Bryan Brulotte: Carney’s deputy minister shuffle could show that he's serious

Fresh faces, including Justice Marie Josée Hogue, have been tapped into top roles. It won't solve our problems, but it's a first step

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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Friday decision to reshuffle the senior ranks of the federal public service is both welcome and overdue. For too long, Ottawa’s machinery of government has operated on inertia rather than intention, insulated from accountability and resistant to course correction. A prime minister serious about governing cannot allow that to continue. In that sense, these changes were a necessary first step.

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