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A Public Servant's Voice: Through the Words of the First Woman Clerk of the Privy Council for Canada

A Public Servant's Voice: Through the Words of the First Woman Clerk of the Privy Council for Canada

Bourgon, Jocelyne

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Series: Ipac Public Management and Governance

ManagementCanadian HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1487574754
ISBN13: 9781487574758
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: Feb 24 2026
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.92 Depth: 8.99
Language: English
Can ideas from the past help to invent a better future? In this part-memoir and part-guide, Jocelyne Bourgon explores this central question through the representation of her noteworthy career and professional life.
A Public Servant's Voice presents Bourgon's reflections on her time in government. As the first woman clerk of the privy council for Canada, secretary to cabinet, and head of the public service from 1994 to 1999, Bourgon brings an unprecedented perspective to public administration and public sector reform. She reflects on decades of work in the public sector and the field of public administration, in Canada and abroad. This book covers her career from her first days as a public servant to creating A New Synthesis of Public Administration to face the challenges of the 21st century. Along the way she played a key role in the Charlottetown negotiations, helped bring Canada a decade of fiscal surplus, launched initiatives to strengthen the public service, and worked with peers around the world.

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