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 Author: Juillet, Luc
Other Authors: Rasmussen, Ken
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa 2008
Series:Governance Series
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520 |a 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.