Associate Minister of Red Tape Reduction Tanya Fir during Monday's news conference on April 25, 2022. (Government of Alberta)
New red tape reduction bill aims to save Albertans time and money
Apr 26, 2022 | 10:32 AM
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EDMONTON – The province has introduced the Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act.
The legislation aims to “modernize statutes, cut red tape and save Albertans and their businesses time and money.”
The Act focuses on speeding up approvals, removing barriers to economic growth and supporting digital solutions. The proposed Act would make changes to 15 legislative items, including:
- Supporting small businesses operating in multiple municipalities by enabling intermunicipal business licences.
- Fostering economic development and revitalization through expedited approvals of Community Revitalization Levy bylaws, freeway designations and new freeway access locations.
- Increasing the sustainability of rural utilities by enabling new business opportunities.
- Modernizing land surveying in Alberta, saving time and money for surveyors and their clients.
- Encouraging cooperatives to incorporate and create jobs in Alberta by reducing Canadian residency requirements for boards of directors.
- Implementing a more flexible approach to managing activities on Crown land through locally specific directives and guidelines.
- Modernizing the reporting process for notifiable animal diseases.
- Ensuring foster parents can exercise their right to appeal government licensing decisions.
- Allowing Alberta heritage railway operators to operate under alternate rules tailored to individual needs while continuing to ensure railway safety.
- Enabling more flexible oversight of Alberta pharmacies by moving requirements to the Alberta College of Pharmacy standards of practices rather than within ACP regulation.
- Allowing landlords to use electronic methods for returning security deposits and associated documents to tenants.
