University of Toronto Press
Risky Business
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About this book
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.
Author / Editor information
G. Bruce Doern is a professor emeritus in the School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University. He is the author and co-author of numerous books on Canadian politics and policy, including Faith and Fear: The Free Trade Story, with Brian Tomlin, and Canadian Public Policy: Ideas, Structure, Process, with Richard Phidd.
Reed Ted :Ted Reed is a Research Fellow in the Carleton Research Unit on Innovation, Science and Environment (CRUISE) at Carleton University and is also a Lecturer with the Department of Environmental Studies and Geography at Carleton.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface
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Contributors
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1. Canada’s Changing Science-Based Policy and Regulatory Regime: Issues and Framework
1 - Part 1: Macro-Issues and Policy Controversies
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2. Government Science and the Public Interest
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3. Between Expertise and Bureaucracy: Risk Management Trapped at the Science-Policy Interface
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4. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease): Lessons for Public Policy
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5. Can Eco-Labelling Undermine International Agreement on Science-Based Standards?
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6. Risk-Based Regulatory Responses in Global Food Trade: A Case Study of Guatemalan Raspberry Imports into the United States and Canada, 1996–1998
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7. Socioeconomic versus Science-Based Regulation: Informal Influences on the Formal Regulation of rbST in Canada
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8. The Therapeutic Products Programme: From Traditional Science-Based Regulator to Science-Based Risk-Benefit Manager?
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9. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency: Modernizing Science-Based Regulation
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10. The Pest Management Regulatory Agency: The Resilience of Science in Pesticide Regulation
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11. Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Science and Conservation
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12. Patient Science versus Science on Demand: The Stretching of Green Science at Environment Canada
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13. A Question of Balance: New Approaches for Science-Based Regulation
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14. Central Agencies, Horizontal Issues, and Precarious Values: Coordinating Science Policy in the Federal Government
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15. Conclusions: New Institutions and Prospects for Change
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