Premierminister Carney und sein Kabinett sollten sich bei der furchtlosen politischen Beratung auf die stellvertretenden Minister – und nicht auf das politische Personal – verlassen, sagen führende Governance-Experten

>Lori Turnbull, a professor of political science at Dalhousie University in Halifax, said that it’s too early to make an objective assessment as to whether the Carney government is receiving independent advice from the public service. She said it’s because the top departmental officials are still new in their roles following recent shuffles and that at least one more is expected in the coming weeks. At the same time, the government’s plan to eliminate 704 executive-level positions—including assistant deputy ministers, associate deputy ministers and deputy ministers—has created a sense of job insecurity.

There’s two things in this paragraph that make it stand out from the rest of the article, for me:

First, it’s correct in noting that any criticism of Carney’s approach with respect to receiving advice is still premature; there’s simply not enough information to draw conclusions.

Second, it tacitly reminds us that even the public service is in some way a political entity; their continued employment relies on the whims of politicians, and so they may be coerced to adjusting their behaviour to conform with political whims.