Published on December 3rd, the Red Tape Reduction Office published their themes to focus on system-wide opportunities to simplify regulation and reduce costs for Canadian and businesses under their Horizontal Red Tape Reviews.
- Supporting regulatory efficiency for project reviews: This review will explore ways to reduce red tape and improve the regulatory system to enable more efficient reviews of major projects; this will support efforts being led by the Major Project’s Office.
- Getting products to market faster: This review will identify opportunities to reduce the time, duplication or complexity of regulatory pathways that delay new or innovative products getting to market.
- Reducing barriers to business productivity: This review will focus on regulatory challenges and red tape that hinder productivity and solutions to address those challenges, such as lighter reporting, data collection, or other administrative processes and requirements.
- Supporting international trade and greater efficiency at the border: This review will examine opportunities to accelerate the identification of regulatory irritants or inefficiencies that impact the border.
- Enhancing regulatory service delivery: This review will examine efforts to deliver transparent, efficient and predictable regulatory service and improve the experience for parties navigating the regulatory system.
Leveraging these themes will strengthen CA’s advocacy strategy and position us to effectively advance the CUSMA carve-out for low-risk drugs and natural health products.
