John Ivison/National Post: Carney and Sabia’s solution has been to try to bypass the bureaucracy on key files by setting up new agencies — the aforementioned DIA, Build Canada Homes and the Major Projects Office — to ensure that their agenda is implemented.
However, one former senior bureaucrat said none of the outsiders brought in to run these organizations have any sense of how the public service works, even though the bulk of their staff often come from legacy departments, such as Public Services and Procurement. He said Shared Services Canada, a relatively new department designed to centralize all IT functions, took 10 years to create…