Canadian energy security: the state of Canada's emergency preparedness system
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Because Canada has regions totally dependent on imported oil and is a tradition union dependent on international trade for a significant share of its national income, it is vulnerable both directly and indirectly to the consequences of oil supply shortfalls and attendant price hikes. The Canadian energy emergency preparedness system, through Canada's membership in the International Energy Agency, is integrated into the IEA's international emergency oil-sharing system. Despite being well over a decade old, the nature and state of Canada's system has never been independently analysed. By highlighting the close relationship between energy security and economic security, the argument is made that continued attention to energy security is prudent. The article attempts to make the very technical features of these systems comprehensible to non-energy specialists. The implications of IEA membership for Canada are analysed and the relationship between Canada's responsibilities and the IEA and its obligation under the free trade agreement with the United States is discussed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Canadian Public Administration
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0008-4840
Year: 1990
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The administrative liberalism of R. MacGregor Dawson
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Nothing could be more characteristic of the thought of R. MacGregor Dawson than his ideas about the role of the civil service in a liberal democracy. His approach to this question forms a distinct theory which can be called administrative liberalism. This theory can be pieced together from Dawson's diverse writings and consists of three interrelated facets. First, there is a need for a reformed, merit-based civil service; second, there must be a willingness to give the civil service "official independence"; and finally, there must be a special relationship between a minister and his officials in which there is a subtle combination of mutual respect and support. The combination of these three elements forms a unique contribution to the ongoing debate over the most satisfactory method of reconciling liberal democracy and bureaucratic administration within the framework of parliamentary government. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Canadian Public Administration
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0008-4840
Year: 1990
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