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Regulatory Strategy Project

The Regulatory Strategy Project looks at the changing nature of regulation and its use in addressing public policy challenges. The Regulatory Strategy Project Research Plan (RSPRP) is a result of several unique but inter-related efforts addressing at least one of the four established PRI business lines. There are efforts that aim to generate unique research, transfer knowledge, enhance capacity and assist with forecasts. Initiatives are either applied or strategic in focus. Most of the applied work will directly benefit government regulators and managers by assisting them with regulatory impact analyses.  The strategic work is of interest to medium term decision makers who are interested in how the future regulatory environment may or can change.  The PRI anticipates that the initiatives outlined below will undoubtedly evolve in scope and content as discussions with Regulatory Strategy Steering Committee (RSSC) members, co-sponsors and authors take place.

Research Outcomes

• Provided insights on regulatory governance issues regarding:
  • Accountability;
  • Transparency;
  • Effectiveness;
  • Globalization;
  • The changing nature of technological, economic and social risks;
  • Canada as a ‘first mover’;
  • The potential to motivate ‘other players’;
  • The impact of applying resources to technical analysis (which may result in a gap between strategic and forward looking capacities).
• Provided knowledge transfer and capacity enhancement efforts to federal regulators.