Congratulations Letter to the Interim Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet

Janice Charette
Interim Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
Privy Council Office
80 Wellington Street, Room 332
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A3

Dear Ms. Charette:

We would like to congratulate you on your recent designation as Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet on an interim basis.

In this capacity, you will once again have a key leadership role in ensuring the integrity of staffing in a values and merit based system, and in ensuring that the public service is non-partisan.

The PSC has delegated to you authorities to make appointments to and within your organization. We invite you to re-familiarize yourself with the Appointment Delegation and Accountability Instrument (ADAI) (Annex A).

Your organization is subject to the political activities provisions of the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA). Your employees have the right to engage in political activities as long as those activities do not impair, or are not perceived as impairing, their ability to perform their duties in a politically impartial manner.

As interim deputy head, your engagement in political activities is limited to voting in federal, provincial, territorial or municipal elections.

Should you be interested in discussing staffing trends, how the PSC is supporting diversity and inclusion objectives, or any other area of interest, we will be happy to arrange a virtual meeting. Also, should you have any questions about your delegated appointment and appointment-related authorities or the PSEA’s political activity provisions, we invite you to contact us at the following address patrick.borbey@canada.ca.

Yours sincerely,

Attachment

Annex A: Appointment Delegation and Accountability Instrument