Implementing the climate change policy revolution in British Columbia (BC)

I am very pleased to be here this evening. It is not only an honour to be asked to speak in the name of Donald Tansley, a leader and champion for all of us in Canadian public service, but it is also very fulfilling to me personally for a number of reasons. Having recently departed the provincial government after six years in the Premier's Office, four and a half of which were as Deputy Minister to the Premier and head of the public service, the topic of BC's efforts to build an effective climate action agenda is close to my heart. In many ways, the story I have to tell is less one of the technical elements of the provincial climate change agenda. It is really about implementation of any broad policy shift, and the elements that are key to success. In part, that success was the result of how government approached this whole initiative in new ways. But I believe that it was also partly the result of how we engaged the 30,000 members of the BC Public Service in that process at the same time.