Joint communiqué on the stay in the U.S.S.R. [May 17-28, 1971] of Prime minister P. E. Trudeau of Canada
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ISSN: 0011-3425
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In: The current digest of the Soviet press: publ. each week by The Joint Committee on Slavic Studies, Band 23, S. 7
ISSN: 0011-3425
In: Leclair J. (2020). Pierre Elliott Trudeau : une pensée fédérale marquée au fer de l'antinationalisme, Vol. 99, Supreme Court Law Review, (2d) 37-76
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In: Political science quarterly: a nonpartisan journal devoted to the study and analysis of government, politics and international affairs ; PSQ, Band 94, Heft 2, S. 372-373
ISSN: 1538-165X
In: Aussenpolitik: German foreign affairs review. Deutsche Ausgabe, Band 31, Heft 2, S. 197-210
ISSN: 0004-8194
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In: Politique: revue de la Société Québécoise de Science Politique, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 95
In: Canadian journal of political science: CJPS = Revue canadienne de science politique, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 154-157
ISSN: 1744-9324
In: International journal / Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Band 33, Heft 2, S. 267-492
ISSN: 0020-7020
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In: International journal of public sector management, Band 35, Heft 4, S. 463-479
ISSN: 1758-6666
PurposeAccording to the traditional view of public administration, a critical component of good policy formulation is the provision of frank and fearless advice to elected decision-makers. This advice can be provided by permanent public officials or by the people selected by the elected governments to fill key and continuing posts. However, there are major questions as to whether new Governor-in-Council (GIC) appointment processes rooted in new public governance (NPG) are yielding the expected results promised, such as less partisanism, as a consideration for appointment.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses a mixed methods approach to examine the GIC process as it is used in Canada. In using these methods, the authors employed interviews with senior officials, governmental documents review and expert validation interviews to triangulate its main findings.FindingsThe paper uses the case of the revised appointment process for GIC appointments in Canada and suggests that the new arrangements do not deliver on merit-based criteria that ensures independence is protected between political executive and senior bureaucratic officials. Although new processes may be more open and transparent than past processes, the paper suggests that such processes are more susceptible to partisan influence under the guise of being merit-based.Research limitations/implicationsThe research was limited to one country context, Canada. As such, it will be necessary to expand this to other Westminster countries. Testing whether manifestations of new public governance in appointment processes elsewhere will be important to validate whether Canada is unique or not.Practical implicationsThe authors are left to wonder if this innovation of merit-based appointments in the new administrative state is obscuring the lines of accountability and whether it forms the basis for good policy advice despite promises to the contrary.Social implicationsTrust in the government is affected by decisions behind closed doors. They appear partisan, even when they may not be. Process matters if only to highlight increased value placed on meritorious appointments.Originality/valuePrevious studies on GIC appointments have generally been to explore representation as a value. That is, studies have questioned whether diversity is maintained, for example. However, few studies have explored appointment processes using institutional approaches to examine whether reforms to such processes have respected key principles, such as merit and accountability.
In: Canadian journal of political science: CJPS = Revue canadienne de science politique, Band 53, Heft 1, S. 79-98
ISSN: 1744-9324
AbstractAll Canadian governments say that Canada must look to its friends and allies and like-minded partners to achieve greater cooperation on global issues. But who are these countries exactly? To gain a better understanding of where Ottawa stands in the world, with whom and under what conditions, we analyze Canada's voting patterns in the United Nations General Assembly from 1980 to 2017. We find that Canada's overall record tends toward that of Western European states. We find no evidence of greater affinity with US positions either when the Democrats are in power in Washington or when the conservative parties are in power in Ottawa. We identify a sharp pro-US turn in the Harper years and also confirm that the government of Justin Trudeau started off by maintaining rather than reversing this trend.
In: Bulletin d'histoire politique, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 207
ISSN: 1929-7653