10.2190/U0G5-4K5E-D3V5-RJNC U0G54K5ED3V5RJNC 0 A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CANADIAN PUBLIC SERVICE LABOR RELATIONS STATUTES 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=U0G54K5ED3V5RJNC 1 GERALD E. PHILLIPS The author compares Canadian labor legislation dealing with public service employees who are employed directly by government departments (direct public employees) and those who are employed by government agencies, commissions, or corporations (public agency employees). The analysis deals with four aspects of the relevant statutes: the category of public employees covered, certification rights, bargaining rights, and permissible impasse procedures. Little uniformity was found among the jurisdictions, but a tendency was discerned for public sector legislation to conform to laws governing the private sector.