Government Operations committee  Yes, the regulatory impact assessment statement lays out a number of analytical requirements for regulations. That's all spelled out in what's called the cabinet directive on regulatory management. That's a publicly available document. It lays out the requirements for every regul

Government Operations committee  It does apply to the full range of the government regulatory activity, yes.

Government Operations committee  Thank you.

Government Operations committee  There are certain steps the departments are required to undertake to propose and develop a regulation. That's laid out in a cabinet directive on regulatory management, which is a public document. Departments are required to do a cost-benefit analysis and consultations and to ca

Government Operations committee  There have been exceptions for non-discretionary types of measures, for example, economic sanction measures where it's part of our international obligations. So those have been—

Government Operations committee  There are the service standards for high-volume regulatory authorizations. Where there are regulatory authorizations of a sufficient number, departments are required to put in place service standards for providing those authorizations and then reporting on progress against those

Government Operations committee  Yes. It uses a standard cost model, which is an internationally accepted and recognized model for calculating administrative burden. Essentially it looks at the time required to complete the forms, who's doing it, the salary cost of the individual doing it, and the number of ti

Government Operations committee  I'd say, as introduced in your reforms, there's time for culture change in departments to learn how to implement it. We've done a lot of work with departments providing them with tools and training to help them.