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Civil Service Commission [textual record]

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Date:

1882-1970

Reference:

R234-21-X-E, RG32, s.3

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

139778

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Public Service Commission fonds

Civil Service Commission
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Series includes:

9 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1882-1970

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

40.24 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of records created and/or maintained by the Civil Service Commission of Canada. The series is arranged into the following sub-series: Register of Civil Servants in Ottawa, Examination question paper, Correspondence, Establishment and organizational charts, Central registry files related to departmental establishment and organization, Management Analysis Division, Selected subject files, Files related to an officially sanctioned history of the Civil Service Commission compiled by William McCloskey, and Records related to classification.

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Civil Service Commission of Canada

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Civil Service Commission of Canada : The Civil Service Amendment Act (7-8 Edw. VII, c.15) was adopted as a result of the recommendations of the 1907 Royal Commission "To inquire into and report on the operation of the existing civil service act and relating legislation with a view to proposing such changes as may be deemed advisable" (P.C. 1108, 8 May 1907). The Board of Civil Service Examiners was replaced by a Civil Service Commission (CSC), composed of two commissioners having the rank of deputy minister, appointed by the Governor-in-Council. Duties changed concurrently: they were "to test and pass upon the qualifications of candidates for admission to the Service ...; to issue certificates ...; to investigate and report upon the operation of the Civil Service Act ... and upon the violation of any of the provisions of the Civil Service Act ...; to investigate and report upon the organization of the department, the conduct and efficiency of its officers", (c. 15). This Act also introduced the "merit principle" into the selection and promotion of civil service employees through competitive examinations for those in the "inside" (Ottawa based) portion of the service. In 1918, the Civil Service Act (8-9 Geo. V, c.12) extended the "merit principle" to the entire service. Not less than nine royal commissions, committees, special committees were held between 1918 and 1967 to inquire, amend and correct the structures of the Civil Service. In 1967, the Civil Service Commission changed its name to Public Service Commission and along with the name change came a fundamental change in roles and responsibilities.

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RG32
s.3
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