Columnist Tony Dean finds a report from the Mowat Centre and KPMG has some excellent insight into how, when and where public services can be integrated for greater effect. ...
Author Archives: Tony Dean
Dean: How the OPS environment is changing for the better
Columnist Tony Dean looks at how the OPS has dealt with diversity in the past few years. ...
Dean: Governments and social innovators as partners in creative solutions
Columnist Tony Dean examines how governments can tackle problems by collaborating with social innovators, many of whom are striving to make a difference in areas such as poverty reduction. ...
Dean: The Dalton decade
Columnist Tony Dean reflects on the 10th anniversary of Dalton McGuinty's first election victory and how he made the public service stronger and more capable. ...
Dean: Andy Byford’s a straight-talking public sector leader
Columnist Tony Dean finds the TTC chief's recipe for making Toronto's transit system truly the better way is by sweating the small stuff. ...
Harvest time for policy platforms
Fall is here and it's time for all the parties to start picking their carefully planted platforms. Columnist Tony Dean weighs the produce. ...
Sousa in the balance
Finance Minister Charles Sousa is on the tightrope, tiptoeing to fiscal safety on the other side, columnist Tony Dean writes. ...
Dean: What to expect now we’re expecting an election
The governing Liberals will be pushing a busy agenda in the House this fall in preparation for an expected general election next year, columnist Tony Dean writes. ...
Dean: André Marin becomes the story
Ontario's self-styled watchdog got a rolled-up newspaper across the snout this week but don't look for André Marin to back down, columnist Tony Dean writes. ...
Dean: Circus at justice committee continues
Columnist Tony Dean wonders just what justice committee members hope to find in the latest document request. ...