An epistemic community comes and goes? Local and national expressions of heart health promotion in Canada

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The objective of this study is to examine the existence and shape of epistemic communities for (heart) health promotion at the international, national, provincial and regional levels in Canada. Epistemic community may be defined as a network of experts with an authoritative claim to policy relevant knowledge in their area of expertise.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>An interpretive policy analysis was employed using 60 documents (48 provincial, 8 national and 4 international) and 66 interviews (from 5 Canadian provinces). These data were entered into NUD*IST, a qualitative software analysis package, to assist in the development of codes and themes. These codes form the basis of the results.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>A scientific and policy epistemic community was identified at the international and Canadian federal levels. Provincially and regionally, the community is present as an idea but its implementation varies between jurisdictions.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The importance of economic, political and cultural factors shapes the presence and shape of the epistemic community in different jurisdictions. The community waxes and wanes but appears robust.</p

National Government Responses to Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Certification: Insights from Atlantic Canada

Over the last decade, the proliferation of social and environmental certification programmes has attracted the attention of a growing number of political scientists interested in new forms of ‘private’ transnational governance. However, we still lack analyses on the nature and extent of different state responses to and involvement in new private transnational governance arrangements in particular sectors and in different jurisdictions. This paper advances our understanding of the interactions between nation-state and private transnational modes of governance by analysing the role of national government authorities in Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) fisheries certification in Atlantic Canada, known more for the disastrous collapse of Northern cod stocks than good marine stewardship. Focusing on the 2008 certification of Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) fisheries off the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the analysis finds that the implementation and maintenance of MSC certification in this case depended on significant support from government authorities. The delicate legitimacy of both authorities face a period of uncertainty in this case since some certified shrimp stocks appear to be in decline and perhaps also migrating northward off Newfoundland and Labrador

Statutes of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Description based on: 2001.Imprint varies slightly.Vols. for [18 ]-2000 issued by the government under its earlier name: Newfoundland.No vol. published for 1990.Mode of access: Internet.TITLE HISTORY: Acts of the General Assembly of Newfoundland, [18 ]-1933; Acts of the Honourable Commission of Government of Newfoundland, 1934-1948; Statutes of Newfoundland, 1949-1975; Statutes of the Province of Newfoundland, 1975/76-2000; Statutes of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, 44th General Assembly, 3rd session (2001)

Report, findings and recommendations

Royal Commission of Enquiry Into The Involvement of The Government of Newfoundland and Newfoundland Enviroponics LimitedPart I. Submitting letter to Lieutenant Governor in council -- Commission staff -- Acknowledgements -- Commission (terms of reference) -- Forward -- Part II. Overview -- Part III. Sprung technology -- Purchase of facility, land and equipment -- Part IV. Sprung accounting -- Sources and uses of cash statement -- Government of Newfoundland investment and advances -- Government funding by period -- Sprung group investment and advances -- Sales of produce -- Investment tax credit refund -- Interest on lien holdback acounts -- Wages and benefits -- Packaging, shipping and customs -- Payments to Sprung environmental space enclosures, Mecanico and New-Land -- Part V. Legal agreements and governments $3.5 million equity -- Part VI. Loan guarantees -- Part VII. Changes to: construction and shareholders agreements -- Part VIII. Electricity (energy) provisions shareholders agreement. The provisions -- Calculation of energy costs pursuant to shareholders agreement for 1988 -- Part IX. Comments shareholders agreement/construction agreement. Participant's equity -- Advance of participants equity -- Payment -- Contract price -- Class B shares -- Remuneration of senior management -- Schedule B to the shareholders agreement -- Completion date -- Approvals -- Owners representative -- Substantial completion -- Part X. Environmental assessment -- Government involvement in the legal process -- Part XI. The terms of reference and findings thereto -- Part XII. GlossaryIncludes index