Red Tape Policies and Regulations

At our most recent in-person discussion with the Honourable Lisa Thompson, she requested input from our association to help identify Ontario policies and regulations that we would describe as ‘red tape.’ She is looking for suggestions of those policies or regulations or government initiatives that are overly complicated and make it difficult and time-consuming to comply and as a result, are costly for Ontario businesses and residents. In order to assemble a list of potential “red tape” candidates, please respond to the following questions:

**Please note that each submission is completely confidential and no personal information will be shared.**

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* 1. Please list your top 3 ‘red tape’ policies in order of priority. Please provide as much specific information as possible. More space will be provided later in the questionnaire if you have more than three in mind.

1) First Red Tape Policy

a) Why is this policy or regulation so time-consuming? What aspects are the most troublesome? Staying up to date with amendments/changes? Compliance is onerous (records required to be retained, created, etc.)?

b) Can you quantify the additional time and/or cost of compliance with this policy? I.e. what actions or resources must you use in order to comply?

c) Do you have potential solutions for reducing the time and energy required to comply with this policy? How could this red tape be reduced or eliminated?

2) Second Red Tape Policy

b) Can you quantify the additional time and/or cost of compliance with this policy? I.e. what actions or resources must you use in order to comply?

c) Do you have potential solutions for reducing the time and energy required to comply with this policy? How could this red tape be reduced or eliminated?

3) Third Red Tape Policy

b) Can you quantify the additional time and/or cost of compliance with this policy? I.e. what actions or resources must you use in order to comply?

c) Do you have potential solutions for reducing the time and energy required to comply with this policy? How could this red tape be reduced or eliminated?

Red Tape Policies and Regulations

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* 1. Please list your top 3 ‘red tape’ policies in order of priority. Please provide as much specific information as possible. More space will be provided later in the questionnaire if you have more than three in mind.

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* 2. Do you have additional ‘red tape’ policies you would like to identify? If so, please list them here with as much information as possible.