EDMONTON - Premier Alison Redford says a task force will examine ways to reduce regulatory burdens on small businesses in Alberta.
At a packed Edmonton Chamber of Commerce lunch Friday afternoon, Redford announced the formation of the task force after listing her government’s accomplishments during her first 60 days in office.
“Without small business, our province’s economic growth would simply not be possible,” Redford said.
“Alberta has the largest number of small businesses per capita in Canada, and we want to ensure that we have the right rules in place for health, safety and the environment while reducing the regulatory burden that gets in the way of business doing its job.”
Rocky Mountain House MLA Ty Lund will chair the task force, which is expected to release a report at the end of March.
More than 600 people attended the lunch at the Westin Hotel in downtown Edmonton.
Also Friday, Redford,- who is fighting a terrible cold,- met in Edmonton with U.S. ambassador to Canada, David Jacobson.
“We talked about Keystone,” Redford said in reference to the proposed pipeline that would carry bitumen from Alberta to Texas refineries, adding little has changed since she visited Washington D.C. two weeks ago.
“We also talked about the work we want to do with respect to regulatory enhancement, and bringing everything (regarding) resource conservation under one regulator,” Redford said.
“That’s legislation we are working on at the moment.”
The pair also talked about how to attract more U.S. students to Alberta Universities, Redford said.
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