August 2001 - Special Edition

Canada's Regulatory Burden

How Many Regulations? At What Cost?

by Laura Jones
and Stephen Graf

Editor's Notes

About the Authors

Acknowledgements

• Direct and indirect costs of regulation

• What is regulation?

• Regulatory activity in Canada

• The cost of regulation

• A modest proposal to reform regulation

• Notes and References

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