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Rethinking the CSC: Gordon, Heeney and Glassco: 1945-1967

From: Defending a Contested Ideal

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The Civil Service Commission always had an important role to play in creating a public service that was staffed efficiently and effectively, protected from unwelcome political interference, and reflective of broader social, regional and cultural values. The public service that emerged from the CSC’s efforts was therefore able to play a role in helping to ensure that governments remained within the bounds of constitutional propriety.

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Luc Juillet

Having served as its founding director until 2012, Luc Juillet now teaches democratic government, public administration and environmental policy at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

Ken Rasmussen is director of the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Regina.