Finance committee  The purpose of that clause is to amend the English version of the act to clarify that the reference to administrative burden in section 5 of the act relates to administrative burden that is imposed by Canadian federal regulations, not by American regulation, for example.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the opportunity to speak this evening about the government plans to amend the Red Tape Reduction Act. The Red Tape Reduction Act establishes a one-for-one rule to control the amount of administrative burden that is imposed on business through Governmen

Finance committee  The rule in the way that it works now is that anytime a federal regulation comes in within a portfolio.... So, if, for example, the Minister of Health brings in a new regulation within the health portfolio, she must remove administrative burden in an equal amount as well as the t

Finance committee  Yes, that's right. If the change in the U.S. federal regulation had administrative cost savings for Canadian businesses, that could count in her bank of offsets.

Finance committee  No. The objective behind this is to incite regulatory co-operation. Federal departments have indicated that in its present form the one-for-one rule does not always encourage them to work with their counterparts in other jurisdictions to find ways to align their regulatory framew