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How government works in an election on top of a trade war
On WONK this week, host Amanda Lang talks to former Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick about executive restraint, 'pruning' the public service and learning from U.S. mistakes
In short order, Canada has experienced a Liberal leadership race, a new Prime Minister, a trade war attack from its closest ally, and now an election. How is democratic accountability maintained through this unprecedented action? How do the wheels of government keep turning? Host Amanda Lang talks to Canada’s former top bureaucrat, Michael Wernick about the ‘weird place’ we’re in, the job of the public service and the changes on the horizon.
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