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red tape
Former Civil Servant on Mountains of Paperwork, NIMBYism, Abuse of Legal System: Michael Dnes
NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Michael Dnes, head of transport policy at Stonehaven consultancy and a former civil servant at the UK's Department for Transport. Michael talks about the ...
October 31, 2024
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Lee Hall
3 Federal Agencies Earn ‘Paper Weight Award’ for Red Tape, Absurd Regulations
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has been given the dubious honour of being named the worst government department ...
February 1, 2024
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Jennifer Cowan
What Provinces Have Achieved in 20 Years of Cutting Red Tape
As part of its red tape reduction efforts, Nova Scotia has reduced doctors' administrative burdens so much that ...
February 1, 2024
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Tara MacIsaac
Gina Rinehart Says More Miners Should Enter Parliament
The CME estimates environmental approvals are slowing mining activity, with some applications needing 10-15 years.
November 22, 2023
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Nick Spencer
Small Business Owners Could Face Penalties For Privacy Breaches Under New Law
Major business group warns changes will put pressure on small business owners.
September 28, 2023
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Henry Jom
Schools Can Hire More Admin Staff to Ease Red Tape Burden on Teachers
New South Wales (NSW) schools will be able to recruit more support staff to help reduce "an endless ...
May 18, 2023
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Nina Nguyen
Society at Peak Shared Misery
Commentary Once upon a time I worked for the federal government as a postdoctoral researcher at a CDC ...
April 19, 2023
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Steve Templeton
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 ...
April 18, 2023
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Stephen Moore
Alberta Tables Omnibus ‘Red Tape’ Bill Impacting Legislation Across 9 Ministries
Alberta's UCP government tabled an omnibus “red tape” bill on March 8 it says will strengthen property rights ...
March 9, 2023
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Marnie Cathcart
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 ...
January 19, 2023
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Isaac Teo
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 ...
October 31, 2022
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Andrew Chen
Largest US Pork Packer Closing California Plant, Citing High Costs and Red Tape
Smithfields Inc., the largest pork packer in the United States, is leaving California due to high operational costs ...
June 11, 2022
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Allen Zhong
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 ...
November 9, 2021
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Noé Chartier
Trump to Revamp Environmental Law to Speed Up Infrastructure Projects, Pipelines
The Trump administration is set to announce one of the biggest deregulatory actions of the president’s tenure in ...
July 15, 2020
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Tom Ozimek
The Red Tape Pandemic
Commentary Coronavirus is frightening. I’m working from home, practicing “social distancing.” Experts say it’ll help “flatten the curve” ...
March 25, 2020
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John Stossel
Carbon Tax, CPP, Red Tape Remain Chief Headaches for Small Business, Advocacy Group Says
Among the many challenges small businesses have faced so far this year, taxes and regulations remain the hardest ...
February 27, 2020
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Michael Wing
Trump Administration Issues Record-Low Number of Regulations Amid Red Tape-Cutting Drive
The Trump administration's efforts to relieve American businesses of regulatory burden that can stifle economic growth have led ...
January 1, 2020
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Tom Ozimek
Trump Credits Deregulation As Driver of Economic Success
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence hosted a round-table discussion with small-business leaders on Friday to ...
December 6, 2019
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Alan McDonnell
Kenney’s Government Lauded for Dropping Internal Trade Barriers, Leading by Example
Getting rid of trade barriers between Canada’s provinces and territories has the potential to help unify the country ...
November 20, 2019
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Rahul Vaidyanath
Red Tape, Inexperience Slows Canada’s Warship Building: Defense Official
OTTAWA—A former Defence Department official is pulling back the curtains on what he says are some serious problems with ...
November 15, 2019
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The Canadian Press
Ontario Takes Aim at Cutting Red Tape in Structural Reform Push
Cutting red tape falls under the broader category of structural reform.
November 6, 2019
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Rahul Vaidyanath
Behind Kenney’s Push to Bring Back the ‘Alberta Advantage’
There are three parts to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s strategy to bringing back the “Alberta Advantage,” according to ...
September 9, 2019
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Omid Ghoreishi
Government Red Tape: The Hidden Tax on Growth
Economists are divided over the impact of regulations on economic growth. Some claim there is weak evidence that ...
January 4, 2018
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Emel Akan
Construction Sector Says 2-Year Approval Process for Infrastructure ‘Absolutely Possible’
President Donald Trump's new executive order on the infrastructure approval process has come as a welcome relief for ...
August 19, 2017
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Emel Akan
5 Years After the Recession, Only 21% of Small Businesses Say They’ve Recovered
More than five years after the end of the “Great Recession,” only 21 percent of small businesses say ...
September 13, 2015
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Karen R. Harned
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