Not a place to divide enemies and friends – The Globe and Mail

In the ongoing saga of the relationship between the political and bureaucratic levels,  the ‘friends and enemies’ list continues to attract comment.

My forthcoming book, Resetting Citizenship and Multiculturalism, recounts my experience. It was not without challenges but the bureaucracy needed to be challenged as it was overly comfortable with existing stakeholders, as well as and acknowledging the different and often valid perspective of the political level. The inverse also applied. Tone makes a difference, and finding the balance between being clear and direct, or being blunt and dismissive, remains a challenge.

Not a place to divide enemies and friends – The Globe and Mail.