# Shannon Salter on Designing Government Around Life Events

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Podcast: [Civic Punks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/civic-punks-7565949)
Published: 2026-04-21T21:30:48+00:00
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## Resource

Derek sits down with Shannon Salter, Head of the Public Service for the Government of British Columbia, to explore BC’s vision for redesigning government around life events instead of programs and departments. They talk about what that shift really means, how you make it real inside a large public system, and what it takes to work across silos and levels of government.

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