What Trump’s election means for Canada: ‘institution of government needs a sharp wakeup call,’ says Donald Savoie

Canadians do not want a wrecking ball approach, but they do want the government to do much better, warns one of the country’s leading experts on the machinery of government.
Justin Trudeau, Donald Trump
Not their first rodeo: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.

The takeaway for Canada from the U.S. presidential election is that the general public feels they are not receiving adequate value for the $80-billion spent annually on wages and consultant fees, and that both politicians and public servants would be well advised to ask toug...

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