Industry committee  I think the compliance amongst larger players is much higher because they view it as a risk management thing. They want to make sure they're compliant. With the vast majority of small businesses across Canada, the question would sometimes be whether they are even aware that ther

Industry committee  There is definitely a requirement for policing. In fact, I think there is a requirement for legislation. Over the years, we've seen that in jurisdictions where there was no legislation with regard to food handler certification, the number of people who got certified went way up w

Industry committee  With regard to the food service industry and the area we focus on, the regulations require that one person per shift be certified as a food handler. The idea is that, in most jurisdictions, you'll be required to have at least one person present during the preparation and service

Industry committee  Sure. In fact, we've seen other programs from other countries get approved in Canada, but we don't really have many resources available in terms of exporting to other countries. One thing that would really help in terms of streamlining costs and bureaucracy would be to have sta

Industry committee  Yes. In fact, we work with a lot of employment agencies that bring in new Canadians or retrain existing Canadians. One thing they do is they use national food safety training programs. The ability to have a national food safety training program, as I mentioned, relies on your abi

Industry committee  I think the safe foods act is primarily focused on the processing and the manufacturing, where we focus more on the retail and the sales in restaurants. That said, that seems to be more of a national approach. The challenge we face is that regulations in different jurisdictions c

Industry committee  Thank you for inviting Freeborn & Associates Inc. to participate in the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology's study regarding the impacts of Canada's regulatory structure on small business. We have been in business since 1997. We're a team working in the