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New Deloitte Canada report series highlights smarter regulation as a catalyst for faster growth, investment, and productivity
Accelerated progress is needed now as Canada intensifies its efforts to attract investment and strengthen its economic competitiveness across all sectors
TORONTO, Sept. 10, 2026 /CNW/ — Today Deloitte Canada released a new report series, Smarter regulation: Unlocking Canada’s growth potential, which examines how regulatory modernization can help address Canada’s persistent productivity and competitiveness challenges. At a time when businesses are navigating economic uncertainty, global trade changes and slowing investment, the research finds that increasingly complex and fragmented regulatory requirements are limiting Canada’s ability to drive economic growth, foster innovation, and deliver on national priorities.
“This new Deloitte series underscores the critical role that smart and effective regulation plays in driving and protecting investment, enabling innovation, and supporting economic growth for our country,” said Nino Montemarano, a Regulatory and Risk leader at Deloitte Canada, and lead author of the series. “Regulatory modernization is a powerful, controllable policy tool as Canada navigates heightened trade and geopolitical uncertainty. It’s imperative that the country’s regulatory framework is efficient, coordinated, and designed to reduce unnecessary complexity and unlock economic growth across all sectors.”
As external economic pressures continue to create uncertainty, Canada must focus on controllable barriers to investment. In recent Business Council of Canada CEO Surveys conducted between 2023 and 2025, Canadian CEOs identified the regulatory burden as the leading factor influencing companies’ decisions to invest in Canada1.
Recognizing the significant economic impact of growing regulatory complexity, the federal government took an important step toward modernization in 2025 with the introduction of the Red Tape Review initiative. Deloitte’s latest research findings underscore the need for accelerated progress on this front, concluding that smarter, outcomes-focused regulation that creates certainty and confidence is essential in achieving Canada’s investment ambitions.
Drawing on consultations from leading industry stakeholders, Deloitte’s four-part series outlines key regulatory and policy challenges across critical areas of the Canadian economy. Each report identifies practical, risk-based opportunities to reduce unnecessary complexity and improve regulatory outcomes within a specific industry, while measuring their potential contribution to Canada’s economic performance.
