Next PCO clerk Ian Shugart tapped to steady the ship, restore trust in the job, say observers

Current PCO clerk Michael Wernick, who has been wrapped up in the SNC-Lavalin scandal, announced March 18 he would be retiring from the public service ahead of the 2019 election.

Foreign Affairs deputy minister Ian Shugart has all of the key experience needed to be effective in his upcoming role as Privy Council clerk, says Earnscliffe Strategy Group's Geoff Norquay.The Hill Times file photograph

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BY EMILY HAWS

March 20, 2019

Ian Shugart being tapped as the bureaucracy’s next top public servant is an excellent choice, say public service observers. The incoming Privy Council clerk is said to have the steady, non-partisan hands needed to restore trust in the reputation of the role that may...

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