A Profile of the Public Service of Canada

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Key Documents on Public Management Issues and Developments in Canada

For more detailed background and/or analytical perspectives on Canada and its reforms of this period see:

• Bourgault, J., Demers, M. and Williams, C. (eds), Public Administration and Public Management: Canadian Experiences, Les Publications du Québec, Sainte-Foy, 1997, 418 pp. (also available in French).
• Bouckaert, Geert and Pollitt, Christopher, Public Management Reform: A Comparative Analysis, Oxford University Press, 314 pp. This comparative study of ten countries includes a section on Canada, pp.208-217.
• Bourgon, Jocelyne, 'The Public Sector in the Knowledge Age - The Canadian Experience: Challenges and Opportunities', speech at the CCMD Conference on Changing Governance and Public Sector Reform in the Americas, Ottawa, 2 May 2001.
• OECD, OECD Praises Canada's Regulatory Reforms and Encourages Sustained Momentum, 2002
• OECD, Issues and Developments in Public Management, Canada, 2001

  • Annex A offers a table of Principal Recent Public Management Developments 1995-2001.

  • Annex B explains the major roles of key agencies: Institutional Responsibility for Public Management Improvement.

For other key documents of this period, see:

Service Improvement

• Citizens First 3, Institute for Citizen-Centred Service, Toronto, March 2003
• Citizens First, The Citizen-Centred Service Network, Canadian Centre for Management Development, 1998, Ottawa.
• Common Services Policy, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, 1997, Ottawa.
• Strategic Directions for Information Management and Information Technology: Enabling 21st Century Service to Canadians, Treasury Board Secretariat, 1999, Ottawa.
• The Enhanced Management Framework for Information Management and Information Technology 'Solutions: Putting the Principles to Work', Treasury Board Secretariat, 1999, Ottawa.

Stewardship

• Results for Canadians: A Management Framework for the Government of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat, 2000, Ottawa
• Managing for Results, Treasury Board Secretariat, 1999, Ottawa.
• Treasury Board and Business Planning Principles, Treasury Board Secretariat, 1999, Ottawa.
• Accounting for Results: Annual Report to Parliament by the President of the Treasury Board, President of the Treasury Board, Minister of Supply and Services, 1997, Ottawa.
• Assessment Framework for Modernizing Comptrollership, Treasury Board Secretariat, 1998, Ottawa.
• Financial Information Strategy Learning Framework, Treasury Board Secretariat, 1999, Ottawa.
• Getting Government Right: Governing for Canadians, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, 1997, Ottawa.
• Cost Recovery and Charging Policy, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, 1997, Ottawa.
• Getting Government Right: Improving Results Measurement and Accountability: Annual Report to Parliament by the President of the Treasury Board, President of the Treasury Board, Minister of Supply and Services, 1996, Ottawa.
• Improved Reporting to Parliament Project: Departmental Performance Reports and Reports on Plans and Priorities, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Ottawa.
• Report of the Independent Review Panel on Modernization of Comptrollership in the Government of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Minister of Supply and Services, 1997, Ottawa.
• The Expenditure Management System of the Government of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Minister of Supply and Services, 1995, Ottawa.
• User Charging in the Federal Government: A Background Document, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, 1996, Ottawa.

Human Resource Management

• First Progress Report on La Relève: A Commitment to Action, La Relève Task Force, Privy Council Office, 1998, Ottawa.
• Framework for Good Human Resources Management in the Public Service, Treasury Board Secretariat, 1999, Ottawa.
• Recruitment and Results: Report of the COSO Sub-Committee on Recruitment, Privy Council Office, 2000, Ottawa.
• Update for HR Professionals on Business Planning and Reporting in the Government of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat, 1999, Ottawa.
• Workplace Well-being - The Challenge: Report of the COSO Sub-Committee on Workplace Well-being, Privy Council Office, 2000, Ottawa.
• Action Plan for Official Languages, March 2003

Policy-Making and Public Service

• Annual Reports to the Prime Minister on The Public Service of Canada, Privy Council Office, Clerk of the Privy Council (1992, then yearly from 1994), Ottawa
• A Strong Foundation - Report of the Task Force on Public Service Values and Ethics, Canadian Centre for Management and Development, 1996, Ottawa.
• Deputy Minister Task Forces:
• Report of the Deputy Minister Task Force on Service Delivery Models, Privy Council Office, 1996, Ottawa.
• Report of the Deputy Minister Task Force on Strengthening Policy Capacity, Privy Council Office, 1996, Ottawa.
• Report of the Deputy Minister Task Force on Managing Horizontal Policy Issues, Privy Council Office, 1996, Ottawa.
• Report of the Deputy Minister Task Force on Values and Ethics, Privy Council Office, 1996, Ottawa.
• Federal Regulatory Process Management Standards: Compliance Guide, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, 1996, Ottawa.
• Growth, Human Development, Social Cohesion, Draft Interim Report, Policy Research Committee, 4 October 1996, Ottawa.
• Progress Report, Policy Research Committee, 1997, Ottawa.

 

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