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2023年9月22日 · In August, the federal government published its vision for decarbonizing the electricity grid by 2035 “as a step toward achieving net-zero emissions across the economy by 2050.”. The current commitment builds on earlier ones, starting with Canada signing the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.When that formally entered into force in 2005, the federal government released “Project Green,” a document ...

2024年6月12日 · A newsletter that helps you connect the dots on what's happening in the federal public service.

2024年12月10日 · Housing for people with intellectual disabilities must be entirely rethought Improved access to better living environments requires recognition of the right to housing and adequate public funding.

2024年12月9日 · Deconstructing Canada’s ballooning $67-billion federal bureaucracy The federal public service has grown enormously under Justin Trudeau, but a few key departments have dominated growth – including the prime minister’s own Privy Council Office.

2024年6月12日 · Kathryn is Policy Options’ public-service reporter, covering and analyzing the complex issues facing Canada’s federal public service. She writes The Functionary newsletter, an easy digest of public-service insider roundups. She is also the Accenture fellow on the Future of the Public Service.Her work has been recognized with a National Newspaper Award and a Canadian Online Publishing Award.

2024年10月10日 · Thanks to a more precarious minority Parliament, the Bloc Québécois is flexing more policy muscle than it has in a while. It has laid out the conditions for its temporary willingness to support the minority Liberals, one of which would significantly increase key cash benefits paid to Canadian seniors.. The Bloc would like to see its draft bill C-319 become law, and it now has the symbolic ...

2024年11月1日 · An undercurrent of anti-Indian sentiment has taken root since Canada set out to significantly increase immigration to ease a tight labour market after the shutdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic. By last year, Canada had surpassed its target, with people of Indian origin making up nearly 30 per cent of new permanent residents, the largest share.. Anti-immigrant rhetoric online is potent and further ...

2024年12月2日 · Faced with the likelihood of a majority Conservative government in the foreseeable future, Canada’s federal public service should seriously heed the warning of Stephen Harper’s former communications director, Andrew MacDougall, that “the hangman is coming.” Over 40 per cent of federal public servants have only worked under the Trudeau government, and after nearly a decade in power ...

2024年4月2日 · The U.S., the E.U. and Iceland are all increasing ties with Greenland, which wants to work strategically with Canada. It’s a critical opportunity.