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Articles and Books
Savoie, Donald J. (2013). Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher? How Government Decides and Why. McGill-Queen’s University Press: Montreal.
An examination of how the Canadian public sector sought to emulate the private sector approximately thirty years ago, and how this project has impacted Canadian federal decision-making and the role of public servants ever since.
Recommended Websites
This is the website for the Public Service Alliance of Canada which is the largest union representing federal bureaucrats.
http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/index-eng.htm
The website of the Public Service Commission of Canada includes information on staffing issues and regulations in the federal public service, limits on the political activities of public servants, bilingualism, and other matters.
The Institute for Public Administration of Canada is the leading organization for practitioners and those studying public administration in Canada.
This is the website for the Supreme Court of Canada where cases mentioned in this chapter can be accessed. The court has a searchable database that details all judgments made over history.
This is the website for the Treasury Board of Canada which acts as the employer of record for Canada’s bureaucracy.
This site is the location of the Canadian government’s School of Public Service which offers career-long training modules to improve the professionalism and proficiency of Canada’s federal bureaucrats.
http://rulers.org/cangovt.html
This is an interesting database that includes a chronological listing of the leadership of Canada’s ministries dating back, in some ministries, to Confederation.
This site offers a listing and links to Canada’s federal Crown Corporations.