Every Wednesday morning, the most powerful mandarins in government meet over coffee in Langevin

Ned Franks, one of the country's leading experts on Parliament, says deputy ministers should have five-year tenures.

Every Wednesday morning, Clerk of the Privy Council Wayne Wouters, the most powerful bureaucrat in the country, gathers 46 deputy ministers and heads of agencies for about an hour-long meeting in the Langevin Building in Ottawa. They talk about government priorities, current affairs, and public s...

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