It’s time to flatten the federal public service’s rigid military-like chain of command, from the clerk down to the managers
Imagine if all public servants were trusted to the point where excessive oversight was not required? Imagine if they were asked to contribute in a meaningful way to the well-being of their departments, agencies, and Crown corporations? Perhaps then the lethargy would dissipate, morale would improve, and an ongoing fiscal balance would be established.
If the public service were a patient, it would have the best care. There is no shortage of experts providing diagnoses on what ails it. It is the cure that evades them.
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