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Politicians need to learn not only how to make laws, but how to make them work. Legislation and public policy must also be more flexible to cope with demands of a faster-changing world. A ward acceptance speech at the Public Policy Forum 16th annual testimonial dinner, Toronto, April 10, 2003.
I had quite an exciting professional life in the rough and tumble of public management, and I enjoyed every bit of it!
To go from closing villages in the Gaspe, as part of a regional development policy, to planning a mega hospital, running one of the largest energy businesses in the country, managing a nervous provincial police force, and steering the newly created mega city of Montreal, has been exhilarating, but no picnic.
During those years, friends were constantly puzzled as they claimed I kept going to hell and back. To which I...
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