Defending a Contested Ideal : Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908-2008

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 hist...

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Main Authors Ken Rasmussen, Luc Juillet
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press 2008
Subjects
Book Industry Communication
Canadian Parliament
commission
democracy
Interdisciplinary studies
JA1-92
Peace studies & conflict resolution
public service
Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects
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Summary: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.
ISBN:0776627198
9780776627199
DOI:10.26530/oapen_578766