Individual Writing Assignment #2 – November 22 – 20%
For Individual Writing Assignment #2, students are to prepare a properly structured paper that critically evaluates one of the following questions:
- Discuss and assess which the theories that have had the most influence on the development of Canadian public administration.
- Is it ever permissible for public servants in Canada to lie or misrepresent the truth to members of the public and elected officials? Take a position and support it with Canadian historical or contemporary examples.
- Discuss the origins of the Merit Principle in Canada and outline why it is so important to the hiring practices of governments at all levels in Canada.
- Can the principles of New Public Management (NPM) be applied to the operation of Canada’s federal government today?
- One criticism of Canada’s political system is that far too much power is vested in the Prime Minister and Cabinet. What reforms might solve this problem?
- Select a central agency in Canada and discuss its importance to the operation of Canada’s federal government.
- Define and explain the purpose of a federal government department and its role in the Canadian political system.
- Discuss why is it important that governments in Canada embrace the notion of having a representative bureaucracy.
- Select a current federal Crown Corporation in Canada and discuss why it was established and its principal roles and responsibilities.
- Should the federal and provincial governments in Canada be required by law to run annual balanced budgets? If yes, why? If no, why not?
Word Count: Minimum: 2,300 words; Maximum: 2,500 words.
Students are to provide documented evidence in the form of at least eight third party sources drawn from textbooks, academic journals, government sources, the news media or other literature to support their work.
The word limit is inclusive of quotations and students should present their ideas thoughtfully and succinctly. The bibliography is not counted as part of the word limit.
Topics will be assigned on a first-come-first-request basis.
useful websites:
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Canada’s Premiers – http://www.canadaspremiers.ca/en
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– Canadian Political Science Review (CPSR) – http://ojs.unbc.ca/index.php/cpsr
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– Department of Finance – https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance.html
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– Government of Canada – www.canada.gc.ca
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– Institute for Research on Public Policy – www.irpp.org
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– Institute of Public Administration of Canada – www.ipac.ca
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– iPolitics – www.ipolitics.ca
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– Parliamentary Budget Officer – https://www.pbo-dpb.ca/
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– Public Service Commission of Canada – https://www.canada.ca/en/public-
service-commission.html
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– Prime Minister of Canada – https://www.pm.gc.ca
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– Privy Council Office – https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council.html
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– The Hill Times – www.hilltimes.com
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– Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada – https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-
board-secretariat.html
some websites that can help( u can use your own research or other websites, just added some that we got from our course if it helps
Organization and Management Theory – www.omtweb.org
Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner – https://ciec-ccie.parl.gc.ca/en/Pages/default.aspx.
Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada – https://psic-ispc.gc.ca/en.
Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector – https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=25049.
Values, Ethics, and Conduct – A code for Nova Scotia’s Public Servants – https://beta.novascotia.ca/sites/default/files/documents/1-1523/code-conduct-public-servants-en.pdf.
Canada Post – https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/home.page ;
Canada’s Supply Management System – https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/201842E
CBC – https://www.cbc.ca/
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) – https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/home-accueil.htm
Halifax Stanfield International Airport – https://halifaxstanfield.ca/
Invest Nova Scotia – https://investnovascotia.ca/
Nova Scotia Agencies, Boards and Commissions – https://novascotia.ca/exec_council/abc/
Port of Halifax – https://www.portofhalifax.ca/
The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation – https://www.mynslc.com/
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) – https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/menu-eng.html
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) – https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency.html
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) – https://inspection.canada.ca/eng/1297964599443/1297965645317
Nav Canada – https://www.navcanada.ca/en/
Service Canada – https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/corporate/portfolio/service-canada.html ;
The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships – https://www.pppcouncil.ca/
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms – https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/rfc-dlc/ccrf-ccdl/.
The Federal Court – https://www.fct-cf.gc.ca/en/home.
The Federal Court of Appeal – https://www.fca-caf.ca/en/home.
The Supreme Court of Canada – https://www.scc-csc.ca/home-accueil/index-eng.aspx.
Canadian Bankers Association – https://cba.ca/.
Canadian Chamber of Commerce – https://chamber.ca/.
Canadian Labour Congress – https://canadianlabour.ca/.
Canadian Medical Association – https://www.cma.ca/. ;
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) – https://madd.ca/pages/.
Canada School of Public Service – https://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/index-eng.aspx.
Financial Administration Act – https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/f-11/.
Public Service Commission of Canada – https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission.html.
Public Service Employment Act – https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/p-33.01/.
Public Service Labour Relations Act – https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/p-33.3/.
Treasury Board of Canada – https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/corporate/about-treasury-board.html.
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat – https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat.html.