Sean Silcoff

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‘The leader is the leader,’ Minister François-Philippe Champagne hedges when asked if he supports Trudeau

‘The leader is the leader,’ Minister François-Philippe Champagne hedges when asked if he supports Trudeau

Pressure continues to mount on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reconsider his future as leader, as he is receiving a marked lack of support from three senior Liberals in the wake of this week’s shocking loss in a Toronto by-election. On Thursday, The Globe and Mail spoke with a current federal minister, a recently ousted cabinet colleague and a former...

Size of federal public service swells to record high, according to report

Size of federal public service swells to record high, according to report

The federal public service reached a record size last year as the amount of jobs filled through non-advertised posts soared to nearly three times the level prior to the election of the Liberal government in 2015. In addition, more public servants switched jobs, resigned or were investigated than at any time during the Trudeau government’s mandate, new statistics from the...