August 16, 1995
Dear Prime Minister:
I am pleased to submit to you the Third Annual Report on the Public Service of Canada.
This report is prepared pursuant to the Public Service Employment Act and covers the
period from March 28, 1994, to March 31, 1995.
This year, the Annual Report has three main components: an overview of international
trends affecting the role of the public sector; a report on the past year; and some
general observations on the future.
The objective of Chapter I is not to present a new perspective on changes in the public
sector, but to remind us that a number of major trends, taking place at the international
level, are simultaneously affecting the public sectors of all the developed countries.
These factors are also making their influence felt, in addition to those specific to
Canada which are more familiar to us.
Chapter II contains the Clerk's traditional report to Parliament and presents an
overview of the achievements and reforms of the year. One function of this chapter is to
help us bear in mind the scale of the changes under way and the extent of the achievements
of departments and agencies.
The third and final chapter is entitled "Preparing for the Future." It is
intended as a modest contribution to the emerging debate on the future of the Public
Service of Canada.
The Public Service of Canada is a national institution of great importance. It
contributes to the orderly functioning of our democratic society; it is the custodian of
the values and ideals that successive Parliaments have wrought for Canadian society as a
whole; it contributes to the prosperity, well-being and quality of life of all Canadians.
Mr. Prime Minister, the challenge for the men and women working in the Public Service
today is to modernize their institution to ensure that it is well adapted to the future
needs of Canadians. Under your guidance, our goal is to hand on to those who will come
after us a vigorous, modern institution well adapted to the needs of Canadians and
operating within our collective means an institution we will all be proud of.
Jocelyne Bourgon
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