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A change in government alone won’t fix the malaise
Donald Savoie
Special to The Globe and Mail
Published Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015 6:00 AM ET
“One can appreciate the euphoria being felt by public servants in Ottawa with the change of government. The perception, if not the reality, among them is that the previous government never understood, let alone appreciated their contribution.”
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One country, several distinct economies
Donald J. Savoie
Special to The Globe and Mail
Published Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 6:00 AM ET
“Justin Trudeau has accomplished what few prime ministers have been able to do over the past 50 years: Not only did he win a majority mandate, but his Liberal Party also saw MPs elected in all 10 provinces and the North. For the first time in history, a single party won all 32 seats in Atlantic Canada. It is a remarkable achievement and our national government is now able to hear from all corners of Canada, giving it strong political legitimacy.”
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This week will set the tone for Trudeau’s new government
Donald J. Savoie
iPOLITICS.CA
Posted Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 8:57 PM ET
“It’s a moment of intense activity. A new government wants to take charge quickly, and to be seen doing so. It will have given some thought to how it wants to spend its first weeks in office, which new policies it wants to promote first, and which existing policies and programs it intends to scrap or modify. It will have put together transition teams of party faithful — or of those in tune with its broad policy orientation. Justin Trudeau broke with tradition by appointing a non-partisan former career politician to lead his transition team. It sent out an important message that certainly wasn’t lost on the bureaucracy.”
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First less, Liberals: You can’t do everything at once
Jeffrey Simpson
The Globe & Mail
Published Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 6:00 AM ET
“Senior Liberals have lots of reading material these days, but a few of them should flip through Donald Savoie’s latest book, What Is Government Good At? Arguably Canada’s pre-eminent scholar of public administration, the University of Moncton professor says governments often fall down in “implementation.” They conceptualize policies and introduce them, but then implementation falters.”
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Dean Beeby
CBC News
Posted Monday, Nov. 02, 2015 5:00 AM ET
“Prof Donald Savoie says Canada’s federal public servants have been undervalued and under siege, but the new Liberal administration is sending positive signals.”
“For anyone who cares about the condition of our federal public service, this is a very depressing story.” Prof Ralph Heintzman, University of Ottawa
“[Peter] Aucoin’s paper proposed a New Zealand solution, where a panel independent of government makes appointments to the senior public service. A Canadian research group, the Public Policy Forum, last week called for legislation to more clearly define the roles and responsibilities of deputy ministers along with other measures to counteract an era of “permanent campaigning” by parties.”
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Related reading:
What is Government Good At? by Donald J. Savoie
Rediscovering Reverence: The Meaning of Faith in a Secular World by Ralph Heintzman
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