02073cam a2200349 4500 521627138 TxAuBib 20210904120000.0 ||||||s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780776618258 0776618253 99f089d1-d4ae-4e8b-8e0c-565f5ccd1943 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 722436 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Juillet, Luc. Defending a Contested Ideal [Libby] : Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908–2008. University of Ottawa Press, 2008. Canada. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1916kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. History. Politics. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>In 1908, after decades of struggling with a public administration undermined by systemic patronage, the Canadian parliament decided that public servants would be selected on the basis of merit, through a system administered by an independent agency: the Public Service Commission of Canada. This history, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Commission, recounts its unique contribution to the development of an independent public service, which has become a pillar of Canadian parliamentary democracy.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:35:50. Rasmussen, Ken. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2214-1/99F/089/D1/DefendingaContestedIdeal9780776618258.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=99F089D1-D4AE-4E8B-8E0C-565F5CCD1943&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2214-1/99F/089/D1/DefendingaContestedIdeal9780776618258.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=99F089D1-D4AE-4E8B-8E0C-565F5CCD1943&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXGLA