Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to go back to Mr. Masterson. A number of new regulatory provisions are coming out. You mentioned one from Health Canada, in terms of workplace safety, and how that may conflict with provincial matters. Can you explain that just a bit further? What

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to thank all of our witnesses for their expertise today, particularly on sharing how red tape interferes or can sometimes take valuable time and resources away from the work we do. I'm going to start first by speaking with Mr. Masterson from the C

Industry committee  Can you give us some examples? Obviously the national carbon tax, I'm sure would be of interest in Ontario. What other things would you have, because costs are associated with that? However, there could be other provincial regulations that might make it more difficult to see an i

Industry committee  The process in place, then, has a number of loopholes that allow provinces basically a “get out of Confederation” card when it comes to having joint standards that apply across—

Industry committee  Bill C-21 was the Red Tape Reduction Act in the last parliament. Obviously, I strongly supported that bill. There is a difference, though, between what Mr. Masse was referring to, in terms of regulations, and administrative compliance. The way the Red Tape Reduction Act works,

Industry committee  I just want to put on the record that I believe Mr. Baylis has raised a very good point. I have heard politician after politician telling businesses they need to innovate, yet businesses innovate every day. It's government oftentimes that doesn't look at its own processes to see

Industry committee  The extra paperwork.... Because again, to apply for that particular program, you have to submit paperwork showing that you've made.... Do you think there are going to be some cases where people just don't have the paperwork for something they could legitimately apply for, but cho

Industry committee  I'll ask Mr. Greer and CFIB the same question. Because of things like a national carbon tax as well as the small business changes, do you feel that the regulatory burden has negatively impacted your members, from a red tape perspective?

Industry committee  Are we putting more red tape on the CFIB?

Industry committee  More requirements.... Anyway, thank you all for being here today. I'd like to focus on regulatory red tape from the perspective of proportionality as well as opportunity costs. Before we go there, I'd like to ask Mr. Greer first of all about the national carbon tax that the fed

Industry committee  For a small business that is trying to service multiple different types of clientele and different classes, do you see their going to be subject to a whole bunch of regulatory red tape? Will they have to open up a binder to see where they apply the tax and where they don't?

Industry committee  It's not just the price, because that's a different question here. Do you feel that the regulatory requirements may also push some activities away—because there are increased costs that have to be passed on to someone—and you might see people deciding to take a flight from the Un

Industry committee  I'd like to go to the CFIB. Ms. Jones and Ms. Pohlmann, thank you for your presentation and your ongoing work on this. Another area where we've seen a lot of resentment from the small business community is, obviously, in response to the changes to the Income Tax Act, particularl

Industry committee  I'd like to state, for the record, that I believe, in having this motion go forward without having the capacity to bring in the minister or officials for us to review, that, on principle, we are not doing our job as parliamentarians. The public should judge this move by what it i

Industry committee  I would like a recorded vote. (Motion agreed to: yeas 6; nays 3 [See Minutes of Proceedings])