How BizPaL Got Started
BizPaL was a commitment of the Government of Canada in Budget 2006. It grew out of a working group of representatives from federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments across Canada. The development of the BizPaL project involved consultations with stakeholders in business and government.
In November 2006, the Government of Canada released Advantage Canada, in which it committed to reducing the paperwork burden on businesses by 20 percent. In the 2007 budget, the Government of Canada took further action by requiring key federal regulatory departments and agencies to establish an inventory of administrative requirements and information obligations with which businesses must comply, and to achieve a 20-percent reduction in these requirements and obligations by November 2008.
Budget 2008 reaffirmed this commitment and highlighted the importance of complementary measures that simplify paperwork for businesses but do not reduce the inventory of requirements. BizPaL is key among these complementary measures.