New South Wales (NSW) schools will be able to recruit more support staff to help reduce “an endless amount of paperwork” that teachers have to deal with every day. The initiative is part of an election promise by the centre-left NSW Labor government to ease the regulatory burden on teachers so that they can focus…
Society at Peak Shared Misery
Commentary Once upon a time I worked for the federal government as a postdoctoral researcher at a CDC branch that focuses on occupational safety and health. While I was there, I learned firsthand that the government operated at a level that was grossly inefficient and mind-numbingly bureaucratic. The longer I was there and the more…
Regulatory Octopus Is Strangling Our Economy
Commentary Every schoolkid knows—or used to know—that the United States has three branches of government. At least that’s what the textbooks say. But really, we have four branches of government. That’s because Congress—the legislative branch—has for decades delegated lawmaking authority to the unconstitutional fourth branch of the U.S. government: independent regulatory agencies. By some estimates,…
Alberta Tables Omnibus ‘Red Tape’ Bill Impacting Legislation Across 9 Ministries
March 9, 2023
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Alberta’s UCP government tabled an omnibus “red tape” bill on March 8 it says will strengthen property rights for landowners and provide benefits for firefighters who developed certain cancers after fighting the Fort McMurray wildfires. Bill 9, also called the Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, 2023, is the province’s seventh red tape reduction bill….
Law to Reduce Red Tape on Small Businesses Achieved Little: Federal Report
A law enacted in 2015 to reduce federal red tape imposed on Canadians and small businesses has achieved little, says a report by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. Released in December, the agency’s “Report on the Internal Review of the Red Tape Reduction Act” states that there is a “disconnect” between what the law…
Red Tape, High Taxes Deterring Billions in Foreign Investment: Poilievre
Canadian industry has lost hundreds of billions worth of investment funds to red tape, which is the greatest barrier to attracting foreign investment, says Pierre Poilievre, while noting the country has to reform its tax system to retain the workforce that investors and businesses need. Speaking to reporters on Oct. 30 at his first press conference…
Largest US Pork Packer Closing California Plant, Citing High Costs and Red Tape
June 11, 2022
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Smithfields Inc., the largest pork packer in the United States, is leaving California due to high operational costs and red tape. “Smithfield Foods, Inc. today announced that it will cease all harvest and processing operations in Vernon, California in early 2023 and, at the same time, align its hog production system by reducing its sow…
Human Rights Commission, Recreation Sector Latest Targets of Alberta’s Red Tape Reduction
In its latest measure aimed at cutting bureaucratic red tape, the Alberta government says it is targeting issues such as streamlining access to the human rights commission and updating policies that govern the recreational sector in an effort to boost local businesses. Bill 80, the Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021 (No. 2), is the…
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