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The Public Service Commission (PSC) is responsible for the administration of the Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP). As part of this program, it manages, among other things, a general inventory of students for which it manages the applications received as well as student referrals to...

The Government of Canada provides post-secondary students with opportunities to gain work experience and develop skills with federal organizations. The Public Service Commission maintains a list of validated post-secondary academic institutions and programs.

Part 7 (Political Activities) of the Public Service Employment Act and its Regulations provide a regime for governing the political activities of public servants, while recognizing the need to balance their rights to engage in political activities with the principle of an impartial public...

Ministerial staff are hired by ministers pursuant to section 128 of the Public Service Employment Act. Section 35.2 of the Act allows eligible former ministerial staff to apply to advertised internal appointment processes that are open to employees of the federal public service for a period of...

The investigations function plays an important role in the Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC)’s accountability to Parliament. Our investigations help safeguard the integrity of appointments and oversee the political impartiality of the federal public service. Part 5 of the Public Service...

From December 14, 2022, to March 31, 2023, the Government of Canada consulted Canadians on how regulation affects ocean innovation, regulatory barriers to environmentally sustainable growth and ways to develop agile regulations to address concerns of future-oriented ocean industries. Targeted...

From March 27 to June 19, 2023, the Government of Canada invited stakeholders to share their views in the Annual Regulatory Modernization Bill (ARMB) public consultation aimed at enhancing regulatory processes. As regulators develop or update regulations to meet various objectives, such as...

Hiring activities refers to indeterminate and term appointments to the public service, the hiring of casuals as per subsection 50(1) of the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA) and the hiring of students under the Student Employment Programs Participants Exclusion Approval Order. Indeterminate...

The Public Service Commission (PSC) collects data on individuals who apply through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) for advertisements open to Canadians on the PSC’s jobs.gc.ca website. This enables the PSC to assess employment equity (EE) trends and performance regarding the share of...

Applicant data refers to information on selected characteristics (e.g. geographical area and educational profile) for applicants to externally advertised processes, via the Post-Secondary Recruitment program (PSR), the Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP) and general external...