Renewal … in both official languages
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It is a good management practice to review programs and activities periodically to provide a high level of service to...
It chops, slices and dices: An asset management project builds capacity
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Maintaining and investing in water and waste water treatment facilities, roads, bridges, vehicle fleets, public buildings and other core municipal...
Revitalizing civic infrastructure through sport
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Few things catalyze infrastructure faster than a major international sporting event.
Governance at a discount: The gap between public and private board compensation
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Stakeholders and media are currently focusing substantial attention on executive compensation. However, by focusing solely on top executives, they are...
Foresight: Harvesting shared wisdom
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What can you say about the future of long range public policy planning that hasn't been captured on Twitter?
A time to reassess government’s role?
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With an annual deficit of $36.2 billion, the federal government is looking once again to emulate earlier efforts to curb...
Mash-ups meet Crown copyright
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In Canada, it seems like any discussion of copyright quickly turns to the merits or demerits of mp3s, file sharing,...
High potential, low possibilities
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It now appears that Canada will emerge earlier than expected from the economic recession that has ravaged job markets around...
A quest for the truth: Probe before you investigate
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The spectre of wrongdoing within a department can send chills down the corporate spines of an organization.
Mission critical: IT systems renewal
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We live in a time when physical and digital infrastructures built in a different economy are wearing out. Over the...