It's a major demand by business but a politically sensitive one for a minority Liberal government depending on the centre-left vote to win re-election.
A senior official said regulations can't be regarded as a sovereignty issue, but changes will have to be handled carefully because of political sensitivities. The official said Canada has to differentiate between regulatory differences with the United States that make sense and those that do not...
Full article: Ottawa moving to slash red tape
Stumble It!
If they can't do something as simple as a gun registry, how can we possibly expect anything out of them such as slashing red tape?
Also if they say that is something is not about sovereignty, then it really sounds like it is about sovereignty. Is it 1984? Of course not.
I would much rather have them fly hot balloons over Canada or go fly kites with Bush.
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"We are all in this together somehow, some more than others somehow"
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The midget, Bush, and that Rumsfield deserve only to be beaten with shoes by freedom loving people everywhere.
- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, The Iraqi Informat
It's so neat the way they present this.
'Slash red tape'
Well, most Canadians have had bad experiences with that annoting bureaucratic 'red tape', so this must be a good thing, right? Kind of like when HRDC was cutting all sorts of annoying 'red tape' for people some years back, and ended up with lord knows how much money unaccounted for.
'Ottawa is making sweeping changes to the way it regulates Canadian business'
Oh, so this doesn't apply to non-Canadian businesses doing business in Canada. Do we have any 'Canadian' businesses left that this will aid...thought most of them croaked from a nasty attack of Nafta-itetis.
'lagging productivity growth, rapid scientific advances and emerging global juggernauts such as China
Any figures re: 'lagging productivity growth'. Oh, I forgot, we Canadians are all lazy and unproductive...been told that for years so I guess it must be true. Is this the 'fear' ploy again?
'Smart Regulation action plan'
Yeah, 'Smart' is a catchy name. Guess 'Dumb', 'No', etc. wouldn't have the same ring.
'streamline the regulatory approval process for new drugs, biotechnology and pesticides to harmonize standards, where sensible, with the United States, and to speed up environmental assessments of business projects'
Why does a lot of this leave me a bit nervous...particularly if you replace 'sensible' with 'profitable'? Who determines the meaning of 'where sensible', us or the US?
'Ottawa insists that Smart Regulation is not a deregulation exercise'
Pardon me?
'it will not cut corners when it comes to the health and safety of Canadians'
Or, I feel much better now. forget my earlier point re: nervousness.
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"When we are in the middle of the paradigm, it is hard to imagine any other paradigm" (Adam Smith).
Passed OK.
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"We are all in this together somehow, some more than others somehow"
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Now call it extreme if you like, but I propose we hit it hard, and we hit it fast, with a major, and I mean major, leaflet campaign.--Rimmer, Red Dwarf
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"When we are in the middle of the paradigm, it is hard to imagine any other paradigm" (Adam Smith).
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Now call it extreme if you like, but I propose we hit it hard, and we hit it fast, with a major, and I mean major, leaflet campaign.--Rimmer, Red Dwarf
Sorry everyone, I was just trying to be funny (difficult for me). At no time did I think I was being censored, just have to figure out what phrase is causing the problem.
I'm working on it.
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"When we are in the middle of the paradigm, it is hard to imagine any other paradigm" (Adam Smith).