Opinion
People walk on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Commentary
The Prime Minister’s latest shuffle of senior public servants has been presented as a routine act of governance. Deputy ministers move. Agencies gain new leadership. A few retirements are acknowledged. A handful of outside appointments are inserted into the machinery of the federal state. In Ottawa, such moments are often treated as evidence that the system is renewing itself.
