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This is the 150th anniversary of Confederation. Obviously there were people here before 1867, but the Canadian state is 150 years old. It also means 150 years of the Public Service. We were there on the first day. It has been an arrangement that has served Canadians very well for 150 years.
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Today we begin National Public Service Week – a celebration of the excellent work done each day by public servants like you on behalf of Canadians.
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The results for the first Public Service Employee Annual Survey were released today. We want to thank all of you who took the time to participate. Your feedback helps us better understand what we are doing right and identify areas where we need to improve.
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The pace at which technology is affecting what we do as human beings, how we work, how we learn, how we create wealth and opportunity, the kind of jobs that we have, the kind of roles that we play, is clearly fast and arguably accelerating.
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The Government of Canada is committed to equality and respect for all Canadians.
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This is, I understand, the largest Manion Lecture in its distinguished history. There are something like 900 of you here tonight and many more hundreds online, and there will be an audience that lives on in the program being recorded and recaptured. This is a tremendous accomplishment for the School and I want to congratulate and thank them in advance.
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Good evening everyone. I would like to start by congratulating all the candidates and recipients we will be celebrating soon, and to make just a few opening remarks. I have three titles and wear three hats that are often sort of shortened to “Clerk.”
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The Government of Canada is taking action on gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation issues. Today, the Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on LGBTQ2 issues, M.P. Randy Boissonnault, issued the following statement.
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I am pleased to announce that my Twenty-Fourth Annual Report to the Prime Minister on the Public Service of Canada has been tabled in Parliament, and is now available online at www.canada.ca/clerk-report.
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Let me start with congratulating the new ADMs or ADM-equivalents in the room. I signed 68 certificates and letters the other day. It’s an impressive number, almost a quarter of the community, and it is a remarkable personal achievement for each and every one of you. Please join me in congratulating them.
