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Concerns, Trends, and Improvement in Canadian Administrative Reforms

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initiatives of the provincial and municipal governments as well. The reforms in the 1960s and 1970s in Canada initiated by the Canadian government established an increase in social systems, benefits  and an increase in the public sector which allowed for the support of these programs. While no major shift occurred during the 1980s, the recession of the early 1990s and  an increasing federal public deficit of over $540 billion led to a great deal of restructuring and shifting of initiatives and resources in the mid to late 1990s. Federal funding  was drastically reduced by reforms which led to the decentralization and privatization of programs and industry and an increased responsibility placed on each provincial and territorial government. The provincial governments  in turn enacted reforms which led to drastic cuts in education, health care and social programs which are still considered controversial and a major concern today. Recently, governmental reforms have  shifted slightly again to highlight business networking, accountability, regulation and e-government in order to increase efficiency and accessibility of governmental services. Process of Administrative Reforms in Canada  Canadas governmental administrative reform is considered to be an ongoing process although over that past half century there have been two periods in particular which saw  a great deal of reform in an attempt to improve the governance of the country. The first era of massive reform occurred in the mid 1960s to early 1970s while  the second push did not occur until the mid 1990s (Evans, 2003). The 1960s and 1970s saw a great deal of concentration  on the improvement of the public sector, social programs and the welfare state and included the introduction of the Canada Pension Plan, medicare and unemployment insurance among other improvements. In