Category: Tony Dean

By Tony Dean I spoke this week with Gary Gannage, president of the Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario (AMAPCEO). Last month at meetings marking the union’s 20th annive ...

By Tony Dean Political staff are close to the heart of every government. These are the often young and initially wet-behind-the-ears people who work directly for ministers and the Premier. If they survive their first ...

By Tony Dean It has been a wild couple of weeks for organized labour in Ontario. On Dec. 6, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party released its second white paper on labour policy, this time taking aim at an already ...

By Tony Dean It would be tempting to pretend that public sector collective bargaining is just going through a rough patch right now and that everything will return to normal in a couple of years. Both current events an ...

By Tony Dean It was predictable that the noise about prorogation a few weeks ago would be short-lived. But it was a very effective channel-changer. The launch of high-profile campaigns to replace Dalton McGuinty as Pre ...

By Tony Dean Governments around the world are facing a firestorm as fiscal challenges combine with demographically-driven demands for more services. This is especially the case in the high-cost world of social services ...

By Tony Dean Don Drummond’s report made a breakthrough in exploring transformative approaches to the organization and delivery of public services. One of the report’s key themes is the importance of tackling fragmentat ...