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Articles

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2016)

The Extraordinary Employment Tenure of New Brunswick Municipal Officers: A Case of the Entrenched Civil Servant?

Submitted
October 7, 2016
Published
2016-10-05

Abstract

Peter McCormick has examined the evolution of the concept of judicial independence, and has noted that it is increasingly being granted to individuals who act under administrative law. This article examines the “extraordinary employment tenure” granted to municipal officers, partly through this lens. This protection for senior managers exists in its purest form in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec, though I will concentrate on the first case. I will discuss the rationales for its initial adoption, its implications for council-staff relations, and the extent to which this grants clerks, treasurers, and chief administrative officers an unusually independent role within municipal government.