Stalled Government: Causes and Possible Remedies

 Canadians have clearly begun to notice that the Government of Canada doesn’t seem to be able to get things done. The government’s critics go on at length about how the current government is great at theatrical gestures, but remarkably less good at delivering effects, and this is largely true. Performative

Public Service Week: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

 Twenty-two years ago, then-MP Marlene Catterall introduced a private member’s bill recognizing the third week of June as National Public Service Week, a week to celebrate the work and achievements of the people who make up the Public Service of Canada. The bill was the idea of the Professional Institute

Harper Government’s Disdain For Science

 In recent years, science in Canada has come up against an increasing disdain for evidence-based decision making and a disappearing commitment to transparency. In brief, evidence-based policy-making in Canada is under attack and it is orchestrated by our own federal government. In the absence of evidence, government policy is increasingly