In British Columbia, what they do is measure every time there's a “shall” or a “must” or some kind of prohibition. They count that not just in the regulation, but also in the legislation and the policy, which is important. They call this “regulatory requirement”. They had a count of about 380,000 when they started. That's what they set the target at to reduce. Manitoba did a more comprehensive measure, and they came out at close to a million regulatory requirements. They also have set a target to reduce those requirements.
What it does is it focuses the mind across all departments: What can we reduce without affecting those health and safety environment outcomes? I would say that the bureaucracy is very good at that. They're very good at protecting the health and safety outcomes.