Industry committee  Those employment responsibilities are delegated to each and every deputy minister, so they're centralized through the efforts that deputies are making within their departments.

Industry committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. The honest answer is that it would be under the purview of the Department of Finance. Tax policy and tax regulation are not the responsibility of Treasury Board Secretariat.

Industry committee  Thank you for the question. I think it speaks to the point I raised about some of the challenges we're noticing and are addressing going forward. As I mentioned, the Treasury Board Secretariat has led two rounds of targeted regulatory reviews in an attempt to look backwards at

Industry committee  Yes, it is, absolutely. It's the law. Not only is it being enforced, but we report on it on an annual basis and that report is public.

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members, for inviting me to join you today. My remarks will focus on how Canada's federal regulatory policy and modernization agenda responds to the needs and concerns of Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises. I'd also like to share some of the key

Industry committee  That's a very fair point, Madam Chair. Thank you.

Industry committee  Yes, Madam Chair, I'm aware that there is a need for a regulatory framework. That would be led out of the responsible regulatory department.

Industry committee  I'm concerned about a lot of different regulatory frameworks and how the system works together. Again, the responsible ministers would be accountable for bringing that forward. It's not a Treasury Board oversight responsibility, Madam Chair.

Industry committee  That would be correct.

Industry committee  We would have a role in terms of facilitating those harmonization discussions with the provinces, but again, the lead is with the regulators.

Industry committee  There has not, to date, Madam Chair.

Industry committee  If I understand the question correctly, Madam Chair, the CFIA consultation would be open both to members of the Canadian public and to industry and participants internationally. Then those consultations would inform any regulatory proposal that is brought before the Treasury Boar

Industry committee  The sequencing could be such that there could be a number of scenarios. The CFIA could identify that it needs regulatory co-operation, conversation or facilitation with different trading partners before it brings forward regulatory proposals, or it could happen in the opposite or

Industry committee  I don't have an actual number, Madam Chair.

Industry committee  Since the one-for-one rule has been in place, accumulative reductions in administrative burden sit around $382 million, Madam Chair.