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Defending a Contested Ideal

Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908-2008
By:Luc Juillet; Ken Rasmussen
Publisher:ACP - University of Ottawa Press
Print ISBN:9780776606842
eText ISBN:9780776618258
Edition:0
Format:Reflowable

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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. Published in English.