OUR MISSION IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SERVICE MANAGEMENT EDITORIAL DEPUTY EDITOR | LORI TURNBULL lori@promotivemedia.ca EXECUTIVE EDITOR | DAVID McLAUGHLIN davidm@promotivemedia.ca MANAGING EDITOR | TERRI PAVELIC terri@promotivemedia.ca CONTRIBUTORS | SARA FILBEE JEFFREY ROY 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 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. canadiangovernmentexecutive.ca 4 / Canadian Government Executive // WINTER 2025 WEB EDITOR’S NOTE Hi and welcome to the latest issue of CGE Magazine! After a short hiatus, CGE Magazine is getting back in gear with new content and the beginnings of a new approach to writing and sharing. First, we are showcasing a theme for each issue. This one is about “Uncertainty” in government and public service. More than two years and counting since the great pandemic uncertainty left us, a new type of uncertainty is settling into governments today. It’s the uncertainty about ‘what’s next?’. CGE Magazine takes this on for you to read. Take a look at Dr. Sara Filbee’s article. She’s the author of Managing in Complexity: How Our Fears of Uncertainty Can Hurt Us and What to Do About It. Sara shares her insights on how public servants can consider complexity and uncertainty in today’s public service in this issue. Second, we will be presenting a feature interview with someone interesting and informative on Canadian governance issues. Graham Flack, a former senior federal deputy minister, speaks about the issues and challenges facing the federal public service at a time of uncertainty. You can hear Graham chat with Lori Turnbull and me on CGE radio also. Third, we will be bringing you interesting articles, data, and book reviews on the latest in governance and public service in Canada. This issue features insights from Policy Horizons Canada on the “uncertainty” theme, as well as a review of Dr. Donald Savoie’s latest book, Speaking Truth to Canadians About Their Public Service. Savoie is Canada’s strongest academic guru of what ails our public service today. Speaking of gurus, Lori and I have started a CGE-sponsored podcast which we call “Governance Gurus”. It will be an informative and, we hope, provocative space to discuss all things governance in public service today. Catch us on https://canadiangovernmentexecutive.ca/ We will continue to highlight the importance of digital governance in our pages. Regular contributor Jeffrey Roy, is professor at Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Management, writes about national security digitization in this issue. For our regular feature, The Last Word, we turn the pages over to Lori Turnbull for her regular commentary on contemporary governance and politics in Canada today. Thank you to all our contributors and advertisers! CGE Magazine is changing and growing with our readers. We hope you enjoy reading it! David McLaughlin Executive Editor, CGE Media
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