LAW 534 Lecture 2: Lecture 2.docx
17 Apr 2015
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Privitization in some fields should be accompanied by appropriate regulation. Government should not always leave the field completely when it privatizes an activity as seen in the. Should change its role from one of a player to a referee. Where potential values at stake are human life and health, expert risk analysic should inform the political debate. Precautionary principle: enables a policy maker to make a discretionary decision in the absence of scientific certainty. If there is adverse risk of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation. 16. 3 listeria- hot dogs were not audited in 2008, employees were not required to volunteer information concerning repeated occurrences of listeria in the plant to the cfia inspectors. Justice o"conner oppose to manner in which privatization was implemented, not privatization itself. In other words, there is no issue with gov"t decision to privatize laboratory testing.
