A Guide to Goldbergian management practices in Canada’s public service

 Evidence indicates that the federal public service has been quietly moving away from the classical Bureaucratic management approach based on principles devised by Max Weber. According to Weber, the rational, reason versus passion, approach to management is preferable to whims, irrational emotions and intentions of managers. But if present-day practices

The humble beginnings of Canada’s professional public service

 There was no public service as we understand it today prior to the advent of responsible government. The administration of colonial territories under both the French and British regimes was simple. The civil and judicial needs of a sparse population in remote outposts like Detroit would have been addressed by

Statement by the NDP on the passing of Max Keeping / Déclaration du NDP sur the Déces de Max Keeping

 NDP candidate for Ottawa Centre Paul Dewar made the following statement on the passing of Max Keeping:   “It is with great sadness that I learned today of Max Keeping's passing. Max Keeping was a trusted voice for our community and a strong advocate for the people of Ottawa, particularly youth. As

Wage Equality: Lessons from the public sector

 By Warren (Smokey) Thomas, President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union As a general rule, women get paid less than men do. It doesn’t matter how you measure it. If you go by the average annual pay of all women in Ontario, women make 69 cents for every dollar

Women, Wages & The Workplace

 The year is 2015. Do women still make less money than men? Generally, yes, although the discrepancies are no longer the huge yawning gaps of the 1960s. A recent paper by Richard Shillington of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has analyzed public sector v. private sector wages. Shillington found

The Law and You–Law Society Publishes Guide to Legal Information and Services

 Why would an organization that regulates lawyers and paralegals hand out a guide to free legal information and services? Thomas G. Conway, head of The Law Society of Upper Canada, answers this and other questions in the following Q & A: Why did the Law Society produce the guide Handling