Wernick planning to stick around PCO for a while, push on for ‘nimbleness and agility’ in PS

Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick says he's ‘no more temporary than anybody who’s held this job.’

Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick says his current priorities include creating a public service that has 'nimbleness and agility' so it can meet the needs of a 'busy, ambitious government that wants to do a lot in it’s mandate, but I think this would be true had we been dealing with a blue government or an orange government.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY DEREK ABMA

April 4, 2016

Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick says he’s in no rush to help establish a process for picking his successor since he doesn’t expect to be leaving the job any time soon. In January, Mr. Wernick was announced as the new clerk in a press release from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que...

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