Carney announces shuffle of deputy ministers
  • 1 points daiglenumberone

    Mostly normal stuff due to retirements, but shuffling out deputy clerk to defence and a new guy in finance is noteworthy. Justice Hogue coming in from outside the public service is also interesting.

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    1 points TheZarosian

    If you mean Nick Leswick, he's had a very accomplished past at Finance Canada. Used to be an ADM from about 2015 to 2021, then the Associate DM until 2024 when he moved to the Bank of Canada.

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    1 points daiglenumberone

    Yes, not saying anything about him, just interesting they shuffled finance despite no retirement.

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    1 points a_lumberjack

    It's definitely the place where Carney will expect and demand excellence.

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    1 points accforme

    I think what else is interesting is that there will be more changes to be announced early in the new year.

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    1 points Bytowneboy2

    Only 25% of the departures from the senior civil service specifically mentioned retirement. That does not align with my understanding of “mostly.”

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    1 points daiglenumberone

    Tgam article listed 8 DMs as retiring

    Friday’s announcement places 12 new people in senior deputy minister-level positions, either in charge of federal departments or as senior officials in the PCO. Eight senior officials are listed as retiring.

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    1 points Bytowneboy2

    I think the word used in the article was “departing”. The announcement on the PM’s website specifically used retirement in only two of the eight.

    Edit: the article online may have been updated since your copy/paste… though I appreciate the effort.

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    1 points daiglenumberone

    I was referring to the globe and mail article. Although, I'll take a slap on the wrist for not checking the primary source from the Canada.ca release.

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    1 points Bytowneboy2

    … or reading the article that you’re commenting on?

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    1 points past_is_prologue

    Interesting is one way to put it.

    It feels a little quid pro quo-y to me. 

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    1 points Harbinger2001

    How so? These aren’t cushy assignments. The deputy ministers run the actual bureaucracy.

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    1 points past_is_prologue

    Yes, they're also highly sought after positions.

    Some people don't want cushy, they want power. DMs have a lot of power. 

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    1 points daiglenumberone

    This may be a bit inside Ottawa, but I view it more as a punishment. You diagnosed the problem, now it's your job to fix it.

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  • 1 points Northern_Witch

    Good old Justice Hogue, Trudeau family friend and defender. Let’s not forget about this:

    https://niagaraindependent.ca/hogue-has-successfully-defended-justin-trudeau-again/

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    1 points primitives403

    We are never going to get a foreign agent registry are we, what an absurd appointment

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    1 points LumpyPressure

    You’re going to be hard pressed to find Liberals with no connection to the Trudeau family. It’s not the mark of the beast unless you’re a chronically online twitter troll.

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    1 points Northern_Witch

    You think this is a good thing?

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    1 points Just-Signature-3713

    This is the thing isn’t it - all of these families are old money or colleagues in one way or another. It’s still just another class.

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  • 1 points Duffleupagus

    I wonder if/when they shuffle the Ministers, Gary “supporting terrorists is routine” Anandasangaree will be shuffled? I hope not because he seems fit to serve as our Public Safety Minister!

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  • 1 points discourtesy

    who's even in his cabinet any longer? is anyone keeping track?

    it's like a shell game on the street

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    1 points rogerdoesntlike

    Deputy ministers are not cabinet ministers. They are the top non-political bureaucrat of each department.

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    1 points discourtesy

    so, you have no idea just like everyone else

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    1 points rogerdoesntlike

    Someone else already posted the cabinet ministers.

    On top of that, all the deputy ministers are listed here: https://geds-sage.gc.ca/en/GEDS/?pgid=016&fid=11

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    1 points discourtesy

    what's the point when each month they are different?

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    1 points rawdizzl

    They’re not, please learn to read.

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    1 points Kennit

    So why are you posting then?

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    1 points Harbinger2001

    They haven’t changed since the election.

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    1 points ConversationWhole483

    That's like the easiest thing to find: https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/cabinet

    Not sure why that would be hard to track. The media is flooded whenever there's a change. "Overreporting" is what I call it.

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    1 points CaskJeeves

    https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/cabinet

    I don't know of many shell games that publish up to date websites on whats on the shells...

    Also as another poster said, this announcement is for DMs, not Cabinet ministers 

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    1 points DeanBovineUniversity

    The world is pretty scary when you don't bother to try and understand it, eh?

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