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Commission to target ‘silent killer’ of jobs

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says a commission looking at reducing red tape, especially for small businesses, will start consultations next week.
Advocate Staff
Stephen Harper, Catherine Swift
A bobblehead doll of Prime Minister Stephen Harper rests on the podium as the Prime Minister announces the creation of the Red Tape Reduction Commission to help reduce federal regulatory requirements on Canadian enterprise at a press conference in Toronto

TORONTO — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says a commission looking at reducing red tape, especially for small businesses, will start consultations next week.

Harper says red tape is a “hidden tax and a silent killer of jobs.”

At an announcement today Harper said that when governments over-regulate, red tape becomes too much for entrepreneurs to bear and reduces opportunities for economic growth.

The Red Tape Reduction Commission, announced in the 2010 budget, will hold country-wide consultations and deliver recommendations this fall.

Rob Moore, the minister of state for small business and tourism, will head up the commission that also includes other MPs and business representatives.