The March 4 announcement names 15 senior civil servants to new roles, and brings in one person from the private sector as Prime Minister Mark Carney continues to reshape the federal bureaucracy, from Foreign Affairs to Fisheries and Oceans.
The end-of-year deputy minister shuffle puts fresh faces in key roles responsible for carrying out Prime Minister Mark Carney’s priorities, including Defence, Justice, and Finance
Former federal public servant David McLaughlin says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent civil service appointments are only the beginning of a larger shuffle of senior officials.
So far, public servants have secured nominations as Conservative, NDP, Green, People’s Party, and Christian Heritage candidates, while one is running as an Independent.
Mark Fisher joins the Canada Water Agency, the prime minister will soon have a new PCO foreign and defence policy adviser, and four new chairs have been announced at Crown corporations.
Plus, PCO deputy secretary Mollie Johnson adds clean growth responsibilities to her existing role.
The multibillion-dollar lawsuit alleges systemic anti-Black discrimination in the federal public service resulted in lost wages and pensions for Black government staff.
The federal student program remains ‘a key recruitment priority’ says the government, as it looks to shrink Canada’s public sector.
Millennials’ ‘fingerprints’ are now on the federal public service, says Deloitte’s Stephen Harrington, while a Carleton University professor says the demographic could be better divided into those hired pre- or post-pandemic.
