Profession Public Servant Author:Ruth Hubbard This book sets out a former deputy minister's take on the burden of office of the role and on the difficulties of staying out of one ditch -- excessive concern with safeguarding a few key principles -- without sliding into another -- being too anxious to please or too tempted to put personal interests first. The book emphasizes the constructive ... more »contribution of experience and imagination, especially when it is enriched by on-the-job reflection. Profession: Public Servant is also the story of the woman who, as deputy minister at Canada Revenue, implemented Canada s Goods & Services Tax (the GST).« less