This was a very interesting and helpful discusion. One point that I hope you'll be following up on relative to the consolidation of ministries is the issue of bureaucratic efficiency and integrity. Many government processes currently appear to be slow, unpredictable, corrupt, and not managed uniformly. Can we expect this to get worse (in the confusion and complexity of new ministerial portfolios) before it gets better? Personally, I fear the worst.
This was a very interesting and helpful discusion. One point that I hope you'll be following up on relative to the consolidation of ministries is the issue of bureaucratic efficiency and integrity. Many government processes currently appear to be slow, unpredictable, corrupt, and not managed uniformly. Can we expect this to get worse (in the confusion and complexity of new ministerial portfolios) before it gets better? Personally, I fear the worst.