Acts and Regulations: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Acts and Regulations
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) is responsible for administering acts and regulations, and for implementing government-wide regulatory initiatives.
For information about TBS’s core responsibilities, departmental results, departmental result indicators and programs, consult the Departmental Results Framework and Program Inventory.
Access federal acts and regulations relevant to TBS:
Planned or anticipated reviews and/or changes to regulations
Access a list of government-wide regulatory plans and reports
Forward regulatory plans
The Forward Regulatory Plan describes planned or anticipated federal regulatory changes that the department intends to bring forward over a 24-month period.
Regulatory Stock Review Plan
The Forward Regulatory Plan links to the department's Regulatory Stock Review Plan, which is TBS's plan to review its entire regulatory stock over a set period of time.
The stock review plan includes:
- a list of the regulations that will undergo a review, prioritized in a way that makes sense to the regulator and stakeholders
- a time frame for the reviews
Progress on 60-day review of red tape reduction
The Red Tape Review Progress Report outlines TBS’s immediate and forward-looking actions to reduce regulatory red tape.
Baseline for administrative burden
The Administrative Baseline Burden establishes a count of federal regulatory requirements that impose administrative burden on businesses. It’s updated annually and reports publicly on the count of baseline requirements.
Guidance on how regulatory requirements are provided
TBS's Policy on Providing Guidance on Regulatory Requirements:
- outlines the commitments, practices and tools that TBS applies when providing Canadians and businesses with information and guidance on regulatory obligations to be met
- identifies the conditions under which written responses to questions will be provided
For more information
- Government-wide regulatory plans and reports
- Cabinet Directive on Regulation
- Developing and improving federal regulations
- Regulatory cooperation in Canada
To learn about upcoming or ongoing consultations on proposed federal regulations, visit the Canada Gazette and Consulting with Canadians websites.