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Original post<\/a> on Monday, October 25, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Michael Wernick retired as Clerk of the Privy Council in spring 2019 after nearly 40 years in the federal bureaucracy, including three as Canada\u2019s top public servant, he could have written a memoir about his experiences with four prime ministers and dozens of senior politicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His intimate access to power and the country\u2019s decision-making apparatus, often from a desk in the corner the Cabinet meeting room, would have provided countless pages of material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, the adjunct professor and fellow at Carleton\u2019s School of Public Policy and Administration<\/a>, and a former member of the university\u2019s Board of Governors, decided to write a very different book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Governing Canada: A Guide to the Tradecraft of Politics<\/em><\/a>, released by UBC Press on October 25, is essentially a guide on how to govern effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a tell-all,\u201d says Wernick, paraphrasing one reviewer\u2019s response. \u201cIt\u2019s a how-to.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Governing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMemoirs can have a very short shelf life,\u201d he continues. \u201cLots of politicians and other people write them, and they can give you a glimpse of a particular time or set of experiences. But I didn\u2019t want to write a memoir because it would have violated my sense of the roles I was in, which were roles of trust.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Washington, D.C., and other capital cities, former staffers race to publish books after their administrations leave office, frequently to settle scores or enhance their own reputations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Wernick\u2019s juiciest stories involve Cabinet confidences and private conversations with the ministers he served under, and one of the keys to doing his job well was establishing and maintaining trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With an introductory chapter entitled \u201cPower in the Capital\u201d followed by three successive chapters offering advice to would-be PMs, ministers and deputy ministers, Governing Canada <\/em>takes the high road. It unlocks Wernick\u2019s expertise and serves as a resource for an intended audience of aspiring politicians, policy and decision makers, business and non-profit leaders, diplomats, academics, students and the media, providing a detailed picture of how government works and the secrets to being successful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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