Risky Business: Canada's Changing Science-based Policy And Regulatory Regime (studies In Comparative Political Economy And Public Policy)

Risky Business is a comprehensive look at Canada's science-based policy and regulatory regime. It asks what risks Canadians might be exposed to as fiscal pressures strain the capacity of regulators in areas such as food, drugs, pesticides, fisheries, and the environment. The first part of this book focuses the reader's attention on diverse and major themes and issues that pervade science-based regulatory regimes today. The second part suggests a framework for analysis and endeavours to present both sympathetic and critical perspectives on the inner-workings of regulatory departments and agencies in the area of the protection of human and environmental health and safety. Covering such topics as the organizational evolution of regulatory agencies, regulatory bodies' changing sources and levels of funding, a review of the independence of science, and the increased potential for realization of risk, these essays point to the need for these regulators to operate with openness and accessibility in order to maintain public confidence. Indeed, the contributors argue that this openness is crucial to both democratic governance and the development of innovative knowledge economies. 1. Canada's Changing Science-based Policy And Regulatory Regime: Issues And Framework / G. Bruce Doern And Ted Reed -- 2. Government Science And The Public Interest / John De La Mothe -- 3. Between Expertise And Bureaucracy: Risk Management Trapped At The Science-policy Interface / William Leiss -- 4. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad Cow Disease): Lessons For Public Policy / Erik Millstone And Patrick Van Zwanenberg -- 5. Can Eco-labelling Undermine International Agreement On Science-based Standards? / Dennis Browne, Ramesh Chaitoo And Michael Hart -- 6. Risk-based Regulatory Responses In Global Food Trade: A Case Study Of Guatemalan Raspberry Imports Into The United States And Canada, 1996-1998 / Douglas Powell -- 7. Socioeconomic Versus Science-based Regulation: Informal Influences On The Formal Regulation Of Rbst In Canada / Mark R. Macdonald -- 8. The Therapeutic Products Programme: From Traditional Science-based Regulator To Science-based Risk-benefit Manager? / G. Bruce Doern -- 9. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency: Modernizing Science-based Regulation / Michael J. Prince -- 10. The Pest Management Regulatory Agency: The Resilience Of Science In Pesticide Regulation / Ivo Krupka -- 11. Fisheries And Oceans Canada: Science And Conservation / Daniel E. Lane -- 12. Patient Science Versus Science On Demand: The Stretching Of Green Science At Environment Canada / G. Bruce Doern -- 13. A Question Of Balance: New Approaches For Science-based Regulation / Bill Jarvis -- 14. Central Agencies, Horizontal Issues, And Precarious Values: Coordinating Science Policy In The Federal Government / Evert Lindquist And Margaret Barker -- 15. Conclusions: New Institutions And Prospects For Change / G. Bruce Doern And Ted Reed. G. Bruce Doern And Ted Reed, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References. The essays in this volume ask what risks Canadians might be exposed to as fiscal pressures strain the capacity of regulators in areas such as food, drugs, pesticides, fisheries, and the environment.