Ottawa Needs a Broader Strategy for Effective Governance

Ottawa Needs a Broader Strategy for Effective Governance

Commentary The Prime Minister’s latest shuffle of senior public servants has been presented as a routine act of governance. Deputy ministers move. Agencies gain new leadership. A few retirements are acknowledged. A handful of outside appointments are inserted into the machinery of the federal state. In Ottawa, such moments are often treated as evidence that the system is renewing itself. But Canadians should ask a more fundamental question. Does…