The Royal Commission on Government Organization (also known as the Glassco Commission) was a Canadian

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appointed in 1960 to inquire into the organization of the

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. Chaired by businessman J. Grant Glassco, it issued a five volume report in 1962 and 1963 recommending that government departments be managed on a decentralized basis, that the

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be reorganized, and that senior management should rotate between departments.

Recommendations

The Glassco recommended that the

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should become an independent department whose independence should formally be recognised. In January 1965, this led to an

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, which designated the Bureau Department of the federal government. The Dominion Statistician would be Deputy Head.

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