This week marks the Canadian Federation of Independent Business’s 15th Annual Red Tape Awareness Week.

Keyli Loeppky, Director of Interprovincial Affairs with the CFIB, explains why the awareness week was launched.

“What we found was that small businesses across the country were dealing with filling out paperwork and jumping through hoops and trying to decode government jargon across all the different forms and licenses required to run their business. They are having a really hard time with it so what we did was we tried to bring government attention to the issue of red tape at all levels of government through Red Tape Awareness Week.”

Loeppky said at the time, very few governments across Canada had checks in place to report on their regulatory burden.

The initial awareness week was an opportunity to put a spotlight on something that causes frustration for businesses and everyday Canadians alike.

To hear more about what to expect during Red Tape Awareness Week, catch Thompson Today this afternoon at 12:40 and 5:10.