Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

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Title:: Part II. The executive Government

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CHAP. VIII] THE CIVIL SERVICE 347 clearly been stirred in no ordinary manner by the news of the report of the Commission and the preaching of the cam- paign of purity in the public service by Mr. Borden, leader of the Opposition, in 1907 and 1908 in the country. The new Act, which was passed with the concurrence of the Oppo- sition, provides for a permanent Civil Service Commission which, at the desire of the Opposition, was made in tenure of office on an equal footing with the Auditor-General. This (Commission is to hold examinations and decide the fitness of candidates for the posts for which they are recommended by them. They are also to give certificates for increases of salary and for promotions and improvement of status. Moreover, instead of the system of nomination from a list of passed candidates there is to be appointment by merit in the examinations. The Act applies only to the inside or Ottawa service, but the outside service may be brought under its provisions by Order in Council. There is no provision in the Act for pensions, though some salaries are increased and a new classification of posts is provided for. That the Act terminates any possibility of political in- fluence is impossible to say. It is true that it prohibits the attempt to influence the members of the Commission, and that it forbids Civil servants to take part in politics, a course rendered advisable by reason of the numbers of exceptions to the rule with resulting dismissals, as in Ontario in 1907! But the extent to which the new system in its full form will be applied depends on ministers, and what ministers will do is uncertain? It is unhappily clear that Government is expected to secure rewards for its followers in Canada, and the temptation to grant Civil Service posts as such rewards must be a great one. Arising out of the Civil Service report there was held an ! Canadian Annual Review, 1907, pp. 502, 503. 3 Sir Wilfrid Laurier personally has always insisted that after appoint ment an official should leave politics alone, but it is a rule of perfection. Cf, Goldwin Smith, Canada, pp. 185 scq.

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