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I was planning to write a fairly long blog about the responsibility of media to balance getting the message out vs. giving consumers a choice in the matter. Particularly with some stories that contain gruesome details. These days with social media we have far more opportunities to engage with the media and likewise they have far more abilities to engage with us.
But as sometimes happens, two local sources, Jay Mendard and Nathan Smith have both written excellent blogs on the topic, which pretty well sums up my feelings on the whole thing. I highly suggest reading both of them.
One of the common threads throughout the various recommendations across all government ministries is the desire to find a better way of doing things. This covers many forms but the report made sure to not recommend across the board cuts or a hiring freeze. They feel that this only offers short term gains and will not be sustainable for the 7-8 years need to get back to balanced spending. Instead they are recommending making objectives more more evidence based. “The government should collect data and use it to evaluate whether objectives are being met and how efficiently.”
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As I mentioned in Part 1 of this series, it is important to look at the report with an open mind. You don’t have to agree with all of it but at least realize that some out of the box thinking may be worthwhile. I was planning to get to some of the details of the report but reviewing my notes it’s clear more of the mandate and general observations should be covered.
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Yesterday the Drummond report was released. The 543 page document including 362 recommendations from a four member panel commissioned to look at where Ontario’s Public Services are and where they and the province (and by definition that means us) is heading. To say they left no stone unturned is a bit of an understatement. I was up late just digesting the executive summary before moving on to some of the detailed sections.
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March 13, 2012 5:20 pm | 
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