Bill C-21 (Historical)

Red Tape Reduction Act

An Act to control the administrative burden that regulations impose on businesses

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Tony Clement  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment enacts the Red Tape Reduction Act, which establishes controls on the amount of administrative burden that regulations impose on businesses.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-21s:

C-21 (2022) Law An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms)
C-21 (2021) An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms)
C-21 (2016) Law An Act to amend the Customs Act
C-21 (2011) Political Loans Accountability Act

Votes

Nov. 17, 2014 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.

Government Operations and Estimates Committee, on Nov. 26, 2014

Government Operations and Estimates Committee, on Dec. 2, 2014

  • Laura Jones, Executive Vice-President, Canadian Federation of Independent Business
  • Shannon Coombs, President, Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association
  • Chris Aylward, National Executive Vice-President, Public Service Alliance of Canada
  • Gordon O'Connor, Carleton—Mississippi Mills, CPC
  • Kendal Weber, Director General, Policy, Planning and International Affairs Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch, Department of Health
  • Mike Beale, Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Stewardship Branch, Department of the Environment
  • Stewart Lindale, Director, Regulatory Innovation and Management Systems, Department of the Environment

Government Operations and Estimates Committee, on Dec. 4, 2014