Political Science 2230E Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Environment And Climate Change Canada
27 Dec 2018
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Cea, public servants, political activity, and harperman , pp. Tony turner, then a public servant working as a scientist at environment canada, attracted international attention with his harperman youtube music video. It is a trenchant critique of then prime minister harper"s governance approach and policies. Harperman shines a light on an important facet of canadian governance: the political activities deemed either permissible or out of bounds for our nation"s public servants. It reveals an interesting tension between the fundamental rights for public servants, as canadian citizens, and their duties and obligations as professional, non-partisan, and loyal servants to the government of canada. Over the years, the supreme court of canada has wrestled with questions of public service political activity. The landmark 1991 decision in osborne v. canada is particularly noteworthy.
