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Privy Council Office ready to support government transition with new clerk, ‘whatever the result of the election’

Public service transition planning now starts 'well in advance of elections', says David Zussman.
Clerk of the Privy Council Ian Shugart 'has on a number of occasions been actively involved in planning transition advice at the most senior levels of the public service,' says a spokesperson for the Privy Council Office.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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BY MIKE LAPOINTE
July 10, 2019
Although Clerk of the Privy Council Ian Shugart has only been in the role since April, the Privy Council Office says they will be ready to support the government transition, “whatever the result of the election.” PCO spokesman Pierre-Alain Bujold told C...

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