PAP 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Equal Pay For Equal Work, Meritocracy, Jean Lesage

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 2300
• Professor: Joseph Roman

Document Summary

Federal government is the largest employer in the country. The total government sector encompasses a broad range of workers in diverse fields at the federal, provincial and municipal levels of government. Stereotypical bureaucrats, nurses, scientists, teachers, police officers, professors, etc. 1) government employment the three levels of government and their departments, boards and commissions. 2) government business enterprises (via rail, canada post, etc) 1) core public administration (hrsdc, esdc, service canada, health canada, etc) The largest expansion of government occurred during the 60"s and 70"s. Public faith in government action, better finances, grand visions of a just society . Government became more visible an active after wwii. Key actors and agencies in the federal public service: Acts as the chief negotiator for the federal government during collective bargaining. Involved in management training programmes and recruitment initiatives. Created in 1967 and replaced the civil service commission.