Book Launch - "A New Blueprint for Government: Reshaping Power, the PMO, and the Public Service"

The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs will host a discussion with the authors of A New Blueprint for Government: Reshaping Power, the PMO, and the Public Service, a new book by Kevin Lynch and James Mitchell. The authors will discuss how Canadian governance is evolving — and what it means for power, the Prime Minister’s Office, and the future of the public service.

The discussion will be moderated by Roland Paris, Professor and Director of GSPIA. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing on site.

The Honourable Kevin Lynch served as the Vice Chairman of BMO Financial Group from 2010 to 2020. Prior to that, he was a distinguished former public servant with 33 years of service with the Government of Canada, serving as Clerk of the Privy Council, Secretary to the Cabinet, Deputy Minister of Finance, Deputy Minister of Industry, as well as Executive Director for Canada at the International Monetary Fund.

James Mitchell, Honorary Senior Fellow at GSPIA, was a founding partner of the policy consulting firm Sussex Circle, before which he spent nearly 17 years in progressively more senior positions in the Government of Canada, primarily in the Privy Council Office and the Treasury Board Secretariat. He is the author of several scholarly articles on public policy and public management, as well as many speeches to a variety of governmental and academic audiences.