This Red Tape Awareness Week, BC’s construction industry reaffirms its support for strategies and initiatives that reduce red tape and regulatory hurdles, which slow down project approvals and delay critical construction.

Red Tape Awareness Week is led by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and aims to shed light “on the confusing rules and regulations, administrative obstacles, excessive paper burden, and poor customer service Canadians face every day from all levels of government.” The construction sector is impacted heavily by excessive red tape, from slow approval timelines to excessive documentation to inconsistent rules to complex, non-standardized contracts. These don’t make construction safer or more efficient; it makes it slower and more expensive, especially for small and medium-sized businesses.

BCCA continues to advocate for the reduction of red tape in BC’s construction industry. Regulatory changes developed and implemented in consultation with industry are critical to ensuring BC can accelerate development, attract investment, and grow the economy, all while supporting businesses across the province. Streamlining regulations isn’t about cutting corners; it’s about cutting confusion. When we reduce unnecessary regulatory burden, we boost productivity, get homes built faster, and create an environment where the construction industry can focus on what it does best: building the communities BC needs.

Let’s build a better BC by building smarter regulations.