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How important is an independent civil service?

M. Grégoire

@evan High. I prefer the way the civil service functions in Canada, taking orders from the ministry, but independent, non-partisan and ultimately serving the Crown rather than the government of the day. But there are some virtues to a system as in the US with heavy turn-over of the upper levels of the civil service when a new administration comes in: fresh ideas, people with experience from outside government, alignment with the elected officials.