The Red Tape Commission was a Canadian body created by the
Progressive Conservative government in Ontario in 1996 to deal with the
1995 election commitment to reduce
red tape
Red tape is a concept employed to denounce excessive or redundant regulation and adherence to formal rules for creating unnecessary constraints on action and decision-making. The occurrence of red tape is usually associated with governments but a ...
(excessive
bureaucracy
Bureaucracy ( ) is a system of organization where laws or regulatory authority are implemented by civil servants or non-elected officials (most of the time). Historically, a bureaucracy was a government administration managed by departments ...
and regulation) for small businesses and individuals and to promote business planning within the broader public sector. It consisted of seven Progressive Conservative Members of Provincial Parliament and six staff members drawn from the Ontario civil service. In addition to annual reviews of all regulations administered by every Ministry of the government, the Commission also initiated specific policy reviews, such as a "Highway Incident Management Study" in 2002, which sought to develop better co-ordination of emergency services dealing with highway accidents. Originally established as a temporary body, the Commission was re-constituted in 2000 as a permanent body, co-chaired by
Frank Sheehan and
Bob Wood. In early 2001,
Steve Gilchrist
Steve Gilchrist (born July 7, 1954) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003 and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris. ...
replaced Wood as co-chair. In
December 2003, the newly elected
Liberal government Liberal government may refer to:
Australia
In Australian politics, a Liberal government may refer to the following governments administered by the Liberal Party of Australia:
* Menzies Government (1949–66), several Australian ministries under S ...
discontinued the Commission.
References
* https://web.archive.org/web/20081212174715/http://www.nupge.ca/news_2000/News%20May/n26my00d.htm
* https://web.archive.org/web/20081013023350/http://www.ofm.gov.on.ca/english/publications/Press/default.asp
* http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/english/media/2002/bk-pbowen.html {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061220010422/http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/english/media/2002/bk-pbowen.html , date=2006-12-20
Political history of Ontario