Public Administration and Canadian Political Institutions

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Public Administration and Canadian Political
Institutions

• Week 5

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Overview

• Westminster model
• Structures of the Canadian State
• Central Agencies
• Departments and Agencies
• Crown Corporations
• Administrative Law

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Westminster Model

• Canadian constitutional documents
• Fusion of powers
• Responsible Government

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Cabinet

• The current federal Cabinet
• http//www.pm.gc.ca/grfx/docs/cabinet.pdf

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Ministerial Responsibility

• Individual ministerial responsibility
• Collective ministerial responsibility

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Central Agencies

• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Prime Ministers Office (PMO)
• Finance Department
• Treasury Board Secretariat

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Privy Council Office

• http//pco-bcp.gc.ca

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Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to
Cabinet

• http//pco-bcp.gc.ca/index.asp?langengpageclerk
  -greffier
• http//www.clerk.gc.ca/eng/index.asp

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Prime Ministers Office

• Chief of Staff Nigel Wright appointed 2011
• Principal Secretary Ray Novak appointed 2008

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Finance Department

• Finance Canada develops policies and provides
  advice to the Government with the goal of
  creating a healthy economy for all Canadians. For
  example, it
• Plans and prepares the federal governments
  budget
• Analyzes and designs tax policies
• Develops regulations for Canadas banks and other
  financial institutions
• Administers the transfer of federal funds to the
  provinces and territories
• Develops policies on international finance and
  helps design our countrys tariff policies
• Monitors economic and financial developments in
  Canada and provides policy advice on a wide range
  of economic issues (from Finance Department
  website)
• Branches
• http//www.fin.gc.ca/afc/branches-eng.asp

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TBS

• About the Secretariat
• http//www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/tbs-sct/abu-ans/tbs-sct/a
  bu-ans-eng.asp

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Departments and Agencies

• http//www.canada.gc.ca/depts/major/depind-eng.htm
  l

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Crown Corporations

• Treasury Board list
• http//www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/media/nr-cp/2009/1116a-en
  g.asp
• Heads of Crown Corporations
• http//parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Compilations/FederalGov
  ernment/CrownCorporation.aspx

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Departmental Structure

• Example organizational charts
• http//canada.justice.gc.ca/eng/dept-min/chart.htm
  l
• http//www.tc.gc.ca/eng/aboutus-department-menu.ht
  m
• http//www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/branch-dirgen/index
  -eng.php

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Political-Administrative Relations

• Inwood asks (2012 160) Who is actually in
  control of the machinery and actions of the
  state?

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Administrative Law

• deals with the legal remedies available to
  citizens aggrieved by administrative actions
  (Inwood, 2012 201).