Canada has a Victims Bill of Rights to protect victims of crime. But its scope and powers are insufficient.
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The Victims Bill of Rights merely lists a series of guidelines that those in the criminal justice system should take into account, as they see fit. It does not compel them to do so.
A worker at the National Hurricane Center tracks weather over the Gulf of Mexico.
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Years of research about the people who work in the federal government finds that most of them are devoted civil servants who are committed to civic duty without regard to partisan politics.
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There is no manual for a job at the top of government but a few golden rules are largely agreed upon by those who have experienced ministerial life.
Report found deputy PM to have been abrasive and intimidating to civil servants who have waited months for action to be taken.
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The senior civil servant who investigated the partygate scandal is leaving to join the opposition. It’s a very surprising move.
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RIshi Sunak has said he won’t suspend the deputy prime minister while dozens of accusations about his conduct are investigated.
Allegations of bullying and misconduct are a worrying sign for British democracy.
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When civil servants and MPs can’t speak up against ministers, they can’t do their jobs properly.
J.D. Vance, who won Ohio’s GOP Senate primary, calls neoreactionist Curtis Yarvin a friend.
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The explicitly anti-democratic movement seems to have the ear of a major GOP donor – along with at least two GOP front-runners for the US Senate.
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The plan to cut 91,000 civil service jobs could make service delivery impossible after decades of decline.
Nigeria recently started commercial operation of a China-assisted railway linking the southwestern cities of Lagos and Ibadan.
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In his new book, Nigeria Democracy Without Development: How To Fix It, international political economist Omano Edigheji explains why democracy has not led to development in Nigeria.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has reshuffled his cabinet amid growing accusations of of graft, and an outbreak of violence unprecedented in 25 years.
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South Africa’s public sector works somewhat better than those of most other middle-income countries. Yet, unlike them, it has not managed to achieve gains in the midst of messiness.
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Kenya faces the dilemma of an ageing workforce. The problem can be addressed by developing a strategic workforce plan for employees.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that many jobs can be performed remotely. It’s time to consider moving federal goverment positions into other regions of the country.
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If work doesn’t need to be done in Ottawa-area offices, does it need to be done in Ottawa at all?
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A law from 1969 is still having an impact on nursing pay in Denmark today.
Simeon Nyachae (right) welcomes President Uhuru Kenyatta to his alma mater, Kisii School in western Kenya, during the institution’s 80th anniversary in 2014.
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Nyachae always served at the intersection of politics and administration. Nevertheless, he was more of a firm manager than a politician.
Trump put a portrait of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office when he was president.
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For decades, presidents beginning with Andrew Jackson routinely replaced large swaths of the government workforce, often requiring them to pay fees to political parties in exchange for their jobs.
A picture of Andrew Jackson hung in the Oval Office during Trump’s tenure.
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For decades, presidents routinely replaced large swaths of the government workforce, often requiring them to pay fees to political parties in exchange for their jobs.
South Africa has seen a sharp rise in protests due to incompetence within its civil service.
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Professionalism has to start with ministers for it to stand any chance of being embedded throughout the public service.
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Politics cannot be separated from emotion, as the past few months have clearly shown.
Boris Johnson is greeted in Downing Street by Mark Sedwill, who has resigned.
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Chief adviser Dominic Cummings doesn’t have much time for the civil service, preferring political appointees instead.