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The Origins of the Public Service Commission: 1867-1918
From: Defending a Contested Ideal
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The Public Service Commission today is the legitimate heir to the civil service reform movement of the 19th century, which dedicated its efforts to creating an independent public service that would improve the quality, fairness and morality of government by eliminating the patronage and associated corruption that had plagued the public service since Confederation.
Contributors
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.
