PAP 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Canada Post, Quango, Non-Governmental Organization

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 2300
• Professor: Christopher Cooper

Document Summary

Sets annual federal budget, macroeconomic policy, trade and taxation, federal borrowing and transfer payments responsible for. A nonpartisan understanding of issues (what should the government do) Head of the pco is the clerk of the privy council office. Staffed by partisan supporters (but somewhat similar function to pco) Partisan perspective of policy (what should we do, what is our constituency saying, etc. : wh(cid:455) so(cid:373)e people sa(cid:455) it(cid:859)s (cid:374)ot a (cid:272)e(cid:374)tral age(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) Speech writing, appearances, media relations, liaising with caucus. May or may not be a statutory body. Usually headed by a board of directors, not a deputy minister. Usually report to parliament through a minister, not directly responsible to a minister. Crown corporations (in uk: known as quango quasi autonomous non-governmental organization) A blend of private and public realm. Non-department bodies (cid:862)i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374) (cid:449)ith a (cid:272)orporate for(cid:373) (cid:271)rought i(cid:374)to e(cid:454)iste(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)(cid:455) go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:272)tion to serve a pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)(cid:863)