Salgo: Public servants are happy in their work. But can they meet Carney's new demands?

Salgo: Public servants are happy in their work. But can they meet Carney's new demands?

Earlier this year, I suggested in an Ottawa Citizen column that a tough economic and fiscal environment might not make this the best time for public servants to whine about their jobs. Since then, Canada has elected a new prime minister with an ambitious — one might almost say transformative — agenda, and he in turn has named a new head of the public service committed to ensuring that Canada’s bureaucrats deliver on that agenda. The word on the …