Government regulations and the paperwork that accompany them take up precious time for small businesses in Canada.

Red Tape Awareness Week brings those paperwork burdens to the forefront.

Tyler Slobogian, a Senior Policy Analyst with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, explains here.

“CFIB launched Red Tape Awareness Week because small business owners were very clear that excessive paperwork and confusing government rules were becoming one of the biggest obstacles to running their businesses. Entrepreneurs were spending countless hours dealing with forms, delays and really poor service instead of serving their customers and creating jobs like they are supposed to do.”

Yesterday, the CFIB shared that family physicians are hit the hardest by the administrative load.

Because of this, over half of doctors plan to cut their hours and 25% are considering early retirement.

Governments, hospitals and insurance companies should work together to eliminate unnecessary admin tasks, simplify insurer processes, and better integrate systems.

For more on Red Tape Awareness Week, tune in to Thompson Today at 12:40 and 5:10 this afternoon.