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Salgo: Could Trump-style politicization of the public service happen here?

Karl Salgo

Canada's public service should seek ways to operate more efficiently — and be grateful it doesn't have to contend with Elon Musk.

These five suggestions could put a little more kick in Canada's public service — no matter who forms government in 2025.

Certainly public servants must be held responsible for their work — but they are subjected to the wrong kinds of rules, paralyzing innovation.

The increase poses two risks: more potential interference in public servants' work; and more control from the Prime Minister's Office.

The Canadian government doesn’t really know whether all those additional public servants are doing proportionately more work. A deeper dive is...