What about the public service under a Conservative government?

If there's a change in government, the ball will be in the court of the senior public service to show that they deserve the positions they've occupied by delivering on a new agenda.

Top public servants will need to show quickly and concretely that they understand the new context, and can steer departments and agencies in a nimble and responsive manner. If they can’t, they may find others waiting in the wings to do so in their place.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LORI TURNBULL

August 19, 2024

OTTAWA—Unless the pollsters are all dead wrong, we are headed for a change in government in 2025. There is much speculation about how “different” things could be under Conservative rule. Pierre Poilievre has defined himself in stark contrast to Justin Trudeau. Tapping ...

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