POLS 2250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Externality, Chief Executive Officer

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2250
• Professor: Nanita Mohan

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Crown agencies a term that applies to two types of public sector organizations: crown coroporations, statutory and other agencies. Along with government departments, they represent a traditional organizational form. Crown corporation a corporation in the ordinary sense of the term, whose mandate relates to industrial, commercial, or financial activities, but that also belongs to the state. Statutory and other agencies a particular type of crown agency, also known as agencies, boards, and commissions (abcs), they perform a wide range of functions (administrative, quasi- judicial, advisory, and regulatory) in government. Crown corporations are established either through their own legislation or through incorporation under the canada business corporations act in exactly the same way as any private sector corporation. The tbs defi(cid:374)es (cid:272)ro(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:272)orporatio(cid:374)s as (cid:862)go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t orga(cid:374)izations that operate following a pri(cid:448)ate se(cid:272)tor (cid:373)odel (cid:271)ut usuall(cid:455) ha(cid:448)e a (cid:373)i(cid:454)ture of (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)er(cid:272)ial a(cid:374)d pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) poli(cid:272)(cid:455) o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)es(cid:863)