SOCI 205 Lecture 10: chapter 62
8 Apr 2016
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Learning intentions: to examine conflicts inherent in the way in which biotechnology is regulated in canada. The fact that the federal government has a dual role as both regulator and promoter of genetically engineered feed and food is an internal paradox. The chr tien government ignored the recommendation of the house of commons. Sustainable development to move oversight for biotechnology to environment canada. Instead regulation of biotechnology was left in the hands of agriculture and agri-food canada and. Environment canada would have been given increased power through a proposed new section of the canadian. Environmental protection act, which would have regulated genetically engineered organisms as potentially toxic" substances, which would have required a departmental environmental assessment. There is an internal tension between the federal government"s role in assessing and regulating all products marketed for human and animal release, and on the other hand, promoting economic growth.
