Chapter 10 Practice Quiz

. Today, federal spending in Canada is approaching ________.

$180 billion

$240 billion

$50 billion

$360 billion

$5 billion

. In the context of public service hiring, "patronage" means that hiring is based on ________.

ability and credentials

the ability to pay off a government official

academic achievement and political sympathies

friendship, family, loyalty, or in exchange for benefits of various sorts

belonging to a marginalized social group

. Today federal departments and agencies employ roughly ________ people.

1 million

754,000

273,000

613,000

198,000

. The case of________ was not a case about the political rights of public servants.

Fraser v. PSSRB

Osborne v. Canada

Haydon v. Canada

CSN v. Attorney-General (Canada)

none of the above cases was about the political rights of public servants

. Senior permanent officials are both ________.

academics and political advisers

academics and policy advisers

managers and political advisers

managers and policy advisers

lawyers and economists

. People of non-British and non-French ancestry now comprise over ________ of the Canadian population.

15 per cent

20 per cent

25 per cent

30 per cent

40 per cent

. More than ________ of Canadian workers are employed in the broadly defined public sector.

10 per cent

half

one-third

one-fifth

one-quarter

. As of 2013, there were ________ federal Crown corporations.

25

35

49

60

72

. The expectation that the composition of the bureaucracy reflect in fair proportion certain demographic characteristics of society is called ________.

representation equality

workplace equality

diversity bureaucracy

substantive equality

representative bureaucracy

. The question of ________ has been problematic in the idea and implementation of representative bureaucracy.

which groups should be singled out for representation

what constitutes "fair proportion"

the extent to which, if at all, other values like efficient performance and equal rights for all are compromised by such a policy

whether the idea of a representative bureaucracy can be squared with the idea of a politically neutral one

all of the above

. Between 1965 and 1975, federal government revenue increased by almost ________.

100 per cent

75 per cent

400 per cent

50 per cent

200 per cent

. The 2002 the federal government directive to departmental managers required that ________.

they increase the proportions of visible minorities on their staffs to 20 per cent

recruitment advertisements for departmental positions feature visible minorities

one-fifth of appointments to the executive category of the public service be from visible minorities by 2005

both a and c

all of the above

. Affirmative action programs are required by ________.

the Employment Equity Act

the Multiculturalism Act

the Public Service Employment Act

the Diversity Affirmation Act

the Equal Opportunity Act

. Some examples of agencies and tribunals are ________.

the CBC, the National Energy Board, and the Canadian Labour Relations Board

the National Energy Board, the National Transportation Agency, and the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission

the National Transportation Agency, PetroCanada, and the Canadian Revenue Agency

the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, the Immigration and Refugee Board, and Via Rail

the Treasury Board, Air Canada, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

. ________ is not a function of the bureaucracy.

Provision of services to the public

Generating policy advice

Interpretation of regulations

Providing campaign support for ministers

Disbursement of funds to groups, organizations, and individuals

. The groups that are usually considered as needing "fair" representation in public-sector employment do not include ________.

women

visible minorities

the disabled

Indigenous Canadians

the LGBTQ community

. Which of the following statements is true about the public service and its employees?

bureaucrats should serve whichever party has formed government

bureaucrats should make choices between competing values and principles

a politically neutral public service is considered essential to a modern professional democracy

both a and c

all of the above

. What did Oscar Douglas Skelton insist about Canadian foreign policy?

it should be determined in consultation with Britain

it should be determined independent of Britain

Canada's most important external relationship is with the United States

both b and c

all of the above

. Which of the following are currently public enterprises?

Petro Canada

Air Canada

Canadian National

all of the above

none of the above

. When did representative bureaucracy take root in Canada?

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

. The politics-administration dichotomy refers to the notion that politicians should make choices in their own best interest.

True

False

. In 1985, the Supreme Court, in Fraser v. PSSRB, ruled that public servants had no right to criticize the government under any circumstances.

True

False

. In 1991, the Supreme Court, in Osborne v. Canada, ruled that a clause in a federal act prohibiting public servants from working for or against a candidate violated their Charter rights.

True

False

. In 2004, the Federal Court, in Haydon v. Canada, elaborated on the balance between public servants' free speech rights and their duty of loyalty.

True

False

. In Lament for a Nation, George Grant supported the close relationship between senior public servants and the Liberal Party.

True

False

. It was economic growth, and not spending cuts, that was primarily responsible for the transformation of deficits into surpluses starting in 1997.

True

False

. The administrative state has been significantly downsized over the past couple of decades.

True

False

. One effect of globalization has been the development of an international architecture of policy-making and globalized networks of interests and ideas that influence domestic state officials and civil society.

True

False

. The term "state capacity" means in part adequate stream of revenue to cover the cost of government expenditures.

True

False

. Governments that have instituted policies of affirmative action and quota hiring have done so chiefly for political reasons.

True

False

. Affirmative action programs and quota hiring are not used in pursuit of representative bureaucracy.

True

False

. One of the goals of the 2013 private member's bill C-473, An Act to Amend the Financial Administration Act, was to increase female representation on the boards of directors of federal Crown corporations.

True

False

. The "Ottawa mandarins" were a coterie of top officials associated with particular parts of the bureaucracy who exercised tremendous influence on the direction of federal policy.

True

False

. Cabinet ministers no longer depend on the permanent bureaucracy for advice on policy.

True

False

. Most laws contain provisions delegating to bureaucrats the authority to interpret the general terms of the law in its application to actual cases.

True

False

. Brooks list of federal departments includes the Canadian military and Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

True

False

. The public sector's share of the Canadian labour force is about the same today as it was in the 1980s.

True

False

. Corporation taxes are by far the largest source of government revenue at the provincial level.

True

False

. Employees of the public service are all employees of the Treasury Board.

True

False

. Turnover of deputy ministers, assistant deputy ministers, and other senior officials is much higher now than in previous decades.

True

False

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