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100	1		_aTHOMAS, Paul G _922342
245	1	0	_aThe past, present and future of
260			_aToronto : _bIPAC, _cFall 2003
520	3		_aOfficers of Parliament were a little-noticed feature of Canada’s cabinet parliamentary system until the privacy commissioner was forced to resign in June 2003. This article analyses the past, present and future of these institutions which were created to assist Parliament in holding ministers responsible and the bureaucracy accountable and to protect certain rights of individual Canadians. The fundamental issue is how to balance these offices’ independence from both the executive and Parliament with an appropriate measure of accountability for their performance. The article examines five structural features that determine the nature of these interactions and suggests that there needs to be greater clarity in these relationships. The primary relationship in terms of responsibility and accountability of officers of Parliament should be with Parliament. Reforms are recommended to recognize and to reinforce the primacy of that relationship
773	0	8	_tCanadian Public Administration : the journal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada _g46, 3, p. 287-314 _dToronto : IPAC, Fall 2003 _xISSN 008-4840 _w
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998			_a20051110 _b1541^b _cTiago
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c14051 _d14051
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