Conservative MP Scot Davidson (York-Simcoe) said the Canadian government has not cut enough red tape, which is holding back the country. .“The red tape is so thick they don’t even want me to shoot this video today,” said Davidson in a Monday video. .The video starts off with Davidson walking up to a camera with red tape stuck on it. He attempts to look through it before ripping it off. .Once the red tape comes off, he steps back and says the video will get underway. He said any Canadian who has ever had to fill out government forms knows how frustrating red tape can be. .Davidson said unnecessary, complex language is exhausting and tough to understand. He added other times it is complicated processes, long delays, and roadblocks put in place by government departments, bureaucrats, and consultants. .The Conservative MP went on to say those people “act as gatekeepers to stop anything from getting done.” The red tape makes Canada less competitive, businesses less productive, and people unsuccessful. .The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said red tape costs Canadians more than $11 billion every year. It drives away investment. .Davidson said red tape has serious social impacts, contributing to stress and burdens for people. This especially applies to vulnerable people and small businesses. .He said red tape and government spending reached record-breaking levels under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which is making inflation and the cost of living crisis worse. While governments are larger than ever, he said outcomes have never been worse. .Davidson concluded by saying Conservatives know “we need to bring common sense back to Ottawa and make our country even more efficient.” .“We will remove the gatekeepers, eliminate the jargon, focus on opportunities, and cut red tape to make Canada the freest country on Earth,” he said. .“Together, we can get rid of Liberal red tape and put things back the way they should be — where the government serves the people, not the other way around.” .A law passed by the Canadian government in 2015 to cut federal red tape achieved little, according to a report published by the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) on January 22. .READ MORE: 2015 law to cut red tape has achieved little, Treasury Board report says.TBS said 248 obsolete regulations were repealed. It said 87% of them “were regulations that had no impact on the administrative burden on businesses.”.“There is therefore no direct link between the number of repealed regulations and the control or reduction in administrative burden,” it said.
