The genomics "regulatory-science" regime : Au-delà de la commercialisation : stratégies visant à maximiser l'impact économique et social de la recherche en génomique

Those already in place include: a) an amalgam of regulatory cific topics are selected on the basis of their and governance structures, values and varied types of democracy; and b) systems of sci- importance and timeliness, as well as the ence, evidence and knowledge in support of regulation generally, and the regulation of “ripeness” of the underlying scholarship. [...] Michael Prince) on Three Bio-Realms: focus on the 'coordinated framework' of empowered actors and institutions that Biotechnology and the Governance of Food, delivers services to the public and industry, there is significant value in framing any Health and Life in Canada (University of Toronto analysis at the broader and all-encompassing regime level. [...] At the University of In the Canadian federation rules must conform to the division of powers between Saskatchewan he has held the Van Vliet Re- the federal and provincial jurisdictions and to the overarching Charter of Rights and search Chair, created and held an NSERC- Freedoms. [...] He has been a member of the Board of that underpins regulators’ efforts in regulation-making and the scientific knowl- Directors of the Canadian Agri-food Policy In- stitute, the Estey Centre for the Study of Trade, edge and related expertise possessed by front-line regulatory staff engaged in as- Law and the Economy, and Ag West Bio Inc., sessing products, what is sometimes labelled ‘related scie [...] A recent study for CropLife International reports that regula- government will: protect and advance the public interest in health, tory costs globally account for about 26% of the cost and 37% of safety and security, the quality of the environment, and social and the time to develop and commercialize a new GM crop product and economic well-being of Canadians as expressed by Parliament in that the