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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: ArticlePublication details: Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press 2008Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780776627199
Subject(s): Online resources: 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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