The shuffle is set to be unveiled Wednesday, and is seen by political insiders as a refresh for the Liberals, facing challenges from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
Workers with CN Rail assess the damage to a washed-out rail line outside of Truro, N.S. on Sunday, July 23, 2023.Qin Gang, who became the country’s youngest foreign minister in 70 years, has been removed from his post, Beijing said. Meanwhile, Qin had, sparking widespread speculation about his whereabouts and disrupting Chinese diplomacy at a time when Beijing is trying to repair relations with the West.
Chinese officials have disappeared from public view in the past, including President Xi Jinping himself, who vanished for two weeks in 2012 just before taking the top job, an incident that has still never been explained. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, right, in Beijing, China, on June 18, 2023.The department responsible for billions of dollars in federal outsourcing contracts prepared anwhen it comes to IT work, acknowledging in a note to the minister and deputy minister that its team lacks proper training and is leery of ranking outside contractors based on performance.
The note was obtained by The Globe and Mail through access to information. Total spending on outsourcing – which is officially described as professional and special services – reached $14.6-billion in the 2021-22 fiscal year, the most recent data available. The Globe’s reporting on federal outsourcing has led to numerous House of Commons committee studies into the matter.
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