Civil Circles

When it comes to public service renewal, the future is green

Without an unprecedented engagement of the public sector at all levels, success in mitigating the national climate emergency, declared by the House of Commons last summer, is impossible.

Federal public servants attend the 2018 Public Service Award of Excellence ceremony in September 2018. Thanks to the efforts of public service workers, today there are more and more pockets of innovation across the federal public service, writes Peter Bleyer.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PETER BLEYER

March 4, 2020

The climate crisis facing our communities, our country, and our planet, cries out for collective action on a scale never before attempted. This crisis has inspired calls for a Green New Deal here in Canada, and in the United States. It has made a Green Deal the top commitment of the incoming Europe...

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