The service\u002Ddelivery problems the Liberal government is experiencing has more to do with cynicism within the bureaucracy than bungling.
At the outset of the pandemic, a small army of unsung public servants was overwhelmed by a Niagara of employment insurance applications, as one-quarter of the Canadian workforce found itself out of work.
One person who received it said there was more than a faint whiff of panic about the all-points bulletin.Few in official Ottawa have any doubts that the malady can be traced back to a Liberal government in its third term that no longer has the vitality it once possessed. Over the past seven years, the Liberals have lost, or jettisoned, some of their most seasoned ministers and political staffers.
Under this government, even when lip service is paid to longer-term initiatives — from infrastructure to innovation — the results are underwhelming.In the risk-averse world of the Trudeau government, apple carts are not to be upturned, boats are to remain unrocked and pucks are to be well and truly ragged.
I’ve known a lot of deputy ministers over the years — many were conscientious, some were unmotivated, a number were unpleasant. Very few were incompetent.
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