In response to economic uncertainties and trade challenges, Ontario's Progressive Conservative government is focusing on reducing regulatory red tape. Premier Doug Ford has highlighted the detrimental effects of long permitting processes on project completion, advocating for reforms that would streamline permits within a year. Internal documents indicate a comprehensive review of permits, emphasizing the need to eliminate unnecessary barriers that hinder competitiveness. The proposals aim to transform existing permitting protocols to benefit various sectors and speed up project approvals.
Permitting in Ontario is negatively impacting competitiveness due to regulatory accumulation, which has created significant barriers to essential projects, according to government documents.
Let's not take three or four years to get a permit. Let's not put the barriers up because there's a grasshopper in a field and everyone has to stop and wait for that grasshopper.
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