Prime Minister Chretien’s long goodbye affects bureaucracy: Many federal public policy experts predict senior public servants will spend months with one eye on implementing Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s legacy and the other eye on preparing for his successor

BY Francoli, Paco

September 30, 2002

Prime Minister Jean Chretien's decision to extend his time in office until February, 2004 will place added pressure on an already over-extended federal bureaucracy which has been hard at work developing new policy ideas for the outgoing Liberal leader's activist agenda, say some Canadian public p...

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