Monday, January 22, 2018

AWARD EXPOSING ABSURD & EXCESSIVE GOV'T REGULATION

Bureaucracy would be funny if it weren’t so painful. Who are we kidding? The egregiously absurd can also be pretty laughable. Ahead of Canada’s ninth annual Red Tape Awareness Week (Jan. 22 to 26), the Canadian Federation of Independent Business has announced finalists for the worst of the worst government agencies with excessive regulation that hurts small business. The “winners” include:
Watch your step! A business owner working on a ladder at a construction site is told by an Ontario Ministry of Labour inspector that the ladder is illegal and he must buy a new one or be fined. What makes the ladder, in perfect working condition, illegal? Worn-out certification stickers.


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