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Defending a Contested Ideal

Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908-2008

by (author) Luc Juillet & Ken Rasmussen

Publisher
Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2008
Category
General, Public Affairs & Administration
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780776606842
    Publish Date
    Sep 2008
    List Price
    $30.00

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Description

In 1908, after decades of struggling with a public administration undermined by systemic patronage, the Canadian parliament decided that public servants would be selected on the basis of merit, through a system administered by an independent agency: the Public Service Commission of Canada.
This history, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Commission, recounts its unique contribution to the development of an independent public service, which has become a pillar of Canadian parliamentary democracy.
Published in English.

About the authors

Luc Juillet est directeur de l’École supérieure d’affaires publiques et internationales à l’Université d’Ottawa.

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Ken Rasmussen is director of the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Regina.

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