Please read as I am unable to attach the document: From David Macdonald, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, "The Shadow Public Service: The Swelling Ranks of Federal Government Outsourced Workers," March 2011***

Within the public service, outsourcing has come to be used as a simplified hiring process. When a department requires new workers, it turns to contractors instead of its own HR department who will find people to fill those positions.

If personnel are needed for short periods once or twice a year, they can be hired as "casual" employees.

This may circumvent the transparency, geographical, bilingual, and nepotism checks.

Question: Do you think that the government has a duty to provide good, full-time, stable employment as an example to other organizations? Discuss why or why not in detail to support your position.