Professor Sparrow

“Malcolm Sparrow boils down complex issues into fundamental, practical questions that may be difficult to answer but critical to do so before a sensible solution can be put in place.”

Malcolm Sparrow is an expert on regulation and risk management and a professor at Harvard University. He specializes in the examination of managerial challenges that confront the compliance side of government, the development of new models of information and analytical support for strategies to improve compliance, fraud control, and the application of network analysis techniques to criminal intelligence analysis.

Currently, Mr. Sparrow lectures in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, in the areas of Managed Information Systems, Financial Management in the public and not-for-profit sectors, Probability Theory, Decision Theory, and Statistics. Earlier in his career, he served 10 years with the British Police Service, rising to the rank of Detective Chief Inspector where he conducted internal affairs investigations, commanded a tactical firearms unit, and gained extensive experience with criminal investigation.

Mr. Sparrow is a patent-holding inventor in the area of computerized fingerprint analysis. In one of his most recent publications, The Regulatory Craft: Controlling Risks, Solving Problems, and Managing Compliance he provides an approach to the reform of regulatory and enforcement practices focusing as much on changing the behaviour of regulators as on changing the law.

We are pleased that Dr. Sparrow will attend The Regulatory Craft in Nova Scotia conference for a second consecutive year, as his lasting contributions through last year's event have proven enlightening and memorable.

Doug McKenzie-Mohr

For over two decades Doug McKenzie-Mohr has been working to incorporate scientific knowledge on behaviour change into the design and delivery of community programs. He is the founder of community-based social marketing, and his book Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing has become requisite reading for those who deliver programs to promote sustainable behavior. He has delivered workshops internationally for over 30,000 environmental program managers. Dr. McKenzie-Mohr is also the author of the Fostering Sustainable Behavior website and listserv. The listserv links together over 4500 environmental program planners.

Dr. McKenzie-Mohr has worked internationally with a diverse array of governmental and non-governmental agencies, assisting them in identifying the barriers to behaviour change and in developing and evaluating community-based social marketing initiatives to overcome these barriers. Dr. McKenzie-Mohr has served as an advisor for Canada’s public education efforts on climate change, as the coordinator of the international organization, Holis: The Society for a Sustainable Future, and as a member of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. He has been awarded the Canadian Psychological Association’s Psychologists for Social Responsibility Research and Social Action Award and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Public Advocacy Fellowship. He is a former Professor of Psychology at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada where he co-coordinated the Environment and Society program.

Honourable Jamie Muir

Education
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education, Dalhousie University; Master’s and Doctorate degrees in education, University of Virginia.

Employment History
Frontier College instructor; high school teacher in Truro; director of inspection services at the Nova Scotia Department of Education; inspector of schools in Cumberland, Colchester and East Hants; lecturer at University of Prince Edward Island; assistant professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland; senior research associate at the Atlantic Institute of Education; principal of the Nova Scotia Teachers College; faculty member in education department at St. Francis Xavier University.

Political Career
First elected to Legislative Assembly in March 1998; re-elected July 1999, August 2003 and June 2006. Cabinet duties have included:

• Attorney General
• Minister of Justice
• Minister of Health
• Minister of Education
• Minister responsible for the Human Rights Act
• Minister of the Regulations Act, and
• Minister responsible for Part II of the Workers' Compensation Act and the Youth Secretariat Act

Deputy Minister, Office of the Premier
Deputy Minister, Treasury & Policy Board
CEO, Communications Nova Scotia
Head of the Public Service
Clerk & Secretary of the Executive Council

Mr. Fowler was appointed to his positions on September 1, 2006. He most recently became Clerk and Secretary of the Executive Council on February 19th, 2007. Prior to these appointments Mr. Fowler was the Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, as well as, the Acting Deputy Minister of the Department of Health Promotion & Protection

Mr. Fowler’s public service career has spanned more than 30 years. Previous positions have included, CEO of the Sydney Tar Ponds Agency, an Executive Interchange with the Federal Government as Regional Director General Health Canada Atlantic Region, Assistant Deputy Minister Positions in Community Services and Economic Development, as well as positions in Health, Management Board and Consumer Affairs.

Mr. Fowler is a passionate believer in the values and ethics of a professional public service which strives for excellence in services to Nova Scotian’s and respect and development of its greatest assets; its employees.

Mr. Daly is the Director of the Office of Competitiveness and Compliance at the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour. His office is leading a regulatory culture change across the department and also serving as a model for the rest of government. The vision of his office is to be a leader in regulatory excellence in Nova Scotia and across Canada.

Formerly the Environmental Assessment Administrator for Nova Scotia, Chris has also led the Province’s outdoor air quality branch. Prior to his work in government, he held positions with a number of environmental consulting firms.

He holds an undergraduate honours degree in Biological Sciences and a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies (MES), both from Dalhousie University.

Ms. Vanstone was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister of the NS Department of Environment & Labour in November, 2004. During this period, Ms. Vanstone was instrumental in the design and implementation of the Competitiveness and Compliance Initiative to improve the quality of regulatory systems across the department. She also leads the province-wide regulatory reform initiative.

Ms. Vanstone was previously Executive Director of Registry and Information Management Services with the Department of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations. She was responsible for vital statistics, business, personal property and land registries across the province as well as geomatics and information management services for the department. During her career in public service, Ms. Vanstone has also worked with the Department of Municipal Affairs, the Council of Maritime Premiers, the Deputy Minister's Land Use Secretariat, and the Department of Economic Development. She has been closely associated with several significant reform initiatives, including the modernization of Nova Scotia’s land registration system, and the establishment of a regional electronic personal property registry.

Ms. Vanstone is currently the Acting Deputy Minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour.

Ms. Vanstone holds a Master of Science (Urban and Regional Planning), University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours Geography), University of Western Ontario.

Mary E. Moreland is a Senior Policy Advisor at the Officer of Consumer and Public Involvement, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada, and is one of the project leads on the implementation of the Policy on Public Input. Mary has over 10 years experience contributing to various national public participation initiatives such as the creation of the Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee, the implementation of the National Innovation and Learning Engagement Strategy, and coordinating outreach activities during the 2005 United Nations Montreal Climate Change Conference. She is also one of 8 Canadians licensed by the International Association of Public Participation (www.iap2.org) to deliver their five-day Public Participation certificate course. Mary is a project lead on the implementation of HPFB's Review of Regulated Products: Policy on Public Input. The opportunity to collaborate with Health Canada’s regulatory staff and Dr. Mavis Jones, Dalhousie University, have added whole new dimensions to her understanding of how and why we incorporate public input in science based decision-making.

Dr. Mavis Jones is a post-doctoral fellow working under the supervision of Dr. Janice Graham, a medical anthropologist and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University. She defended her Ph.D. (Open Bodies. Legitimization, networks and UK human genetics governance) in January 2007 in the School of Political, Social and International Studies at the University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK).

Dr. Jones' varied research background includes a range of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in a range of social science disciplines; she now focuses her attention on qualitative studies in political sociology. Her current research interests are in risk regulation in health and environmental issues, particularly from a comparative angle.

Dr. Jones currently holds a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Genetics (Ethics, Law and Society) in which she is working with Health Canada on ways to incorporate public input as evidence in the safety review of health and food products.

Marion Maloney

Marion Maloney is a policy advisor on Modernising Regulation for the Environment Agency of England and Wales. In her role, Marion works on national and European better regulation initiatives. Marion has previously worked in Brussels (Belgium) and in the North East of England on a number of public policy issues.

Marion has a Bachelors Degree in Business Management and French from the University of Leeds and a Masters Degree in European Politics from the College of Europe in Belgium. In her spare time, Marion likes walking in Britain and Ireland.

Darren MacDonald

Darren MacDonald, Ergonomist for the Worker's Compensation Board of Nova Scotia, has over 11 years of experience in human performance ergonomics consulting in various industries. In addition, Darren has delivered ergonomics training for audiences of varied backgrounds, from executives to operators.

Prior to joining the Worker's Compensation Board of Nova Scotia, Darren was a Senior Consultant in Irvine, California with Humantech, Inc. an ergonomics consultancy based in Ann Arbor, MI providing global ergonomics support to many Fortune 500 corporations. Before heading to the US, Darren was a provincial Ergonomist with the Workplace Health, Safety & Compensation Commission of New Brunswick based in Saint John.

Darren received his Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is currently pursuing a Masters of Science degree in Ergonomics from the University of Derby in the United Kingdom. Darren is a member of; the Ergonomics Society (UK), the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (USA), and is a past member of the Association of Canadian Ergonomists and the Institute of Industrial Engineers. He has also received recognition as a Board Certified Professional Ergonomist.

Peter Goyert

Peter Goyert is a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CCPE) with over 15 years of experience in musculoskeletal injury prevention and is the senior ergonomist with WorkSafeBC. He graduated as a physiotherapist from the University of British Columbia in 1978.

Since 1994 he has been working as an Ergonomist, with WorkSafeBC. Working with both Industry and Labour he was part of the tripartite process resulting in the formal publication of the BC Ergonomic Regulations known as the Ergonomic (MSI) Requirements. Peter has spoken on the BC ergonomic regulations at conferences both in Canada and the US

His primary work is with employers, assisting them to examine their ergonomic issues through a three- pillared approach of consultation, education and enforcement. He is active in the field of ergonomic risk evaluation, risk control and training in a variety of industries including; healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, warehousing, aerospace, schools and municipalities.

Peter teaches ergonomics at both the local and university level and is a member of the Association of Canadian Ergonomists. He has published articles in scientific journals such as ‘Spine’ and ‘Physiotherapy Canada’ and is the co-author of the popular publication, Back Talk: An Owners Manual. In 2006 he authored an ergonomic safe work practices booklet for school custodians called Clean Sweep.

For 18 years Peter operated a private physiotherapy practice in the BC Corrections jail system treating some of BC’s most notorious inmates, cumulatively spending more time behind bars than most of the inmates. He still works as a physiotherapist doing summer locums and on his off hours is an avid cyclist.

Executive Director, Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations

Nancy is a graduate of Dalhousie (B.A. '86) and has an MBA from St. Mary's University (2002). Prior to joining government, Nancy worked for 12 years in the private sector in the travel and tourism industry. She joined the Department of Business and Consumer Services in 1997 as Regional Director of Service Delivery and Operations, with responsibility for the establishment of regional Access Nova Scotia Centres. In 2000, Nancy led the transition of Business and Consumer Services and Housing and Municipal Affairs to merge to become Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations. In 2002, as part of a government executive development program, Nancy spent 2 years as a Senior Corporate Policy Analyst at Treasury and Policy Board, and a subsequent 18 months as a Director of Court Services for the Department of Justice. Nancy returned to Service Nova Scotia and since early 2006, has held the position of Executive Director of Strategy and Innovation.

Leanne Hachey is Vice President, Atlantic Canada for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). In this role she lobbies government on behalf of CFIB’s 12,000 small and medium sized businesses and members in Atlantic Canada. Leanne has worked with CFIB since 2002 and in various roles for CFIB before her current position.

Before joining CFIB, she worked both with government and in the media. The role of government in Canadian society and the need for entrepreneurial and independent communities as a foundation for economic development are some of her special interests.

Lisa Muton is the Manager of the Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre. The Centre is a member of the Canada Business Network, a national network providing services for entrepreneurs which is managed by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) in the Atlantic region. Lisa has been with ACOA for seven years and has worked in a number of areas within the Agency, including the Atlantic Innovation Fund and the Strategic Initiatives team where she was involved in sector development activities as well as initiatives to build innovation and commercialization capacity in the province. Prior to joining ACOA, Lisa worked in the private sector in New Brunswick where she was involved in business development activities including the start-up of two biotechnology companies. Lisa received her Master's in Business Administration from the University of New Brunswick and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the Université de Moncton.

Michael M. Stahl is currently serving as Director, Office of Compliance at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. He is one of the Agency’s senior officials responsible for directing EPA’s programs to assure compliance with the nation’s environmental laws and regulations.

In his current position as OC Director, Michael has five major responsibilities: ensuring effective monitoring and assessment of compliance; advancing the practice of compliance assistance; enhancing the quality and expanding the use of compliance data; providing leadership in program planning, priority setting, and performance measurement; and directing the national training program for environmental compliance and enforcement personnel.

Michael has directed or participated in international projects and missions under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. State Department, the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement. He has conducted capacity building workshops in compliance and enforcement program design and performance measurement in Egypt, Argentina, the Netherlands, Brazil, China, Viet Nam, Thailand, the Philippines, and Australia, and has spoken at international conferences in Mexico, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Morocco, and France.

Since 1983, Michael has served in a variety of management positions in several EPA program offices. In 2002, he was awarded a Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Service. He has twice received a Gold Medal for Exceptional Service for distribution of loans and grants to schools for abatement of asbestos hazards and for reorganization of EPA’s enforcement program. Michael began his federal service in 1980 as a Presidential Management Intern at the Consumer Product Safety Commission where he served as a special assistant to the Executive Director.

Since 1999, Michael has also served as an Adjunct Faculty member of the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, where he teaches courses on public management in the Master of Public Administration program. Michael graduated from the University of Missouri in 1980 with a Master’s degree in public administration after working for three years in the Senate of the State of Missouri as an assistant to the Majority Floor Leader.

Michael Presley is the Executive Director of the Regulatory Affairs Division at the Treasury Board Secretariat, a position he has held since August 7, 2007.

Prior to joining TBS, Michael Presley was Director General of the Food Value Chain Bureau at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). While at AAFC, he was one of four team leaders in the Department charged with shaping and implementing the Food Safety and Quality elements of the Agriculture Policy Framework and was also a Team Leader on the Department’s Markets & Trade Team. Michael was formerly the Director, Environment Bureau within AAFC, and had been with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) since 1992. Prior to AAFC, Michael worked for Transport Canada in various capacities both in the NCR and in the BC Regional offices and started his career with the Public Service Commission.

Michael holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Queen's University, and a Masters of Public Administration from Carleton University.

John Stager

John Stager has been the Assistant Deputy Minister lead for the Inspections, Investigations and Enforcement (II&E) Modernization initiative and the head of the II&E Secretariat since November 2004.

John began his OPS career with the Ministry of the Environment in 1988, bringing an extensive private sector background in project and change management. For the next 12 years John held progressively more senior positions, managing a series of strategic and change initiatives.

In 2000, John represented the Ontario government in Walkerton, providing cross-ministry support to individuals, families and businesses following the E-coli outbreak.

From late 2000 to 2004, John was the Director of the Environmental SWAT team, an innovation-focused, environmental enforcement branch. In this role, John had the opportunity to lead a number of compliance improvement and strategic development initiatives.

Hal Knox

Hal is Manager, Corporate Compliance Group (CCG), Compliance, Environment and Operations Branch, with the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB). Since joining the Energy Resources Conservation Board, the predecessor to the EUB, in 1977 he has worked on various aspects of regulation of the upstream energy industry sector in Alberta.

CCG champions EUB compliance assurance and liability management program development and supports related operational activities. CCG administers well, facility and pipeline licence transfer applications; monitors corporate abandonment and reclamation liability; and coordinates high level enforcement actions in support of EUB regulatory and liability management objectives.

Hal holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (with Distinction) from the University of Saskatchewan (1977), a Management Certificate from the University of Calgary (1997), and a Senior and Executive Manager’s Program Development Certificate from the University of Alberta (2002). His professional affiliations include Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA), the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), and the Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers (CADE). Hal is a Director of the Alberta Orphan Well Association.

Gwenda Laughland

Gwenda Laughland is the Director of the Compliance Policy and Planning Branch with the British Columbia Ministry of Environment. In this capacity, Gwenda leads a team responsible for providing ministry-wide leadership and service in support of a strategic approach to compliance management. Commencing her career with the Public Service in 1995, Gwenda worked on commercial vehicle compliance management issues with the BC Ministry of Transportation before taking on progressively more senior roles with the Ministry of Environment. Gwenda has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Concordia University in Montreal and a Masters Degree in Arts from the University of Victoria. In her personal time, Gwenda enjoys exploring the beautiful Gulf Islands off the coast of Vancouver Island with her husband and three young daughters.

Steve Montague, a partner with Performance Management Network, has over 25 years of experience in performance planning, measurement, evaluation and reporting. He has served public, not-for-profit and private organizations through consulting and educational services across federal, provincial, regional/municipal and international jurisdictions. Steve has won merit awards from the Canadian Federal Government and from the Canadian Evaluation Society for his leadership in evaluation, and has been one of the Canadian pioneers of evaluation and performance measurement in regulatory control areas. He has published and presented on this subject for such institutions as the OECD, the World Bank - IFC and the Canadian, U.S. and Australian Governments. His adaptation of a needs - results hierarchy approach to performance planning and measurement has been used by agencies within the Government of Canada, and most recently by Nova Scotia's Department of Environment and Labour.

Mr. Cormier holds the position of Director Public (Technical) Safety, Fire Marshal, Province of Nova Scotia.

Bob Cormier is a graduate of St. Mary’s University with a Bachelor of Commerce. He attended Henson College Fire Service Administration and after graduating became the adjutant instructor for Henson College, New Brunswick Community College, Nova Scotia Firefighters School and Canadian Fire Investigation School.

Mr. Cormier has been a fire service member for 34 years, 18 of those as Fire Prevention Specialist with the Sackville Fire Department as a volunteer as well as paid fire fighter. He has been Fire Marshal for 14 years and spent 2 years volunteer firefighter.

Mr. Cormier is a member of the following National and International committees: International Committee to Study Fire Safety and the Environment; National Fire Protection Association Fire Marshals Forum; National Building and Fire Code Commission; National Task Teams building code priorities and redefining care facilities; fire committees for Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada and Underwriters Laboratories Incorporated, Canadian Standards Association and Warnock Hersey; National Task Force on the Fire Code; Past President Council of Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners; National Public Safety Advisory Council; Provincial Territorial Policy Advisory Council on the Codes. He has also held the following paid and volunteer positions: power engineer, properties maintenance, union president, and vice president Chamber of Commerce.

Adam, a graduate of Carleton University with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Law (Concentration in Law, Policy & Government), has been a member of the Competition Bureau since 2001. Initially a member of the Mergers Branch, Adam currently works as member of the Fair Business Practices Branch, which focuses on Misleading Representations and Deceptive Marketing Practices. During his time with the Competition Bureau, he has been actively involved in a number of significant cases under the Competition Act. He was a member of the case team who successfully litigated the Bureau’s first ordinary selling price case against Sears Canada Inc., and was the primary officer on the Bureau’s recent inquiry into “light” and “mild” cigarettes resulting in voluntary agreements from the major cigarette manufacturers to remove these descriptors from their packaging. Adam is currently one of the lead officers on the Bureau’s Fraudulent Health Claims T.E.A.M.

Vice President Brad is responsible for all of the Greater Halifax Partnership’s outward-facing activities, including investor relations, SmartBusiness retention and expansion, and investment attraction. In his role, he leads all teams and relationships that are fundamental to our mission of helping to keep and grow the businesses we have, while attracting new businesses to the area. A native of Dartmouth, Brad joined the Greater Halifax Partnership as Director, Investor Relations in November 2001. Prior to this, he has gained a wide breadth of experience in sales and marketing, recruitment, hospitality and human resources. A leader in the community, Brad has worked extensively in a voluntary capacity with community boards serving as a member of the board of directors of the Dartmouth Sportsplex, Chair of the Advisory committee for the annual Blue Nose International Marathon, a member of the Shearwater Lands Advisory committee, a member of HRM’s Special Events Advisory committee, a member of DND Leadership committee to the Navy and an advisor for the Provinces’ Better Regulation Initiative. In addition Brad coaches competitive youth soccer.

Brad is a graduate of Saint Mary’s University. He has also participated in many industry-related management and certification courses including train the trainer, facilitation, and coaching programs.

Mark Butler has an undergraduate and graduate degree in Environmental Studies. Mark began as a volunteer with the Ecology Action Centre, became their Marine Coordinator in 1996 and Managing Director in 2001. He is currently part-time Policy Director at the EAC and full-time Dad. During the period in which Mark has worked with the EAC, the organization has grown in size from 2 to 25 staff members as well as in other ways and is the largest environmental organization in Atlantic Canada. Before joining EAC, Mark worked as a marine educator, a fisheries consultant both in Canada and overseas, and as a deckhand on commercial fishing boats. Mark likes to grow food, watch birds and pick wild mushrooms.

A former clerk to the Supreme Court of Canada and Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, Mr. Lahey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Allison University, a Bachelor of Law degree from Oxford and Master's degree in law from the University of Toronto. He has ten years of previous experience working for the Government of Nova Scotia, including terms as Deputy Minister of Environment and Labour, Assistant Deputy Minister of Health, Director of Corporate Services with the former Department of Human Resources, and as a Solicitor in the Department of Justice.

Mr. Lahey is currently the Director of the Health Law Institute and an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at Dalhousie University, where he teaches courses in Health and Public Law. He was awarded the Dalhousie Law Students' Society and Alumni Excellence in Teaching Award for 2003-04.

Paul F. Taylor

Deputy Minister
Nova Scotia Economic Development

Born and raised in the Halifax-Dartmouth area, Paul Taylor is a graduate of Dalhousie University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology. In 1980 he earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of British Columbia. For a number of years he worked as a business development and financial consultant in Vancouver.

Mr. Taylor has served with the Province of Nova Scotia since 1982. He has been closely associated with efforts to grow the economy through initiatives in the energy, forestry, mining and tourism industries. He is the past chair of the Province's Policy Advisory Committee and was the lead negotiator for several large project developments in the energy sector. He coordinated efforts in cooperation with a number of communities and municipalities on oil and gas development while serving in his capacity as Executive Director, Transportation, Utilization and Policy with the Nova Scotia Department of Energy. Mr. Taylor was appointed to his current position as Deputy Minister for Nova Scotia Economic Development effective January 1, 2004.

Mr. Taylor serves on the Board of Directors for Nova Scotia Business Inc., and the Nova Scotia Innovation Corporation (InNOVAcorp).

The Honourable Mark Parent, Minister of Environment and Labour, is a native Nova Scotian, an author, and pastor who has served churches in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia before returning to his native Kings County in 1994 as pastor of the Pereaux United Baptist Church.

He obtained his B.A. from York University and went on to receive a Master of Divinity from Acadia Divinity College, and a PhD. in philosophy from McGill University. He has taught at Mount Allison and Mount Saint Vincent Universities, written two books, four academic journal articles, and numerous columns for periodicals and daily newspapers. He has been representing the constituents of Kings North since he was first elected to the House of Assembly in July 1999.

Mr. Parent took on the portfolio of Environment and Labour in June of 2006. Since that time, the department has been making advances in a number of areas: including the development of a strategy for dealing with violence in the workplace, and the introduction of the Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act, which aims at making Nova Scotia one of the cleanest and most sustainable environments in the world.