Industry committee  My sense is that the regulatory centre for innovation will look at any good practice from anywhere. Some of the things we hear from businesses around the one-for-one rule, for example, is that you have to be a little bit careful because sometimes you can take out a very easy rule

Industry committee  Darcy, correct me if I'm wrong here, but my sense is that this is exactly what the economic strategy tables are calling for: an assessment of these issues. These are not things that exist at the moment. They are calling for these areas to be looked at further. I think the advisor

Industry committee  I'll add one comment. First of all, I agree with everything that you're saying. Really what we hear from small businesses is about the cumulative impact of compliance. What you're saying is important, that businesses don't really focus on whether it's a federal, provincial or mun

Industry committee  I would point back to the fall economic statement, where we did talk about the establishment of a centre for regulatory innovation. We see that kind of an organization looking at best practices, whether they come from international jurisdictions, Canadian jurisdictions or differe

Industry committee  Maybe I'll start and then Stephen can talk a little bit more about the overall environment. I think the reality is it's a shifting environment. Regulations change all the time, and countries change their regulatory regimes all the time. The technology has made things quite diffe

Industry committee  It's an option the committee has. If you are hearing from a number of sources that this is an obstacle, the government would welcome your insights. I know that when Treasury Board Secretariat spoke to you, they did talk about this issue, which is not an unfamiliar one to them.

Industry committee  Do you mean regulatory sandboxes?

Industry committee  We think this is really an important area. Essentially, sandboxes really are places for innovation. Testing and trying new things is part of what we do as a department, and our industry members. Maybe I'll turn to Darcy briefly, because this was a significant recommendation from

Industry committee  We do have an assessment, the federal regulatory system assessment. I do not believe there is a comprehensive federal-provincial-territorial one, but we do have it on the federal side.

Industry committee  No.

Industry committee  I guess I'll take a crack at that and then maybe see if we have any comments from the interdepartmental perspective. You're right. Our mandate as a department is innovation. It's promoting economic development. I would say that, overall, the regulatory process is one in which

Industry committee  It's an interesting question and it's an interesting idea. Maybe I'll turn to Stephen for comment, and Darcy might have some views on how the economic strategy tables saw that specific question.

Industry committee  Thank you very much. Thank you for inviting us to appear today. We're really pleased to be here before the committee to discuss the impacts of Canada’s regulatory structure on small business. My colleagues and I are here to answer your questions primarily, so what I have to s

International Trade committee  Thank you very much. On the tourism side, it absolutely touches communities all across the country. There isn't one community that does not have—

International Trade committee  They're mostly SMEs. In fact, the minister talked about 99% of SMEs in Canada, in terms of companies, but in the tourism sector, it's even higher. It's actually very high, like 99.7%.