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Carney Overhauls Senior Public Service, Installing New Deputies at Finance, Defence and Justice

The moves concentrate economic policymaking in the Privy Council Office under Clerk Michael Sabia.

Overview

  • Canada confirmed 12 new senior public-service assignments and listed eight executive departures in a broad deputy-minister shuffle.
  • Christiane Fox becomes deputy minister at National Defence, Nick Leswick moves from the Bank of Canada to lead Finance, and Marie-Josée Hogue is named deputy minister of Justice and deputy attorney general.
  • John McArthur joins the Privy Council Office as deputy secretary for economic policy, with reports differing on whether he is affiliated with Brookings or the Center for Sustainable Development.
  • Chris Forbes leaves the Finance top job to serve as a senior adviser at the Privy Council Office.
  • The Prime Minister’s Office said more senior-rank changes will be announced early in the new year.