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Article: Towards community-based monitoring in Manitoba's hog industry.
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- Canadian Public Administration
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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Rapid changes in hog production in Manitoba are occurring within the context of an outdated regulatory framework and uncertain social and environmental impacts and are thus giving rise to a significant gap in public policy (Public Interest Law Centre 2007). Recognizing these challenges, in 2006, the provincial government imposed a temporary, partial moratorium on the expansion of the industry and charged the Clean Environment Commission (CEC), an arm's-length, quasi-judicial agency, with undertaking a review of the sustainability of the hog industry in the province.
We contend that a comprehensive community-based monitoring program would enhance the ...