{"id":6059,"date":"2013-01-22T15:05:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T20:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=6059"},"modified":"2017-10-26T14:49:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T18:49:28","slug":"slowing-e-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=6059","title":{"rendered":"Slowing e-commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, Treasury Board President Tony Clement announced red tape reduction measures<\/a> that will save small and medium sized businesses $10M. One of the measures will save 15,000 pharmacists a total of $8.7M per year ($580 each). Another measure announced will save $1.2M for 32,000 businesses, a savings of $37.50 each.<\/p>\n

The government has been proudly announcing a string of red tape reduction measures, with a website devoted to its Red Tape Reduction Action Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A cornerstone of the Red Tape Reduction Action Plan is the One-for-One rule<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Through the “One-for-One” Rule, the government will reduce the administrative burden in two ways:<\/p>\n

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  1. When a new or amended regulation increases the administrative burden on business, regulators will be required to offset \u2013 from their existing regulations \u2013 an equal amount of administrative burden cost on business.<\/li>\n
  2. It requires regulators to remove a regulation each time they introduce a new regulation that imposes new administrative burden on business.\n