One small step in an uncertain direction: The Science and Technology Review and public administration in Canada

Canadian Public Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 403-417

  De la Mothe, John ^a,b  

^a Deparment of Science

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 1542639321     PISSN: 00084840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-7121.1996.tb00139.x     Document Type: Review

References (34)

1. Canada, Department of Finance, The Budget Speech, 22 February 1994 (Ottawa: Department of Finance, 1994), p. 7.
2. International Science Policy Foundation [formerly Science of Science Foundation], Annual Report (London: Science of Science Foundation, 1964).
3. Among the publications released this year by various government departments are the following: Department of Industry, Science and Technology for the New Century: Summary; Science and Technology for the New Century: Highlights of Departmental Action Plans; Science and Technology for the New Century: A Federal Strategy; Science and Technology for the New Century: the Industry Portfolio's Action Plan; Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Science and Technology for the New Century: Fisheries and Oceans Action Plan; Department of National Defence, Science and Technology for the New Century: Defence Research and Development; Department of Health, S&T at Work for the Health of Canadians: The Science and Technology Action Plan of the Federal Health Portfolio; Department of Human Resources Management, A Framework for the Human Resources Management of the Federal Science and Technology Community: Science and Technology for the New Century; Human Resources Development Canada: Using Science and Technology to Better Serve Canadians; Department of Transport, Science and Technology for the New Century: Transport Canada's Action Plan; Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada: New Directions in Science and Technology; Department of the Environment, Environment Canada's Science and Technology: Leading to Solutions; Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Action Plan: Science and Technology for the New Century.
4. Among the publications released this year by various government departments are the following: Department of Industry, Science and Technology for the New Century: Summary; Science and Technology for the New Century: Highlights of Departmental Action Plans; Science and Technology for the New Century: A Federal Strategy; Science and Technology for the New Century: the Industry Portfolio's Action Plan; Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Science and Technology for the New Century: Fisheries and Oceans Action Plan; Department of National Defence, Science and Technology for the New Century: Defence Research and Development; Department of Health, S&T at Work for the Health of Canadians: The Science and Technology Action Plan of the Federal Health Portfolio; Department of Human Resources Management, A Framework for the Human Resources Management of the Federal Science and Technology Community: Science and Technology for the New Century; Human Resources Development Canada: Using Science and Technology to Better Serve Canadians; Department of Transport, Science and Technology for the New Century: Transport Canada's Action Plan; Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada: New Directions in Science and Technology; Department of the Environment, Environment Canada's Science and Technology: Leading to Solutions; Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Action Plan: Science and Technology for the New Century.
5. Among the publications released this year by various government departments are the following: Department of Industry, Science and Technology for the New Century: Summary; Science and Technology for the New Century: Highlights of Departmental Action Plans; Science and Technology for the New Century: A Federal Strategy; Science and Technology for the New Century: the Industry Portfolio's Action Plan; Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Science and Technology for the New Century: Fisheries and Oceans Action Plan; Department of National Defence, Science and Technology for the New Century: Defence Research and Development; Department of Health, S&T at Work for the Health of Canadians: The Science and Technology Action Plan of the Federal Health Portfolio; Department of Human Resources Management, A Framework for the Human Resources Management of the Federal Science and Technology Community: Science and Technology for the New Century; Human Resources Development Canada: Using Science and Technology to Better Serve Canadians; Department of Transport, Science and Technology for the New Century: Transport Canada's Action Plan; Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada: New Directions in Science and Technology; Department of the Environment, Environment Canada's Science and Technology: Leading to Solutions; Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Action Plan: Science and Technology for the New Century.
6. Among the publications released this year by various government departments are the following: Department of Industry, Science and Technology for the New Century: Summary; Science and Technology for the New Century: Highlights of Departmental Action Plans; Science and Technology for the New Century: A Federal Strategy; Science and Technology for the New Century: the Industry Portfolio's Action Plan; Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Science and Technology for the New Century: Fisheries and Oceans Action Plan; Department of National Defence, Science and Technology for the New Century: Defence Research and Development; Department of Health, S&T at Work for the Health of Canadians: The Science and Technology Action Plan of the Federal Health Portfolio; Department of Human Resources Management, A Framework for the Human Resources Management of the Federal Science and Technology Community: Science and Technology for the New Century; Human Resources Development Canada: Using Science and Technology to Better Serve Canadians; Department of Transport, Science and Technology for the New Century: Transport Canada's Action Plan; Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada: New Directions in Science and Technology; Department of the Environment, Environment Canada's Science and Technology: Leading to Solutions; Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Action Plan: Science and Technology for the New Century.
7. Among the publications released this year by various government departments are the following: Department of Industry, Science and Technology for the New Century: Summary; Science and Technology for the New Century: Highlights of Departmental Action Plans; Science and Technology for the New Century: A Federal Strategy; Science and Technology for the New Century: the Industry Portfolio's Action Plan; Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Science and Technology for the New Century: Fisheries and Oceans Action Plan; Department of National Defence, Science and Technology for the New Century: Defence Research and Development; Department of Health, S&T at Work for the Health of Canadians: The Science and Technology Action Plan of the Federal Health Portfolio; Department of Human Resources Management, A Framework for the Human Resources Management of the Federal Science and Technology Community: Science and Technology for the New Century; Human Resources Development Canada: Using Science and Technology to Better Serve Canadians; Department of Transport, Science and Technology for the New Century: Transport Canada's Action Plan; Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada: New Directions in Science and Technology; Department of the Environment, Environment Canada's Science and Technology: Leading to Solutions; Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Action Plan: Science and Technology for the New Century.
8. Among the publications released this year by various government departments are the following: Department of Industry, Science and Technology for the New Century: Summary; Science and Technology for the New Century: Highlights of Departmental Action Plans; Science and Technology for the New Century: A Federal Strategy; Science and Technology for the New Century: the Industry Portfolio's Action Plan; Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Science and Technology for the New Century: Fisheries and Oceans Action Plan; Department of National Defence, Science and Technology for the New Century: Defence Research and Development; Department of Health, S&T at Work for the Health of Canadians: The Science and Technology Action Plan of the Federal Health Portfolio; Department of Human Resources Management, A Framework for the Human Resources Management of the Federal Science and Technology Community: Science and Technology for the New Century; Human Resources Development Canada: Using Science and Technology to Better Serve Canadians; Department of Transport, Science and Technology for the New Century: Transport Canada's Action Plan; Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada: New Directions in Science and Technology; Department of the Environment, Environment Canada's Science and Technology: Leading to Solutions; Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Action Plan: Science and Technology for the New Century.
9. Among the publications released this year by various government departments are the following: Department of Industry, Science and Technology for the New Century: Summary; Science and Technology for the New Century: Highlights of Departmental Action Plans; Science and Technology for the New Century: A Federal Strategy; Science and Technology for the New Century: the Industry Portfolio's Action Plan; Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Science and Technology for the New Century: Fisheries and Oceans Action Plan; Department of National Defence, Science and Technology for the New Century: Defence Research and Development; Department of Health, S&T at Work for the Health of Canadians: The Science and Technology Action Plan of the Federal Health Portfolio; Department of Human Resources Management, A Framework for the Human Resources Management of the Federal Science and Technology Community: Science and Technology for the New Century; Human Resources Development Canada: Using Science and Technology to Better Serve Canadians; Department of Transport, Science and Technology for the New Century: Transport Canada's Action Plan; Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada: New Directions in Science and Technology; Department of the Environment, Environment Canada's Science and Technology: Leading to Solutions; Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Action Plan: Science and Technology for the New Century.
10. Among the publications released this year by various government departments are the following: Department of Industry, Science and Technology for the New Century: Summary; Science and Technology for the New Century: Highlights of Departmental Action Plans; Science and Technology for the New Century: A Federal Strategy; Science and Technology for the New Century: the Industry Portfolio's Action Plan; Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Science and Technology for the New Century: Fisheries and Oceans Action Plan; Department of National Defence, Science and Technology for the New Century: Defence Research and Development; Department of Health, S&T at Work for the Health of Canadians: The Science and Technology Action Plan of the Federal Health Portfolio; Department of Human Resources Management, A Framework for the Human Resources Management of the Federal Science and Technology Community: Science and Technology for the New Century; Human Resources Development Canada: Using Science and Technology to Better Serve Canadians; Department of Transport, Science and Technology for the New Century: Transport Canada's Action Plan; Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada: New Directions in Science and Technology; Department of the Environment, Environment Canada's Science and Technology: Leading to Solutions; Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Action Plan: Science and Technology for the New Century.
11. Among the publications released this year by various government departments are the following: Department of Industry, Science and Technology for the New Century: Summary; Science and Technology for the New Century: Highlights of Departmental Action Plans; Science and Technology for the New Century: A Federal Strategy; Science and Technology for the New Century: the Industry Portfolio's Action Plan; Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Science and Technology for the New Century: Fisheries and Oceans Action Plan; Department of National Defence, Science and Technology for the New Century: Defence Research and Development; Department of Health, S&T at Work for the Health of Canadians: The Science and Technology Action Plan of the Federal Health Portfolio; Department of Human Resources Management, A Framework for the Human Resources Management of the Federal Science and Technology Community: Science and Technology for the New Century; Human Resources Development Canada: Using Science and Technology to Better Serve Canadians; Department of Transport, Science and Technology for the New Century: Transport Canada's Action Plan; Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada: New Directions in Science and Technology; Department of the Environment, Environment Canada's Science and Technology: Leading to Solutions; Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Action Plan: Science and Technology for the New Century.
12. The budget speech was anticipated by the throne speech on 18 January 1994. Specifically, Governor General Romeo LeBlanc noted that "[t]he agenda of the Government is based on an integrated approach to economic, social, environmental and foreign policy. In order to achieve this agenda, integrity and public trust in the institutions of government are essential. . . . " Canada, Parliament, House of Commons, Speech from the Throne [Romeo LeBlanc] Debates and Proceedings (Hansard) 35th Parliament, 1st Session, vol 134, no. 002 (18 January 1994) (Ottawa: Queen's Printer for Canada, 1994), p. 1.
13. The budget speech was anticipated by the throne speech on 18 January 1994. Specifically, Governor General Romeo LeBlanc noted that "[t]he agenda of the Government is based on an integrated approach to economic, social, environmental and foreign policy. In order to achieve this agenda, integrity and public trust in the institutions of government are essential. . . . " Canada, Parliament, House of Commons, Speech from the Throne [Romeo LeBlanc] Debates and Proceedings (Hansard) 35th Parliament, 1st Session, vol 134, no. 002 (18 January 1994) (Ottawa: Queen's Printer for Canada, 1994), p. 1.
14. Finance, Budget Speech, p. 6.
15. The KAON Factory was a proposed $2-billion extension and upgrade of the existing Tri-University Meson Facility (TRIUMF) at the University of British Columbia.
16. Finance, Budget Speech, p. 7.
17. See Gilles Paquet and Robert Shepherd, "The Program Review Process: A Deconstruction," in G. Swimmer, ed., How Ottawa Spends 1996-97: Life Under the Knife (Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1996), pp. 39-72.
18. See Canada, Privy Council Office, Getting Government Right, (Ottawa: PCO, 1996).
19. Office of the Auditor General, Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the House of Commons, vol. 6 (Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada, 1994), p. 9-5.
20. Ibid., p. 9-15.
21. Ibid., p. 9-16 [emphasis added].
22. Liberal Party of Canada, Creating Opportunity: The Liberal Plan for Canada (Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada, 1993), p. 1.
23. See National Advisory Board on Science and Technology, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: A Framework for an Integrated Federal Science and Technology Strategy (Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada, 1995), p. 13.
24. Auditor General, Report, vol. 6, p. 9-13.
25. Between 1985 and 1995, more than four thousand science and technology personnel had left the federal civil service. (See Statscan ST-96-03 and 88-001, vol. 11, no. 9.)
26. Liberal Party, Creating Opportunity, p. 10.
27. Ibid.
28. Ibid., pp. 50-1 and p. 44.
29. See John de la Mothe, "Canada and the National System of Innovation," in J.A.D. Holbrook, ed., Science and Technology Resources Source Book, vol. 2. (Ottawa: Industry Canada, 1994); B.A. Lundvall, ed., National Systems of Innovation (London: Pinter, 1992); and Richard Nelson, ed., National Innovation Systems: A Comparative Analysis (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993).
30. See John de la Mothe, "Canada and the National System of Innovation," in J.A.D. Holbrook, ed., Science and Technology Resources Source Book, vol. 2. (Ottawa: Industry Canada, 1994); B.A. Lundvall, ed., National Systems of Innovation (London: Pinter, 1992); and Richard Nelson, ed., National Innovation Systems: A Comparative Analysis (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993).
31. See John de la Mothe, "Canada and the National System of Innovation," in J.A.D. Holbrook, ed., Science and Technology Resources Source Book, vol. 2. (Ottawa: Industry Canada, 1994); B.A. Lundvall, ed., National Systems of Innovation (London: Pinter, 1992); and Richard Nelson, ed., National Innovation Systems: A Comparative Analysis (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993).
32. Industry, Science and Technology for the New Century: Summary, p. 2.
33. See Statistics Canada catalogues 88-204, Table 106.
34. The ACST will first meet in Ottawa on 31 October-1 November 1996.