Sixth annual report to the Prime Minister on the Public Service of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1998

CANADA

Sixth Annual Report to The Prime Minister on The Public Service of Canada

Jocelyne Bourgon
Clerk of the Privy Council and
Secretary to the Cabinet

December 7, 1998

Dear Prime Minister:

I am pleased to submit to you the sixth annual report on the Public Service of Canada, pursuant to the Public Service Employment Act.

Every year for the past five years, as Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Public Service, I have sent you a report on the state of the Public Service. In my previous reports, I have talked about the importance of the Public Service as a national institution and its contribution to the prosperity, the quality of life and the well-being of all Canadians.

I have described the challenges facing the men and women in the Public Service. I have discussed the need to modernize the delivery of service to Canadians, to strengthen the capacity to provide policy advice to ministers and to build a modern and vibrant institution that is well adapted to serve the needs of Canadians now and in the future. Each year, I have told you about our progress, and each year I told you that more could be done.

The best way to understand the breadth and depth of the change that has been taking place in the Public Service in recent years is to see it through the eyes and hear it from the voices of public servants themselves. They will tell you first hand about their efforts, their struggles, their dreams and their accomplishments. It is an honour to submit this report on their behalf.

Jocelyne Bourgon