Can institutions tasked with imposing rules on society be relied upon to reduce the very regulations that have allowed them to grow in size and increase their power over time?

It’s a serious question. As part of his election promise to reduce the crushing weight of bureaucracy that’s held the Canadian economy back for years, at the beginning of July, Prime Minister Mark Carney tasked the president of the Treasury Board with engaging federal departments to come up with a list of proposals for reducing red tape and over-regulation.

The 60-day review period ended on Monday, when the government released a series of reports authored by 31 federal agencies. While light on specifics, the “ Red Tape Review Progress Reports ” contain a number of interesting proposals that, if fully implemen

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