Chief
Opinion | BY WAYNE SMITH | May 29, 2017
The Statistics Canada building in Ottawa. So where did the money come from to fund this transfer, given that Statistics Canada has the reputation of keeping every penny of funding it has at work in the statistical program, asks former chief statistician Wayne Smith. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Questionable transfers from Statistics Canada to Shared Services Canada

Opinion | BY WAYNE SMITH | May 29, 2017
  • OTTAWA—In a recent letter to Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains and then-Public Services and Procurement minister Judy Foote, obtained through access to information, current Chief

Questionable transfers from Statistics Canada to Shared Services Canada

Opinion | BY WAYNE SMITH | May 29, 2017
  • OTTAWA—In a recent letter to Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains and then-Public Services and Procurement minister Judy Foote, obtained through access to information, current Chief
The Statistics Canada building in Ottawa. So where did the money come from to fund this transfer, given that Statistics Canada has the reputation of keeping every penny of funding it has at work in the statistical program, asks former chief statistician Wayne Smith. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Let’s keep seniors in the labour force longer

  • OTTAWA—While the current government lavishes attention on today’s youth, some greater attention is required on today’s and tomorrow’s seniors, as much in the interests
Opinion | BY WAYNE SMITH | March 13, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at a youth event last month in Ottawa. Canada's former chief statistician says the government should also be focusing on seniors because 'a growing proportion of persons retiring today will be challenged to fund their living expenses for the remainder of their days, and those days are getting longer as life expectancy increases.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Let’s keep seniors in the labour force longer

Opinion | BY WAYNE SMITH | March 13, 2017
  • OTTAWA—While the current government lavishes attention on today’s youth, some greater attention is required on today’s and tomorrow’s seniors, as much in the interests

Let’s keep seniors in the labour force longer

Opinion | BY WAYNE SMITH | March 13, 2017
  • OTTAWA—While the current government lavishes attention on today’s youth, some greater attention is required on today’s and tomorrow’s seniors, as much in the interests
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at a youth event last month in Ottawa. Canada's former chief statistician says the government should also be focusing on seniors because 'a growing proportion of persons retiring today will be challenged to fund their living expenses for the remainder of their days, and those days are getting longer as life expectancy increases.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Governor-in-council appointment process: the appearance of change

  • OTTAWA—It has been suggested recently that the new governor-in-council appointment process would be a robust approach for selecting, in future, the most qualified person
Opinion | BY WAYNE SMITH | February 27, 2017
Canada's former chief statistician Wayne Smith says 'the current chief statistician was appointed using a completely opaque process to a lower level of position than his predecessors and, once again, at pleasure, putting paid to any notion of true government commitment to the independence of chief statisticians.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Governor-in-council appointment process: the appearance of change

Opinion | BY WAYNE SMITH | February 27, 2017
  • OTTAWA—It has been suggested recently that the new governor-in-council appointment process would be a robust approach for selecting, in future, the most qualified person

Governor-in-council appointment process: the appearance of change

Opinion | BY WAYNE SMITH | February 27, 2017
  • OTTAWA—It has been suggested recently that the new governor-in-council appointment process would be a robust approach for selecting, in future, the most qualified person
Canada's former chief statistician Wayne Smith says 'the current chief statistician was appointed using a completely opaque process to a lower level of position than his predecessors and, once again, at pleasure, putting paid to any notion of true government commitment to the independence of chief statisticians.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Time for a Large Projects Office to oversee all massive government projects

  • OTTAWA—Governments regularly propose, fund, and undertake large projects to transform the way they do business and these projects frequently fail. They fail either in
Opinion | BY WAYNE SMITH | October 17, 2016
Governments regularly propose, fund, and undertake large projects to transform the way they do business and these projects frequently fail. There is also little transparency or public accountability around such projects, including the Phoenix pay system, led by Government Services Minister Judy Foote, writes Canada's former chief statistician Wayne Smith. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Time for a Large Projects Office to oversee all massive government projects

Opinion | BY WAYNE SMITH | October 17, 2016
  • OTTAWA—Governments regularly propose, fund, and undertake large projects to transform the way they do business and these projects frequently fail. They fail either in

Time for a Large Projects Office to oversee all massive government projects

Opinion | BY WAYNE SMITH | October 17, 2016
  • OTTAWA—Governments regularly propose, fund, and undertake large projects to transform the way they do business and these projects frequently fail. They fail either in
Governments regularly propose, fund, and undertake large projects to transform the way they do business and these projects frequently fail. There is also little transparency or public accountability around such projects, including the Phoenix pay system, led by Government Services Minister Judy Foote, writes Canada's former chief statistician Wayne Smith. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
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