Canada's regulatory obstacle course : Course à obstacles en réglementation au Canada: la directive du Cabinet sur la rationalisation de la réglementation et l'intérêt public

For most budget watchers, Canadians who simply expect federal and pro- the new federal regulatory policy was of pass- vincial governments to take measures to ensure ing interest compared to the billions of dollars public health, protect the environment, and make of taxes and expenditures in budget. [...] Canadians strongly Corporations, the object of regulation, have support existing and new regulation in the pub- long had the opportunity to comment on draft lic interest, a point supported by new polling regulations and provide input into the develop- done by Environics for the CCPA and summa- ment of regulations. [...] Yet, the government’s response has not been With the CDSR in hand, the CCPA engaged to amend the egregious aspects of the previous Environics to poll Canadians about their priorities regulatory policy but to go even further in the for regulation. [...] Responding to in public opinion polling, identified by Wolfe requests by Congress in the 1990s, the Office of and Mendelsohn (2004), that finds support Management and Budget (part of the Executive among Canadians for international trade rules Office of the President of the United States) now but wariness about “globalization”. [...] Thye com- performs an annual study of the costs and ben- ment that “Canadians are extremely reluctant efits of regulation based on reviews of the aca- to cede sovereignty to international institutions demic literature on costs and benefits of federal on three issues: standards for social programs, regulation to the US economy and society, cou- standards for the workplace, and standards for 8 canad