Civil Circles

Experts say DMs being shuffled too often

David Zussman says the high turnover of DMs in the federal public service has become a serious issue and suggests fixed terms for DMs.

Federal government departments are run less efficiently and are more "backwards" today than they were 30 years ago because Cabinet ministers don't get to choose who their deputies are and are assigned to work with deputy ministers who have no knowledge of the files, claims a former Trudeau-era Ca...

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