Defending a Contested Ideal

Luc Juillet; Ken Rasmussen

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Defending a Contested Ideal

Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908-2008

Luc Juillet et Ken Rasmussen

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 de...

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Éditeur : Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press

Lieu d’édition : Ottawa

Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 27 septembre 2017

ISBN numérique : 978-0-7766-2719-9

Collection : Gouvernance | Governance Series

Année d’édition : 2008

ISBN (Édition imprimée) : 978-0-7766-0684-2

Nombre de pages : xii-248

Luc Juillet et Ken Rasmussen

Acknowledgments

Maria Barrados

Foreword

Introduction: Democratic Government, Merit and the Public Service Commission of Canada

Chapter 1. The Origins of the Public Service Commission: 1867-1918

Chapter 2. Creating a Merit System: 1918-1944

Chapter.3 Rethinking the CSC: Gordon, Heeney and Glassco: 1945-1967

Chapter 4. The Management Assault on the Public Service Commission: 1967-1979

Chapter 5. Struggling to Defend Political Neutrality: 1979-2006

Chapter 6. The PSC as a Cautious Reformer: Staffing Reforms during the Mulroney Years: 1984-1993

Chapter 7. Merit as the Essential Mandate: Repositioning the PSC: 1993-2008

Conclusion

Index

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.

Luc Juillet

Ken Rasmussen

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