Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a major shuffle in the senior ranks of the federal public service. Read MoreThe changes will give 12 executives new roles as the prime minister looks to revamp public service leadership.
The changes will give 12 executives new roles as the prime minister looks to revamp public service leadership.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a major shuffle in the senior ranks of the federal public service.
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The shakeup will move Christiane Fox, the deputy clerk of the Privy Council, to deputy minister of the Department of National Defence, according to a news release. Chris Forbes, the deputy minister at the Department of Finance, will become a “senior official” at the Privy Council Office (PCO) and will be replaced at Finance by Nick Leswick, an executive with the Bank of Canada.
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The changes will give 12 executives new roles and come a few months after Michael Sabia became clerk of the Privy Council.
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“These leadership changes will support the strong, effective delivery of priorities and reinforce our continued focus on results for Canadians,” said the news release announcing the shakeup.
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The news release also listed eight public service executives who would be departing the public service and thanked them for their service.
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“The Prime Minister also congratulated the following individuals on their departure from the public service. He thanked them for their dedication and service to Canadians throughout their careers and wished them all the best in the future,” the release said.
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Among them were Stefanie Beck, deputy minister at DND, John Moffet, deputy minister at Environment and Climate Change Canada, as well as Gina Wilson, deputy minister of Indigenous Services Canada, who will become a senior official at the PCO “pending her upcoming retirement.”
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Other notable appointments included Isabelle Mondou, who will move to the right hand of Sabia as deputy clerk from her position as deputy minister for Canadian Heritage.
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Another notable appointment was Marie-Josée Hogue as the new deputy minister of justice and deputy attorney general.
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Hogue served formerly as a judge at the Quebec’s Court of Appeal and was the commissioner for the Foreign Interference Commission that was established in 2023.
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Lori Turnbull, a political science professor at Dalhousie University, worked directly with Hogue during the foreign interference commission and described her as “very good, very smart (and) very decisive.”
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Hogue was one of several outsiders appointed to a senior leadership position who were not promoted from within the public service.
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John McArthur was another who will serve in an advisory role at the Privy Council Office. McArthur arrives from the Brookings Institution, an economic think tank in Washington, where he focused on sustainable development.