Canada. Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 84
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This study maps the evolution of institutional change in Canada's public sector from the early 1980s, beginning with the Nielsen Task Force in 1984, through to Public Service 2000 in 1989, the 1994 and 1996 Program Review exercises and the federal government's ongoing renewal initiative. It then examines the transformation and creation of several federal institutions, including the Canadian Tourism Commission and the Canada Business Service Centres, as well as the government's plans for a new parks agency and a revenue and customs agency. It also reviews federal provincial negotiations in social housing, in immigrant settlement services and in regard to the federal Contraventions Act, as well as the transfer of health services to the Yukon government. To complete the picture, the study considers the evolving relationship between central agencies and other federal institutions in the management of the official languages program and the present state of institutional two-language capability in the federal Public Service.