CONFERENCE OF 1949

Conference of 1949

The first Conference of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada took place in Québec City in the Château Frontenac, on October 3rd and 4th, 1949.

Organizing Commitee

Chairman: R. B. Bryce, B.A.Sc., M.A., Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance, Ottawa

Secretary-Treasurer: Philip T. Clark, C.A., Controller of Revenu, Ontario

Proceedings of the First Annual Conference of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada

Front Page
Officers 1949-1950
Foreword

Program

Monday, October 3rd

Introductory Session (Partly in French)

First General Session : "Training and Recruitment for Public Service"

• "Recruitment and Promotion" - C.H. Bland, C.M.G., B.A. Chairman, Civil Service Commission of Canada
• "Should we have specialized degrees in Public Administration given by Universities" - W. A. Mackintosh, C.M.G., M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C., Dean or Arts, Queen’s
University

• "Education for Public Service in French Canada" - Jean-Marie Martin, B.A., B.S.A., M.S.A., Director of the Department of Economic, University Laval (In French)

Council Luncheon

Second General Session : "Provincial Sales Tax"

• Paper by L.F. Detwiller, Commissioner of Social Security and Municipal Aid Tax, Province of British Columbia
• Forum Discussion led by:
  • Georges H. Shink, C.R., Comptroller of Provincial Revenue, Province of Quebec
  • G. Dickson, Director of Revenue, Taxation Branch, Province of Saskatchewan
  • C. S. Richardson, C.R., of the legal firm of Montgomery, McMichael & Company of Montréal

Conference Reception

Annual Banquet - "Guest of Honour – Dr. Luther Gulick, President of the Institute of Public Administration of the U.S.A." (In French)

Tuesday, October 4th

Third General Session : "Joint Dominion Provincial Administration"

• "The Technique of Conditional Grants – Old Age Pensions" - Gustave Poisson, K.C., Deputy Minister of Social Walfare and Youth, Province of Quebec
• "Dominion Provincial Joint Action by Agreement – Administration of the Fur Rehabilitation Programme" - D. M. Stephens, Deputy Minister of Mines and Resources, Province of Manitoba
• "Dominion Provincial Joint Corporation or Board – The Eastern Rockies Forest Conservation Board" - J.M. Wardle, C.B.E., B.Sc., Representative of Canada on the Board

Council Luncheon

Fourth General Session

• "Problems arising from lack of organized municipalities in Newfoundland" - C. W. Powell, B.Sc,. Director of Local Government Affairs, Province of Newfoundland
• "The Role of The Institute Administration of Canada" - George E. Gathec
• Discussion

Appendix (Translations)