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

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Ken Rasmussen [auth]

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Luc Juillet [auth]

Material type: Article

ArticleLanguage: English Publication details: Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press 2008ISBN:

9780776627199

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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.

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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.

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