While the Public Service will continue to operate in an environment of restraint, the mix of forces that affect its capacity to act will change dramatically. Issues of public policy are becoming increasingly globalized and integrated. While this is more evident on the economic side of public policy, questions of social and justice policy also take on greater complexity and inter-relatedness. There is an increasing challenge to authority and dogma. This challenge has a direct impact on service-oriented operations such as the Correctional Service of Canada.
Any restraint is increasingly subject to challenge and scrutiny.
The face of the Public Service must reflect a changing social mix within the country. The pace of that change is also accelerating. The Public Service is not now representative of this country. Further, the Service is managed under legislation that is showing its age and is in need of reform. In response to challenges such as this, the Clerk and senior deputy ministers have formed a series of task forces to begin to come up with directions and solutions.