2008 Progress Report on the Paperwork Burden Reduction Initiative
A Srategy to Reduce Paperwork Burden for Small Businesses in Canada
Submitted by the
Advisory Committee on Paperwork Burden Reduction
Table of Contents
Members
Recommendations
Introduction
Our 2005 Report and Follow-On Work
Progress Achieved
- 1. Leadership, Coordination and Co-operation
- 2. Measurement and Reporting
- 3. Reduction and Simplification
Looking Forward
Annex A: Regulating Departments and Agencies
Acknowledgments
The Advisory Committee on Paperwork Burden Reduction (ACPBR) would like to acknowledge contributions from the federal Interdepartmental Working Group on Paper Burden toward progress documented in this report. We would also like to thank members of the Secretariat to the ACPBR from the Small Business Policy Branch of Industry Canada for their help in the production of this report and for their ongoing dedication and commitment.
Although there have been changes in the membership of the Committee since its formation, the views of past and current members are presumed to be contiguous for purposes of views attributed herein to the Committee.
This report is a consensus document to which all Committee members have concurred. They alone are responsible for the views outlined herein.