Government needs to provide meaningful work to attract millennials to public service: experts

Treasury Board President Scott Brison says there’s ‘a lot of work to be done’ and ‘I’m not going to overstate the progress we’ve made in a few months.’

Treasury Board President Scott Brison says there's a need for the public service to attract more millennials, which he said are 'the most connected, educated, and informed generation in the history of the country.'The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY DEREK ABMA

June 6, 2016

As the federal public service gets older and the government looks for ways to attract younger workers, an idea that comes up regularly from various quarters is that you have to give them the opportunity to “make a difference.” Treasury Board President Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.) said as mu...

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