Red Tape Reduction Commission
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What Was Heard Report
Table of Contents
- Message From the Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism)
- Executive Summary
- Background
- What We Heard: Irritants, Impacts and Possible Solutions
- Regulatory Red Tape: Top-of-Mind Irritants
- Focus on Small Business Realities
- Administrative Burden
- Service Orientation and Professionalism
- Timeliness, Predictability and Accountability
- Coordination Among Regulators and Cumulative Burden
- Attention to Industry Realities
- Irritants Outside of Our Mandate
- Irritants Related to Policy Issues Underlying Regulations
- Irritants Related to Other Programs and Policies (Non-Mandatory)
- Irritants Related to Federal–Provincial–Territorial Coordination and Cooperation (Regulations and Non-Mandatory Programs)
- Irritants Associated With Regulations and Programs Being Examined Under Existing Federal Initiatives
- Impacts of Irritants on Business Success
- Best Practices to Be Replicated
- Specific Responses to Top-of-Mind Irritants
- Underlying Systemic Issues: Processes, Practices and Policies
- Regulatory Red Tape: Top-of-Mind Irritants
- Next Steps
