Rules, Rules, Rules, Rules

by Doern, G. Bruce; Johnson, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780802038586
• ISBN10: 0802038581
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-31
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

The dynamics of multi-level regulatory governance are ever-changing, not just in a North American context, but in a global one as well. Rules, Rules, Rules, Rules, clarifies the nature, causes, and dynamics of levels of regulatory governance in, or affecting, Canada. Edited by G. Bruce Doern and Robert Johnson, this collection makes conceptual and practical contributions to the debate over what kinds of principles and institutional approaches can resolve the problems of multi-level regulatory governance. This is the first text to provide an integrated discussion of key politico-institutional issues such as smart regulation, innovation, social and economic regulatory governance, accountability and transparency in Canada through a study of the multi-level regulatory interactions that the nation must function within.Rules, Rules, Rules, Rules considers various sectors where rule-making spans all or most of the four levels of jurisdiction - international, federal, provincial, and city or local - in areas such as food safety, investment and trade, forestry, drinking water, oil and gas, and emergency management. A central argument of the collection is that the pressure to merge, collapse or rationalize levels of regulation is mainly driven by business interests, liberalized trade ideas, and related technological changes. Economic concerns about Canada's declining productivity compared to the U.S. are also discussed, as are issues of security, terrorism, and core business and economic concerns in the post-911 era.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Abbreviations	ix
Multilevel Regulatory Governance: Concepts, Context, and Key Issues	3	(26)
G. Bruce Doern
Robert Johnson
Part One: Macro and Framework Regulatory Dimensions
Risks and Rewards: The Case for Accelerating Canada-U.S. Regulatory Cooperation	29	(23)
Michael Hart
Regulatory Policy: The Potential for Common Federal-Provincial-Territorial-Policies on Regulation	52	(28)
Robert Johnson
Federal `Related Science Activities' and Multilevel Regulation	80	(21)
G. Bruce Doern
Still between a Rock and a Hard Place: Local Government Autonomy and Regulation	101	(23)
Christopher Stoney
Balancing Acts: Multilevel Regulation of Canada's Voluntary Sector	124	(33)
Susan D. Phillips
Part Two: Sectoral Regulatory Realms and Dynamics
Multilevel Regulatory Governance of Food Safety: A Work in Progress	157	(23)
Grace Skogstad
Investment, Trade, and Growth: Multilevel Regulatory Regimes in Canada	180	(29)
Geoffrey Hale
Christopher Kukucha
Forest-Sector Regulation and Communities	209	(25)
Karine Levasseur
Stephanie Paterson
Intergovernmental Regulation and Municipal Drinking Water	234	(25)
Carey Hill
Kathryn Harrison
Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Multilevel Regulatory Governance	259	(24)
Jen Sulkers
The Alberta Oilpatch: Multilevel Regulation Transformed	283	(22)
Keith Brownsey
Multilevel Regulatory Governance in the Health Sector	305	(20)
Joan Murphy
Regulating Risk: An Assessment of Canada's Multilevel Emergency Management Framework	325	(23)
Phil Graham
Christopher Stoney
Conclusions	348	(21)
G. Bruce Doern
Robert Johnson
Contributors	369