POLS 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dual Mandate, Health Canada, 18 Months
6 Mar 2018
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Organizing to govern: governments have many options at their disposal, design options, organizational structure department (heritage canada), crown corporation (cbc), Regulatory agency (crtc), separate agency (cfia), special operating agency (passport. Key considerations: what type of government organization is best suited to the work that needs to be done, politically sensitive = tighter ministerial control. Organizing to govern: complex undertaking, structure of government is confusing, 42 different labels that are applied to different government organizations, administration, review committee, board of review, advisory panel, and so many more, line/operating department. Government departments: most stringent accountability, minister political head individual and collective ministerial responsibility. Creation of a government organization: can occur in one of four ways, a specific act department of agriculture and agri-food act, department of canadian heritage act, omnibus act, ministries and minister of state act. Inquires act used to establish various commissions of inquiry, only need an order-in- council.
