POLS 2910 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Treasury Board Secretariat, Canadian National Railway, Petro-Canada

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2910
• Professor: Janice Newton

Document Summary

Ap pols 2910 week 11- the administrative state chpt. 10. Bureaucracy: all of the unelected officials of the public service whose employment is within the central administration of government and who may wield power on behalf of that government. 1. the public service (statutory departments and other organizations whose members are appointed by the public service commission and are employees of the treasury board. 2. independent and semi-independent agencies and tribunals (organizations that perform a variety of regulatory, research and advisory functions ex. 3. crown corporations (commercial functions performed by organizations, they behave like privately owned business ex. Atomic energy of canada, air canada and canadian national railway, petro canada etc. ) Exam review: responsible government, levels of government & their powers, how democratic is canada and why, how to operationalize policy, vertical mosaic & updating the vertical mosaic, charter of rights and freedom, the difference between state and government,