OUR MISSION IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SERVICE MANAGEMENT EDITORIAL DEPUTY EDITOR | LORI TURNBULL lori@promotivemedia.ca MANAGING EDITOR | TERRI PAVELIC terri@promotivemedia.ca COLUMNISTS | JEFFREY ROY HARVEY SCHACHTER JOHN WILKINS EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD DENISE AMYOT, PENNY BALLANTYNE, JIM CONNELL, MICHAEL FENN, LANA LOUGHEED, JOHN MILLOY, VIC PAKALNIS, ROBERT SHEPHERD, ANDREW TREUSCH, DAVID ZUSSMAN SALES & EVENTS DIRECTOR, CONTENT & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT | DAVID BLONDEAU 905-727-3875 david@promotivemedia.ca ART & PRODUCTION ART DIRECTOR | ELENA PANKOVA elena@promotivemedia.ca SUBSCRIPTIONS AND ADDRESS CHANGES CIRCULATION SERVICES | circulation@promotivemedia.ca GENERAL INQUIRIES 21374, 2nd Concession Rd, East Gwillimbury, ON, L9N 0H7 Phone 905-727-3875 Fax 905-727-4428 www.canadiangovernmentexecutive.ca CORPORATE GROUP PUBLISHER | J. RICHARD JONES john@promotivemedia.ca Publisher’s Mail Agreement: 40052410 ISSN 1203-7893 Canadian Government Executive magazine is published 6 times per year by Navatar Press. All opinions expressed herein are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher or any person or organization associated with the magazine. Letters, submissions, comments and suggested topics are welcome, and should be sent to lori@promotivemedia.ca REPRINT INFORMATION Reproduction or photocopying is prohibited without the publisher’s prior written consent. High quality reprints of articles and additional copies of the magazine are available through circulation@promotivemedia.ca. Privacy Policy: We do not sell our mailing list or share any confidential information on our subscribers. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities. www.canadiangovernmentexecutive.ca 4 / Canadian Government Executive // January/February 2022 WEB Thank you very much for picking up this edition of Canadian Government Executive magazine. We have covered a lot of ground in this issue. We’re very excited to bring you two pieces that offer a critical, objective analysis of the affordable housing challenge in Canada. This is a complex issue that requires collaboration from all orders of government and we trust that the analysis we’ve brought forward here, complete with recommendations, will add much to the ongoing dialogue on the housing situation in Canada. Also in this issue, we bring you: a piece on evidence-based performance management at CBSA; the evergreen topic of leadership management in the public sector; the value of digitized payment solutions; innovations in hybrid work; and, a special interview piece in which representatives from IBM Consulting Canada, ONE9 Capability Labs, and NGO Aman Lara tell the story of partnership and innovation in the management of information in relation to the Afghan refugee crisis. It is our goal, with every issue of the magazine, to speak to the key challenges facing the public sector and to shine a light on best practices across departments and sectors. We are always open to suggestions for topics that are of key interest to readers. We want to be analytical in our approach so that the magazine’s content is positioned to have impact on policymaking and service delivery across jurisdictions. While our focus is on the public sector, we are attentive to the political world and well and will devote time and space in each issue to discuss the key issues facing ministers and parliamentarians. As this issue goes to publication, both online and in print, the global political order is in crisis as Russia invades Ukraine and NATO partners work to help Ukraine defend itself and choke off Russia’s ability to wage war. These are particularly challenging times that could result in, among other things, a reconsideration of Canada’s approach to defence spending and military readiness. In a recent interview with CBC, Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre said that “the world is getting more dangerous every day and we need to be ready for it.”1 The next days and weeks will be critical in determining how global peace can be restored. This daunting responsibility exists along the need to manage inflation and high-cost social programs. The federal budget, expected in early April, will give us a sense of how the government will finance its priorities for the year ahead. We will devote special attention to the federal budget in our next issue. My best, Dr. Lori Turnbull Deputy Editor, Canadian Government Executive Reference: 1. Burke, Ashley. 2022. “Military readiness ‘one of the things that keeps me awake at night’, says Canada’s top soldier.” CBC News. Available at: https:// www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-military-state-of-readyness-1.6380922 EDITOR’S NOTE
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