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S-201
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament,
55-56 Elizabeth II, 2006-2007
SENATE OF CANADA
BILL S-201
An Act to amend the Public Service Employment Act (elimination of bureaucratic patronage and geographic criteria in appointment processes)
AS PASSED
BY THE SENATE
MAY 10, 2007

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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Public Service Employment Act to
(a) ensure that appointments to or from within the public service are free from bureaucratic patronage; and
(b) disallow the establishment of geographic criteria to determine an area of selection for the purposes of eligibility in appointment processes.

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1st Session, 39th Parliament,
55-56 Elizabeth II, 2006-2007
senate of canada
BILL S-201
An Act to amend the Public Service Employment Act (elimination of bureaucratic patronage and geographic criteria in appointment processes)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
2003, c. 22, ss. 12 and 13
PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT ACT
1. Subsection 22(2) of the Public Service Employment Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (f):
(f.1) defining “bureaucratic patronage” for the purposes of subsection 30(1);
2. Subsection 30(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Appointment on basis of merit
30. (1) Appointments by the Commission to or from within the public service shall be made on the basis of merit and must be free from political influence and bureaucratic patronage.
3. (1) Section 34 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):
National area of selection
(3) When establishing a geographic criterion in an advertised external appointment process, the Commission shall establish a national area of selection.
Transitional provision
(2) Subsection 34(3) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), does not apply to any competition or other selection or appointment process being conducted at the time that section comes into force.
Published under authority of the Senate of Canada



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