Does PS Shuffle Put Canada’s Security In Jeopardy?

Changes to Canada’s top national security ranks in the recent deputy minister shuffle are raising questions about the country’s security in an increasingly dangerous world.

The shuffle marked a major reorganization of the public service’s front bench to reflect Prime Minister Mark Carney’s priorities in a post-U.S.-led world — what one senior bureaucrat called his “Davos speech in action,” a middle-power strategy built around coalition building, resilience and a more independent foreign policy.