Targeted Regulatory Reviews (Round 3)

Areas of focus

The Government of Canada launched a third round of Regulatory Reviews in 2022. This round of Regulatory Reviews focuses on:

• Blue Economy: examining the role of regulation as a driver of ocean innovation, identifying regulatory and administrative barriers to environmentally sustainable growth and facilitating the development of agile regulations to address concerns of future-oriented ocean industries.
• Supply Chains: exploring opportunities to support stronger and more resilient supply chains through the regulatory framework, identifying areas where improvements to regulation or regulatory practices can support the movement of goods, services and people in Canada. Supply chains as they relate to cross-border movement, as well as to securing supply in key areas, would also be explored as part of the Review.

Stakeholder engagement

The Government of Canada seeks to identify opportunities for improvements to federal regulations and regulatory practices to better support economic growth and innovation.

Input to inform the Supply Chain Regulatory Review was sought through a consultation on the Let’s Talk Federal Regulations platform that closed on February 5, 2024. Once available, a What We Heard report summarizing the input received through this consultation will be posted.

Input on regulatory issues related to the Blue Economy was gathered through the Let’s Talk Federal Regulations platform until March 31, 2023, and is summarized in the What We Heard Report on the Blue Economy Regulatory Review Engagement.