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Former Halifax mayor Mike Savage installed as Nova Scotia’s lieutenant-governorMONTREAL — Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault has signed with a company owned by boxing promoter and influencer Jake Paul ahead of her professional debut. Most Valuable Promotions, which boasts Puerto Rican boxer Amanda Serrano as one of its fighters, announced Friday it signed Thibeault. The 27-year-old from Shawinigan, Que., was scheduled for a bout Friday night in Orlando against fellow Canadian Natasha Spence (8-6-2, 6 KOs), ranked 10th among middleweight contenders by the World Boxing Association. Thibeault and Spence were set to make history as the first women to compete in three-minute rounds at the professional middleweight level. “I’m super happy, I’m really excited,” Thibeault said in a phone interview. “It’s the first time in history that this is happening in a professional debut, and it’s an honour to be part of history like this. For me, it’s the standard: I’ve been doing three-minute rounds for years.” Thibeault has represented Canada at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics. She was a favourite in Paris after reaching the 75-kilogram quarterfinals in Tokyo, but suffered a surprise defeat in her first match, losing by split decision to Cindy Ngamba of the Olympic Refugee Team. That loss ended a three-year streak that included gold medals at the 2022 IBA World Amateur Championships, the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2023 Pan American Games. Despite the unexpected setback in Paris, Thibeault’s negotiations with MVP were already well underway. “I’ve been negotiating with MVP for about a year. Regardless of the Olympic results, MVP was interested,” said her manager, Katia Banel. “I met (MVP’s Head of Boxing) Mike Leanardi a few months ago and again before making our decision. “Compared to other offers, whether from Matchroom or Boxxer, MVP’s initial offer was always the highest financially, and they presented it first. They offered something unparalleled: a huge signing bonus. Olympians without medals usually don’t have access to such bonuses. They also pay the highest purses in women’s boxing, even for four- or six-round fights. It’s unheard of. It’s like being paid for a 10-round fight.” MVP plans to make the most of its new protégé. Thibeault will fight at least four times a year over the three-year contract. “What’s great with MVP is that we can negotiate higher purses for each fight,” Banel said. “They’ve been very open to negotiating every clause.” This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 13, 2024. Frédéric Daigle, The Canadian PressRelief, defiance, anger: Families and advocates react to Biden's death row commutationslol646 ph mo 。

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Mailbag: Why the Hotline is tough on Washington, Big Ten TV matters, options for the Pac-12, the SEC and the CFP and moreOhio State football adds one of the Big Ten’s top tight ends from the transfer portalWith power comes responsibility. With the new swearing-in of the new ministers, new blood is infused to the Government. However, public sector officials and their thinking patterns at the grassroot levels have not changed. With an inactive, inefficient public sector, can a government run a country and lead it to the utopia that we all think of? Let’s dive into this more deeply and see the depth of the problem. The public sector accounts for 15% of total employment (i.e. approximately 1.5 m public sector employees) and 35% of formal employment of Sri Lanka. It consumes 26% of public expenditure and 5% of GDP. The public sector consists of businesses that are owned and controlled by the Government or country. It is made of government ministries, departments, local authorities, provincial councils, and state-owned enterprises (SEOs). It is also responsible for providing the public with goods and services such as healthcare, education, police and military. The public sector’s main aim is to look after the welfare of the general public in the country. The capital for the public sector comes from various taxes, excise and other duties, bonds and treasury bills. Collaboration, leadership, transparency, accountability, efficiency, ownership, technology and equity are characteristics of a good public sector in providing goods and services to the public. In Sri Lanka, it is sad to observe that the public sector is a white elephant. It is inefficient, inactive, unimaginative, and lacks innovation. Even though there are some entities which are relatively efficient, overall, Sri Lanka’s public sector is inefficient. Public sector officials are lethargic and not accountable nor transparent. Getting things done in the public sector for the common man is next to impossible. Though there are divisions for planning, development, and monitoring, they do not work cohesively together. One reason for this is that there is no performance appraisal system in the public sector. Promotions are given on seniority whether the officials are efficient or not which is a key characteristic that differs from the private sector. Project proposals, and financial planning are not done efficiently and meaningfully as they are not properly trained or mentored. Sometimes, senior officials will not take the opportunity to teach and train the junior levels to execute these pivotal assignments. Public sector jobs are stable, with low risk of termination due to non-performance. As a result, complacency has set in the public sector. The preconceived notion of the employee is that their job is secured irrespective of the performance of a given task. Most public sector organisations exist to serve the public interest and not to make a profit. This also has led to the inefficiency of the public sector in Sri Lanka. Why? Because no targets are set quantitatively or qualitatively in most of the public sector entities, and even if there are set targets, insufficient attention is given to achieving them. On the other hand, public aspirations are high. They want an efficient public sector that will not make them go in circles, sending them from one floor to another and from one table to another, especially in local departments. Senior citizens find it difficult to live their life in the last stages of their lives because of this. Switzerland is the country with the highest public sector performance and efficiency according to a study conducted by the European Central Bank’s working paper on “Public Sector: Efficiency and International Comparison”. Singapore has come out as one of the top in a ranking which tracks the effectiveness of the governments around the world edging out Finland. Australia, UK, Sweden, and Finland are some of the other countries that score high. Some of the fine Sri Lankan examples for an efficient and effective public service are immigration department and the registrar of persons department. Even though their operations have become fast and efficient post-digitisation, lately there were issues with these two departments as well. Sri Lanka’s public sector should undergo a conceptual revolution to become the highly efficient service expected by the public. Accountability, transparency, efficiency, should go down to the grassroot level commencing from the new ministerial portfolios. The new entrants to the public sector should be properly trained and mentored to do an efficient job by the experienced seniors which will not be a difficult task considering the intelligent youth of today. Another way to make it more efficient is to digitise the operations of the public sector. Implementation of incentive schemes to motivate the public sector employees is of paramount importance in this endeavour leading to the reduction of bribery and/or corruption. A paradigm shift is needed in the public sector as with the system change which Sri Lanka has implemented very bravely at present. (The writer is a PR Consultant and a graduate of the University of Kelaniya.)