Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Public services in Canada


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The result was keep--Patar knight - chat/contributions 20:35, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Public services in Canada

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Orphaned, partial duplicate of several existing articles such as Health care in Canada, Education in Canada, etc. Serves no purpose. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 22:37, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as per non...proper (recognized) titles/names are already used in existing articles.Moxy (talk) 17:46, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep, probably we should should have a similar article for all modern states' - this is clearly a valid topic. The public service provision of a modern state is (1) clearly something that actually exists and is important (e.g. making up a substantial proportion of the economy, and in democratic societies, often a major election issue) and (2) the subject of substantial academic investigation (e.g. as a theme in public choice theory). The evolution of public service provision particularly over the last 150 years is an important aspect of the historically changing role of the state. It is a telling point that the nomination states that it is a partial duplicate of a range of articles - this is exactly as it should be, and actually indicates why this article itself is not redundant. Particular aspects of public service provision need specialized articles (healthcare and education are very different, for instance) but this article can still provide an overview of them, with links to sub-articles. This overview article could, in particular, make clear what aspects of education, health care, fire protection etc are provided by the state as a public service (and indeed, whether it is provided at national, provincial or local level) and to what extent it's done by private or charitable organizations; how this balance has changed over time is also something worth covering. There's clear scope for an article here, and not just for Canada. TheGrappler (talk) 22:30, 18 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:38, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. (Note: I created the article.) This was intended to be an overview article of public services available in Canada, the jurisdictions responsible for delivering them, sources of funding, and other aspects of such services. Unfortunately, I haven't had much time to attend to the article, but I think it is a valid topic that merits inclusion on Wikipedia. Mind  matrix  18:52, 19 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep think its a valid topic, as noted above needs work done it --Utinomen (talk) 23:01, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
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