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The Canadian Style

A Guide to Writing and Editing

By: Public Works and Government Services Canada Translation Bureau,Dundurn Press Limited

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The Canadian Style

A Guide to Writing and Editing

By: Public Works and Government Services Canada Translation Bureau,Dundurn Press Limited

The revised edition of The Canadian Style is an indispensable language guide for editors, copywriters, students, teachers, lawyers, journalists, secretaries and business people – in fact, anyone writing in the English language in Canada today. It provides concise, up-to-date answers to a host of questions on abbreviations, hyphenation, spelling, the use of capital letters, punctuation and frequently misused or confused words. It deals with letter, memo and report formats, notes, indexes and bibliographies, and geographical names. It also gives techniques for writing clearly and concisely, editing documents and avoiding stereotyping in communications. There is even an appendix on how to present French words in an English text.

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1554883172

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9781554883172

Perspectives on the New Economics and Regulation of Telecommunications

By: Institute for Research on Public Policy

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Perspectives on the New Economics and Regulation of Telecommunications

By: Institute for Research on Public Policy

This volume is a compilation of papers reflecting many of the issues related to telecommunications that are being debated today and are likely to continue to be addressed in the next few years. The papers examine the ways in which economic and technological forces are changing the regulation of telecommunications and the characteristics of the industry itself. After an introduction on issues such as the information highway, industry consolidation, market integration, and constraints on new policies, the papers cover such topics as the changes in Canadian telecommunications and their economics, the role of telecommunications in productivity and competition, the business network concept as an alternative governance structure, competition policy, convergence of technologies, separation of infrastructure from services, European telecommunications policy, and the historical context in which Canada has handled earlier transformations of a technological nature.

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IRPP

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0886451744

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9780886451745

Innovation, Science, Environment 07/08

Canadian Policies and Performance, 2007-2008

By: Carleton University. School of Public Policy and Administration

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Innovation, Science, Environment 07/08

Canadian Policies and Performance, 2007-2008

By: Carleton University. School of Public Policy and Administration

The impact of climate change is becoming increasingly obvious around the world but different levels of the Canadian government are failing to respond cohesively. For example, the Harper government immediately cut several liberal-era environmental research programs and admitted that Canada has been moving away from Kyoto Protocol targets and that the Kyoto Protocol is not central to its idea of either good environmental or good energy policy. Meanwhile, a Quebec liberal government announced that it would introduce a carbon tax to reduce CO2 emissions by 10 million tons by 2012 while Canada's mayors introduced their own climate change initiatives, linking them to local infrastructure development. This second volume in the ISE series examines the reshaping of ISE policy in the context of multi-level governance and policy. Contributors examine climate change policy, innovation in the natural resources sector, the internet pharmacy trade, biotechnology policy and governance, provincial government renewable energy policies, the psychological and human nature connection with sustainable development policies, procurement policy and innovation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the commercialization of Canada's universities.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773532285

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9780773532281

The Politics of Public Management

The HRDC Audit of Grants and Contributions

By: David A. Good,Institute of Public Administration of Canada

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The Politics of Public Management

The HRDC Audit of Grants and Contributions

By: David A. Good,Institute of Public Administration of Canada

David Good's The Politics of Public Management is a 'textbook case' in public administration; it deals with the events and circumstances surrounding the scandal of the grants and contributions audit at Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC). More specifically, Good argues that the HRDC scandal or crisis was the result of a complex series of factors, which transformed a fixable administrative matter into media headlines alleging that the government had lost one billion dollars. The author further contextualizes this scandal by analyzing the dichotomies and contradictions inherent in public administration and supporting the larger premise that certain trade-offs must be made in the administration of any public organization. Good skillfully weaves together into a coherent and comprehensible whole both theoretical (or conceptual) and practical considerations. He draws on current scholarship throughout his analysis and captures for the reader the nuances and complexities of public administration. The first and only extensive critical examination to date of the events surrounding the scandal at HRDC, this text offers an original and groundbreaking contribution to current scholarship on public administration and management in Canada.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802085873

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9780802085870

The National Research Council in the Innovation Policy Era

Changing Hierarchies, Networks and Markets

By: G. Bruce Doern,Richard Levesque,Institute of Public Administration of Canada

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The National Research Council in the Innovation Policy Era

Changing Hierarchies, Networks and Markets

By: G. Bruce Doern,Richard Levesque,Institute of Public Administration of Canada

The authors show how the NRC's history is interwoven with the evolution of Canada's economic and industrial development and with the fostering of science at Canada's universities, in industry, and within the federal government.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802035361

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9780802035363

Management of Legionella in Water Systems

By: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Board on Life Sciences,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Management of Legionella in Water Systems

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Management of Legionella in Water Systems

Legionnaires' disease, a pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacterium, is the leading cause of reported waterborne disease outbreaks in the United States. Legionella occur naturally in water from many different environmental sources, but grow rapidly in the warm, stagnant conditions that can be found in engineered water systems such as cooling towers, building plumbing, and hot tubs. Humans are primarily exposed to Legionella through inhalation of contaminated aerosols into the respiratory system. Legionnaires' disease can be fatal, with between 3 and 33 percent of Legionella infections leading to death, and studies show the incidence of Legionnaires' disease in the United States increased five-fold from 2000 to 2017. Management of Legionella in Water Systems reviews the state of science on Legionella contamination of water systems, specifically the ecology and diagnosis. This report explores the process of transmission via water systems, quantification, prevention and control, and policy and training issues that affect the incidence of Legionnaires' disease. It also analyzes existing knowledge gaps and recommends research priorities moving forward.

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National Academies Press

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030949947X

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9780309499477

Service in the Field

The World of Front-line Public Servants

By: Barbara Wake Carroll,David Siegel,Institute of Public Administration of Canada

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Service in the Field

The World of Front-line Public Servants

By: Barbara Wake Carroll,David Siegel,Institute of Public Administration of Canada

The most important people in government are not the prime minister, premiers, and senior bureaucrats but the people who work in government field offices across the country, providing service to Canadians. The first book to focus exclusively on the role of field-level public servants in Canada, Service in the Field examines the work they do and the relationship between field and head offices.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773517952

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9780773517950

Facing Reality

Consultation, Consensus and Making Economic Policy for the 21st Century

By: James M. Gillies,Institute for Research on Public Policy

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Facing Reality

Consultation, Consensus and Making Economic Policy for the 21st Century

By: James M. Gillies,Institute for Research on Public Policy

In this book, addressed primarily to business leaders, politicians, andpublic servants, the author speculates about the economic problems thatchanging international conditions appear to be creating; argues that existing policies no longer work and must be replaced with new ones basedon a new national consensus about economic goals; reviews the ways businessand government have worked together in the past to formuate economic strategies; and suggests ways the government can create a new consensus andthe prospects for its success in doing so.

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IRPP

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0886450446

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9780886450441

The Road to Better Public Services

Progress & Constraints in Five Canadian Federal Agencies

By: G. Bruce Doern,Institute for Research on Public Policy

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The Road to Better Public Services

Progress & Constraints in Five Canadian Federal Agencies

By: G. Bruce Doern,Institute for Research on Public Policy

This report examines how to improve the way governments serve Canadians using case studies of five agencies of the Canadian Federal Government, including their attempts to improve service delivery and the constraints or obstacles they face as they seek to make such improvements. The agencies studied include the Canada Communication Group (formerly the Queen's Printer); the Passport Office; the Geological Survey of Canada; the Aboriginal Business Canada program in Industry Canada; and the Marketing Practices Branch of the Bureau of Competition Policy in Industry Canada. The report examines the concept of service as it relates to the theory of bureaucracy, implementation theory and the policy instrument mix, and the institutional economics of bureaucracy; the re-invention of government theory; and the four service attributes.

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IRPP

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088645168X

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9780886451684

Canadian High-tech in a New World Economy

A Case Study of Information Technology

By: David W. Conklin,France St-Hilaire,Institute for Research on Public Policy

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Canadian High-tech in a New World Economy

A Case Study of Information Technology

By: David W. Conklin,France St-Hilaire,Institute for Research on Public Policy

A broad overview of Canadian high-tech activities that suggests insights concerning the direction and scope of such industries as well as public policy. Includes a study of Canada's competitiveness in the manufacturing sector, and the use and production of new technology; an examination of the characteristics of the information technology sector and the likely patterns of development and economic prospects, the role of multi-national corporations, and their corporate decision-making; government policies that may stimulate Canadian high technology and enhance competitiveness; a brief history of GATT tariff negotiations, subsidies and possible agreements to limit their use; the use of government procurement policies to assist domestic high-tech firms; regulation in the context of high-tech policies; the protection of intellectual property and education and research as the basis of a new high-tech strategy, particularly the Canadian record.

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0886450543

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9780886450540

Rethinking the Delivery of Public Services to Citizens

By: F. Leslie Seidle,Institute for Research on Public Policy

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Rethinking the Delivery of Public Services to Citizens

By: F. Leslie Seidle,Institute for Research on Public Policy

Based on in-depth research and 50 interviews with senior officials. Examines recent innovations: structural change to separate policy and operational functions; total quality management principles; performance targets, service standards and client assessment; partnership and single window/one stop shopping techniques.

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0886451787

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9780886451783

Canada

Reclaiming the Middle Ground

By: Donald G. Lenihan,Gordon Robertson,Roger Tassé,Institute for Research on Public Policy

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Reclaiming the Middle Ground

By: Donald G. Lenihan,Gordon Robertson,Roger Tassé,Institute for Research on Public Policy

The clearest lesson of the debate over the 1992 Charlottetown Accord is that Canadians are divided in their vision of the country. This book looks at the issue and examines how the political philosophy of liberalism - especially as incorporated into "pan-Canadianism" under former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau - contrasts and conflicts with the more federalist aspirations of moderate Quebec nationalists, western regionalists and Aboriginal peoples.

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0886451671

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9780886451677

Government Restructuring and Career Public Service in Canada

By: Evert A. Lindquist,Institute of Public Administration of Canada

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Government Restructuring and Career Public Service in Canada

By: Evert A. Lindquist,Institute of Public Administration of Canada

Chapter 13: "Manitoba civil service : a quiet tradition in transition", by Ken Rasmussen.

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Institute of Public Administration of Canada

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0920715923

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9780920715925

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The Canadian Style

The Canadian Style

Perspectives on the New Economics and Regulation of Telecommunications

Perspectives on the New Economics and Regulation of Telecommunications

Innovation, Science, Environment 07/08

Innovation, Science, Environment 07/08

The Politics of Public Management

The Politics of Public Management

The National Research Council in the Innovation Policy Era

The National Research Council in the Innovation Policy Era

Management of Legionella in Water Systems

Management of Legionella in Water Systems

Service in the Field

Service in the Field

Facing Reality

Facing Reality

The Road to Better Public Services

The Road to Better Public Services

Canadian High-tech in a New World Economy

Canadian High-tech in a New World Economy

Rethinking the Delivery of Public Services to Citizens

Rethinking the Delivery of Public Services to Citizens

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Canada

Government Restructuring and Career Public Service in Canada

Government Restructuring and Career Public Service in Canada

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