RGI Blog
Perspectives on Regulatory Governance
Welcome to the RGI Blog. This is RGI’s latest effort to collate and promulgate cutting-edge insights on critical regulatory matters in order to facilitate innovative thinking on how regulation can work better for Canadians. We think of regulation in broad terms. The posts in this new blog will encompass the big picture issues of regulatory design and instrument choice and the finer grained details of risk management and the interface of science and policy.
The Dog that Doesn’t Bark – A Case Study on Federal Regulation of Industrial Air Pollution in Canada
By Mike Beale RGI’s latest case study[1] The Dog that Doesn’t Bark — Federal Regulation of Industrial Air Pollution in Canada pays homage to Sir …
Canada’s Fisheries Act – A Case Study on the Evolution of Canada’s Federal Water Pollution Regime
By Mike Beale RGI’s new case study, Canada’s Fisheries Act: the Evolution of a Modern Pollution Prevention Regulatory Regime tells the story of how Canada’s …
How I Spent Last Summer
By Mike Beale Last summer I had the occasion to immerse myself in the world of public policy as seen through an academic lens. I …
Coal-fired Electricity – The Story
Mike Beale A bit like Tolstoy’s unhappy families (see Anna Karenina), every regulation has its own story, and its own set of lessons. Coal-Fired Electricity …
Looking Behind the Label: How Transparent are Eco and Ethical Labels?
Philip Schleifer, Matteo Fiorini and Graeme Auld Pretty much every product one buys these days includes some form of label noting an ethical or environmental …
Regulatory Reform: The Search for the Elusive Silver Bullet
Michael Presley Over the years, Governments of all stripes around the world have tried to come to grips with the fact that their regulatory systems …