During her visit and work in Vietnam, Ms. Janece Charette (Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Minister in charge of Intergovernmental Affairs of Canada) visited and talked with lecturers and students of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities on November 23, 2012.Associate Professor Dr. Pham Quang Minh - Vice Rector of the University - welcomed, welcomed and thanked Ms. Janece Charette. Accompanying Ms. Janece Charette were Ms. Deborah Chatsis (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada) and Political Counselor of the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam. Afterwards, Ms. Janece Charette spent time exchanging and chatting intimately with staff and students of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities on issues related to the public service sector in Canada. Ms. Janece Charette said: The public service is a professional organization in Canada, responsible for serving the Canadian people in the best way, ensuring fairness and impartiality. The main task of the public service system is to advise, support and provide public services to the Canadian people. To complete this task, a dense system of offices is spread across the provinces of the vast country of Canada, with a total of 270,000 employees to serve and meet the growing and diverse needs of the people. The work of the public service sector in Canada includes: design consulting, policy implementation, human resource training, etc. Talking about the new features of the public service sector in Canada, Ms. Janece Charette emphasized the multicultural characteristics of the country, the increasingly aging society and the globalization trend that have significantly affected public service activities. To cope with these challenges, public services in Canada must recruit new human resources, with new skills and outstanding talents. However, the Canadian public service system still ensures the same characteristics: the value of quality, professionalism, transparency and integrity. As a multilingual country and due to historical factors, employees of the public service system in Canada are required to be fluent in two languages, English and French. Any public service officer must meet the standards of qualifications and attitude in work, creating trust for the people. According to Ms. Janece Charette, the Canadian public service system has very good service quality and she is proud to do her job, proud to be a Canadian citizen. After Ms. Janece Charette's presentation, the lecturers and students of the School discussed and asked many questions related to the responsibility between the federal and provincial governments in solving problems, specifically the issue of education; how to evaluate the level of public service performance, what factors affect the attitude and responsibility of public servants in the public service sector, when facing difficulties, what should people do, who to contact, what are the characteristics of Canada's immigration policy... The Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Minister in charge of intergovernmental affairs of Canada satisfactorily answered all questions of the staff and students.
At the end of the talk, Ms. Janece Charette expressed her joy of returning home when visiting the USSH, because she saw the image of the yellow maple tree and the Toronto TV tower prominently decorated in the School's Information Room. She was especially pleased with the cooperative relationship between Canada and the School and believed that next year 2013, when the two countries celebrate the 40th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations, the Canadian Embassy will coordinate with the School to organize a large scientific conference, a contest to learn about Canada and many other meaningful activities.
