PAP 2320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Department Of Finance Canada, Treasury Board, Cabinet Collective Responsibility

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 2320
• Professor: Joshua Zaato

Document Summary

Lecture 7 (jan 28th): the machinery of government. In canada, departmental organizations are governed by the financial administration act (faa) and about half of the federal public service work in departments/ministries. Departments are statutory bodies and created by a law passed by parliament. Because the government was elected by the people. There is no fixed number or limit on the number of departments/ministries as the number fluctuates with different governments and different times: entirely at the discretion of the pm. Departments are established to provide public services and administer programs to the public, other departments within the government. Funding from departments comes from an annual appropriations act passed by parliament: every budget must be voted for and approved by taxpayers. The psc is an independent agency responsible for the safeguarding of the values of a. Professional public service: based on competence, non-partisanship, and representativeness, one of the most important governmental organizations.