Salgo: Public servants are happy in their work. But can they meet new demands? | Unpublished
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Author: Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen
Publication Date: July 3, 2025 - 11:23

Salgo: Public servants are happy in their work. But can they meet new demands?

July 3, 2025
Earlier this year, I suggested in an Ottawa Citizen column that a tough economic and fiscal environment might not make this the best time for public servants to whine about their jobs. Since then, Canada has elected a new prime minister with an ambitious — one might almost say transformative — agenda, and he in turn has named a new head of the public service committed to ensuring that Canada’s bureaucrats deliver on that agenda. The word on the street is that there will be some new faces at the top and not much tolerance for those who don’t deliver. Read More


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