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A ombudsman for pardons?
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“Follow those who seek the truth. Run from those who have found it”: Vaclav Havel
Remembering Stephen R. Covey, 1932-2012
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Covey became famous by articulating enduring principles of behaviour. Looking at the stories in this magazine over the years, it’s...
Growing pains: Nunavut’s decade of difficult development
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Launched with so much optimism ten years ago, the government of Nunavut is now in the adolescent stage of its...
World Bank charts new course in public sector reform
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What happens when a minister asks: "What’s the solution to the problem?" In international development, there is often no one...
Discounting the evidence and passing the buck
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Ironically, at a time when governments should be ramping up to meet some of the longer term issues to face...
Mixed media: The generational communications conundrum
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It's no secret that the government workforce is changing in both the U.S. and Canada. One reason is diversity; the...
Unprecedented change requires transformation
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Yesterday I chaired a Toronto session, sponsored by IBM, that looked at the challenges facing the OPS as it copes...
Dysfunctional Parliament and the role of the media
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Over the past few years there has been much dissatisfaction directed at the business of Parliament. The prevailing view is...
The (lost?) art of reading fiction
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Do we read books anymore? Travel on airplanes or trains these days and the evidence is mixed. While books are...
Continental security and Canadian secrecy
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In February, President Obama and Prime Minister Harper announced the formation of a bilateral working group to explore ways to...