Your the boss now! What stays? What goes?

[ArmyRick]

I suspect paying very close attention to Auditor General reports would a good move too.

 

[stoker dave]

Billions are spent on environmental remediation for risks that are imperceptibly low. Remediation of historic contaminated sites should be based on actual hazards to health not theoretical harm. In general, remediation criteria are so low as to be difficult and expensive to meet.

Money spent on theoretical harm should be re-directed to actual health hazards to Canadians such as lack of access to health care.

 

[Rifleman62]

I would set a goal to whittle down the PS. I would set a 10% reduction goal over two years ...

Transfer to the CAF as they have a security clearance. You get to keep your pension.
Especially transfer the PS responsible for military procurement to the Infantry.

 

[OldSolduer]

A national holiday for Monty Python worshippers.

You didn't f@cking expect that did you???

 

[SeaKingTacco]

A national holiday for Monty Python worshippers.

You didn't f@cking expect that did you???

No, I can honestly say that I did not…

 

[Blackadder1916]

A national holiday for Monty Python worshippers.

You didn't f@cking expect that did you???

Okay, but you never know the types it would attract.

 

[Remius]

Transfer to the CAF as they have a security clearance. You get to keep your pension.
Especially transfer the PS responsible for military procurement to the Infantry.

I’d do away with MPs gold plated pensions. I’d give it the same conditions as a PS pension, make it transferable or to transfer to. Compensate with a pay increase. Then modify the housing allowance.

Lead by example then look at other things in the PS.

 

[dapaterson]

MPs contribute over 20% of pay for their pensions, and cannot draw before age 55 - but that would be reduced by 1% per year under age 65. MP pensions are not as lucrative as CAF pensions, in many respects.

 

[AmmoTech90]

Three term limit for MPs, generous pension after one term. Maybe it will encourage high performers to take 4 years off to serve the country. If you're someone who could make 300k+ per year what's the incentive to run? If you're young, and want to serve and get a start in life it sets you up and doesn't shackle you to the HoC.
Bit of loss of institutional.knowledge but that's what the Sir Humphries are for (they're a different problem).

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Cutting the number of MPs in half would be number 1; as well as number of minions per MP. The House of Commons is ridiculously bloated with a lot of MPs being placeholders vice active participants. Similarly the Senate is probably too big for it's function. And along the WFH mandate, if PS servants have minimum attendance in the office, both Parliament and the Senate should have similar, with salaries getting prorated otherwise. (although I'd honestly kill that mandate and leave it up to supervisors to figure out what make sense with managers/etc having approval for hybrid/fully remote work).

I have a lot of sympathy for rural MPs who have to spend a great deal of their time travelling. So I would exempt them from your scheme.