Political Science 2246E Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Absenteeism, Reverse Discrimination, Visible Minority
11 Mar 2016
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Public service employment act forbids discriminaion in hiring or promoion on basis of race, ethnicity, colour, religion, age, sex, marital status, disability, etc. Employment equity programs for historically underrepresented groups (women, aboriginals, visible minoriies) Make public service more representaive of society it serves to make decisions which best interests of society. Deliberate acion to decentralize government away from ontario to combat alienaion, establishing oices across country and creaing jobs in other regions. Use and importance of french in halls of power diminished as patronage was eliminated and less. Public service became less atracive to french-speakers post 1918 because it made no provisions to ensure service to french-canadians. Royal commission on bilingualism and biculturalism 1970, and trudeau promoted the use of. Consituional and administraive law inluence the equity regime in canada i. e. government and provinces enacted human rights codes prohibiing discriminaion, ccrf, human rights.
