Managing the Regulatory Tangle: Critical Infrastructure Security and Distributed Governance in Alberta’s Major Traded Sectors

Geoffrey Hale and Cailin Bartlett

Journal of Borderlands Studies, 2019, vol. 34, issue 2, 257-279

Abstract: This article outlines the multi-level governance of critical infrastructure (CI) as an expression of differentiated integration for three major, trade-dependent Alberta industries within North America: electricity transmission networks, oil and gas pipelines, and food safety systems. It notes the presence of overlapping layers of provincial, Canadian federal, US, and bilateral or trilateral regulation, and key variations within each sector. It summarizes the diverse bureaucratic networks responsible for regulatory oversight, and major contemporary challenges to effective network coordination—not least, widespread private sector ownership of CI networks. Finally, it identifies key priorities facing policy-makers, regulators and owners of CI in balancing core priorities of public safety, environmental protection, operational efficiency, and public responsiveness.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2017.1367710

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