The first round of stakeholder engagement to inform Manitoba's participation at the Regulatory Reconciliation and Cooperation Table (RCT) under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) has closed.
Stakeholders can continue to provide information by completing the questionnaire or providing a written submission following the closing date to inform future discussions.
Complete the Questionnaire and/or Email a Written Submission
The Questionnaire should only take 20 minutes to complete, depending on the number of sections you complete. We thank you in advance for your participation.
Submissions can also be made by email to RCT@gov.mb.ca
If you have any questions related to the questionnaire please contact RCT@gov.mb.ca.
The objectives of the new Canadian Free Trade Agreement, which came into effect on July 1, 2017 include:
Regulatory measures that contravene the Agreement are subject to dispute resolution mechanisms. However, some regulatory measures, while compliant with the Agreement, may still create a barrier to the movement of goods, services, investment and workers.
Regulatory measures include any legislation, regulation, directive, requirement, guideline, program, policy, administrative practice or any other procedure.
The Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) establishes a regulatory reconciliation process that will help to address regulatory measures that are compliant with the Agreement but that stakeholders may experience as a barrier when doing business across federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions.
It also establishes processes to facilitate cooperation in the development of future regulatory measures to avoid regulatory divergences that may impair trade, investment, or labour mobility in Canada.
The Regulatory Reconciliation and Cooperation Table (RCT) has a mandate to oversee the regulatory reconciliation and cooperation process.
A regulatory barrier can take many forms, such as:
This information is being collected to:
We may use specific information from this questionnaire including attributing it to specific sectors, industry groups or businesses/individuals, subject to consent where required.