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AI Integrations Will Make Governments More Efficient...and Then Unbearable
The federal government’s AI Strategy for the Federal Public Service exists to guide public sector adoption of AI tools.
Aug 26
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How Much of Federal Program Results-Tracking is Garbage?
The insight around which this post is built might expose some serious internal government dysfunction.
Aug 23
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When Governments Come Unstuck From Their People
It’s certainly true that governments in Canada are elected to govern.
Aug 2
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Tracking Policy Outcomes: An Exercise in Deception
But things work differently at Veterans Affairs!
Jul 2
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Assessing Government Departmental Self-Assessments
As a (commendable) exercise in transparency, federal government departments are required to file annual reports. Well, not just reports. There’ll often…
Jun 21
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How Compliance with the Canadian Gender Budgeting Act Drains Government Capacity
I don’t have enough information to share a useful opinion about the intrinsic value of the Canadian Gender Budgeting Act itself.
Jun 17
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How Social Media Ate Parliamentary Committees for Lunch
Always late to the party, I finally noticed a change in the way many parliamentary committees go about their work.
Jun 10
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Are Wealthy Canadians Leaving the Country?
Matt Gurney recently suggested that growing numbers of wealthy Canadians are “stealth emigrating”.
May 6
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Assessing Institutional Corruption
I’ve previously written about measurable declines in institutional trust among Canadians.
Apr 26
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Could Prediction Markets Corrupt Canada's Political Process?
I wouldn’t advise Canadians to place bets on a prediction market platform like Polymarket.
Mar 29
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Are Parliamentary Committees Underachieving?
We can be forgiven for assuming that the Canadian government exists to spit out legislation that’s poorly planned, overtly political, and often legally…
Mar 22
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Canada's Federal Government Generates Disinformation at Scale
And I've got the receipts
Mar 4
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