The Environmental Management and Protection (General) Regulations - Red Tape Survey

The Ministry of Environment and the Water Security Agency are conducting a Red Tape Reduction review of The Environmental Management and Protection (General) Regulations and its associated policies, procedures, forms, permits, standards and licenses. The ministry is looking for your feedback.

Finding ways to reduce red tape is one of the most important measures a government can take to help promote and support a vibrant economy. A good regulatory environment helps Saskatchewan businesses innovate, grow and remain competitive. Because of this, the ministry is seeking your help to reduce red tape in Saskatchewan.

Red tape is not always easy to define and isolate. Some examples of red tape include:

• Rules that significantly exceed government’s mandate to protect public health, safety, well-being and the environment (i.e. over-regulation).
• Regulation that exceeds the benefit achieved from the regulation.
• Paperwork that is burdensome, unnecessary or ineffective.
• Rules that are unclear, confusing or overly complex.
• Rules that are outdated, not relevant, obsolete or not enforced.
• Rules that rely too heavily on penalties as a deterrent, instead of creating incentives to change.
• There is no clear explanation or reason for the rule.

Please have feedback submitted by April 5, 2024.

To create a future with a clean, healthy environment and a strong economy for people living in Canada, the Government of Canada is working with Canadians to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

Environment and Climate Change Canada recently launched a public engagement process to hear the opinions of Canadians and Indigenous peoples across the country to inform setting Canada's 2035 national greenhouse gas emissions target. This important step is mandated under the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act and Canada’s international obligations under the Paris Agreement.

The 2023 Progress Report on the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan, published in December 2023, demonstrates that Canada’s climate plan is working, and that the emissions curve is bending. In addition to the federal government, other partners, stakeholders, provinces, territories, and municipalities across Canada are helping drive down emissions. 

To help inform the government’s work in setting the 2035 target, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, is inviting Canadians to share their views on the virtual public engagement platform, Talking Targets: Canada's Climate Future, which is open until March 28, 2024, 11:59 p.m. (PDT). The input collected through this engagement process is one of several components that need to be considered when setting the 2035 target.

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