Saskatchewan 1^st province to declare Red Tape Awareness Week™

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Saskatchewan is the first province to proclaim Red Tape Awareness Week in the country and is committed to legislating red tape accountability measures, public reporting and targets for red tape reduction in 2012.

CFIB joined Hon. Jeremy Harrison, Enterprise Minister at the Saskatchewan Legislature to officially launch Red Tape Awareness Week, January 16 to 20, 2012. We are certainly pleased the province is serious about reducing red tape.

"When Saskatchewan business people go to work they should be able to focus on serving customers and creating jobs, not having to wade through unnecessary red tape," said Enterprise Minister Jeremy Harrison. "We are proud to work with the CFIB to proclaim Red Tape Awareness Week and release the Regulatory Modernization Progress Report to build on the story that Saskatchewan is a great place to do business.

"When it comes to cutting red tape, we know there is more work to do and the Government of Saskatchewan is committed to bringing forward red tape reduction legislation to make sure our regulatory system is efficient and effective," said Minister Harrison.

"CFIB is pleased Saskatchewan is once again the first province to proclaim Red Tape Awareness Week in the country," CFIB's Vice-President, Prairie Marilyn Braun-Pollon said. "Saskatchewan has made some significant progress in the last few years on the regulatory reform file and we look forward to becoming the second province in Canada to introduce landmark legislation to commit to red tape accountability measures, public reporting, and targets for red tape reduction in 2012."

Link to Sask govt news release: Saskatchewan Releases Regulatory Progress Report during Red Tape Awareness Week. CFIB's Marilyn Braun-Pollon is quoted in the release

See Global TV story: Cutting red tape for small business