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  • From Arm's Length to Hands-On

    The Formative Years of Ontario's Public Service, 1867-1940

    by John Hodgetts ...
    Series series Heritage
    Confederation was a relief to legislators who had to ensure the uneasy union between Upper and Lower Canada; the dualism had demanded double-barrelled ministries and the rotation of the capital, after 1849, between Toronto and Quebec City every four years.The year 1867 was therefore a watershed. The creation of the province of Ontario demanded that a civil service be put in place to support the ... Read more

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  • Pioneer Public Service

    An Administrative History of the United Canadas, 1841-1867

    by John Hodgetts ...
    Series series Heritage
    This book makes a new approach to Canadian politics, from the administrative side. It provides, first, a description of the evolution and structure of the administrative machine which, with few fundamental changes, still serves the Canadian nation, and in the process it attempts to acknowledge and appraise the hitherto unsung contributions of the public servant to the welfare of a pioneer ... Read more

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  • The Canadian Public Service

    A Physiology of Government 1867-1970

    by John Hodgetts ...
    Series series Heritage
    The Canadian Public Service is now so large that it employs over ten per cent of Canada's labour force, and among its many boards, commissions, and corporations there is a constant juggling of conventional departmental portfolios in an effort to keep pace with changing public priorities. As these bureaucracies penetrate our lives more and more, there is increasing need for a study which describes ... Read more

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