POLS 2250 Lecture Notes - Cockroach, Donald Brittain
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Pols 2250 public admin & government3/23/2013 8:45:00 pm. Reviews report of auditor general on a clause-by-clause basis. Reviews proposed and actual expenditures of government. Great check against doing foolish things : can call government officials to come before the committee to justify and explain the need specific programs, although officials are appointed by pm they have a career span of. Life in order to avoid clashing between political parties. He is that most despised of human creatures. His activities have bought down upon his shoulder s the scorn and outrage of history multitude. He is the paper-pusher of the world he has been compared to the cockroach. Like the cockroach, he appears to have no useful function. Like the cockroach, he has survive all attempts at extinction: donald brittain, national film board documentary (1979) Public sector employment is enormous: 2009 3. 5 million people. Federal, provincial & municipal services, health and social services, education; crown corporations.