Bureaucrats

Bureaucrats spent $178,000 in last-ditch effort to stop seal ban

A handful of Canadian bureaucrats spent $178,000 during a desperate and ultimately futile attempt in 2008 and early 2009 to convince the European Union to back off plans to impose a ban on seal product imports, according to newly-released internal documents.

Bureaucrats ordered to track stimulus signage

Eighteen departments and agencies had to spend hours tracking every one of more than 8,500 signs posted on stimulus spending.

Agency would 'smooth links between govt, bureaucrats'

An agency promoting good governance in the public sector floated the idea yesterday of setting up a new body to deal with the policies and promises of lawmakers that might disrupt the work of the bureaucracy.