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The following are projects that were supported by the RCF.

The following are projects that were supported by the RCF.

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|Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

|Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

|Exploring the Use of Technology to Streamline Exploration to Production for Mining

|Exploring the Use of Technology to Streamline Exploration to Production for Mining

|The current approval process for mining projects is complex and inefficient, with the resulting burden having significant negative impact on industry and challenging the delivery of the regulatory regime. This project involves undertaking various activities in order to identify a digital tool that would streamline the approvals process for mining projects, followed by implementation and adoption of the identified tool.

| The current approval process for mining projects is complex and inefficient, with the resulting burden having significant negative impact on industry and challenging the delivery of the regulatory regime. This project involves undertaking various activities in order to identify a digital tool that would streamline the approvals process for mining projects, followed by implementation and adoption of the identified tool.

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|Innovation Science and Economic Development (ISED) – Competition Bureau

|Innovation Science and Economic Development (ISED) – Competition Bureau

|Competition Assessment Toolkit

|[https://www.canada.ca/en/competition-bureau/news/2020/08/competition-bureau-launches-toolkit-to-help-policymakers-strengthen-competition-in-canadas-economy.html Competition Assessment Toolkit]

|After developing a prototype competition assessment toolkit that would enable regulators to assess the potential impacts their regulatory proposals would have on competition, the Competition Bureau will hold a workshop and targeted sessions to solicit feedback from regulators and revise the toolkit accordingly.

| After developing a prototype competition assessment toolkit that would enable regulators to assess the potential impacts their regulatory proposals would have on competition, the Competition Bureau will hold a workshop and targeted sessions to solicit feedback from regulators and revise the toolkit accordingly.

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|Innovation Science and Economic Development (ISED)

|Innovation Science and Economic Development (ISED)

|Centralized Service for Enabling Regulators to Issue and Consume Digital Credentials

|Centralized Service for Enabling Regulators to Issue and Consume Digital Credentials

|Using Conformity Assessment to Test AI

|Using Conformity Assessment to Test AI

|SCC will lay the groundwork for a prototype SCC-accredited third-party conformity assessment program to test artificial intelligence in Canada by securing partnerships with stakeholders (i.e. regulators, SME AI developers, and Conformity Assessment Bodies) and developing prototype requirements.

|SCC will lay the groundwork for a prototype SCC-accredited third-party conformity assessment program to test artificial intelligence in Canada by securing partnerships with stakeholders (i.e. regulators, SME AI developers, and Conformity Assessment Bodies) and developing prototype requirements.

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|Community of Federal Regulators (CFR)

|Community of Federal Regulators (CFR)

|Building Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) Capacity in the Government of Canada

|Building Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) Capacity in the Government of Canada

|Support to enable improved costing of nuclear regulations and increase internal regulations costing capability

|Support to enable improved costing of nuclear regulations and increase internal regulations costing capability

|This project involves undertaking a detailed costing study of an ongoing regulatory review and associated guidance, followed by the development of tools and training to help CNSC staff establish internal costing expertise.

|This project involves undertaking a detailed costing study of an ongoing regulatory review and associated guidance, followed by the development of tools and training to help CNSC staff establish internal costing expertise.

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|Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)

|Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)

|Third-party Evaluation of the CNSC’s Regulatory Framework’s Readiness to Accept a License Application for a Fusion Reactor

|Third-party Evaluation of the CNSC’s Regulatory Framework’s Readiness to Accept a License Application for a Fusion Reactor

|Online Resolution Platform

|Online Resolution Platform

|By implementing an online dispute resolution platform, this project will support timely, efficient, and cost-effective compliance and enforcement for both regulators and regulated entities under the new Pay Equity regime.

|By implementing an online dispute resolution platform, this project will support timely, efficient, and cost-effective compliance and enforcement for both regulators and regulated entities under the new Pay Equity regime.

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|Transport Canada (TC)

|Transport Canada (TC)

|Cumulative Regulatory Impact Analysis (CRIA) and Portal

|Cumulative Regulatory Impact Analysis (CRIA) and Portal

|Establishing novel testing methodologies to evaluate the safety of new vehicle technologies and support road safety regulatory design

|Establishing novel testing methodologies to evaluate the safety of new vehicle technologies and support road safety regulatory design

|To inform future regulation-development around new vehicle technologies, such as connected and automated vehicle safety technologies, this project would develop virtual simulation-based testing to assess new validation methods for emerging vehicle technologies, conduct physical testing of advanced vehicle technologies.

|To inform future regulation-development around new vehicle technologies, such as connected and automated vehicle safety technologies, this project would develop virtual simulation-based testing to assess new validation methods for emerging vehicle technologies, conduct physical testing of advanced vehicle technologies.

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|Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

|Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

|Developing Foresight Capabilities Activities

|Developing Foresight Capabilities Activities

|Regulatory Discovery Tool

|Regulatory Discovery Tool

|The project aims to develop and implement a Regulatory Discovery Tool to improve access to information on federal regulations. This involves conducting consultations to identify the needs of regulators and stakeholders, identifying and collecting regulatory metadata, and ultimately developing a public-facing, web-based, searchable Tool.

|The project aims to develop and implement a Regulatory Discovery Tool to improve access to information on federal regulations. This involves conducting consultations to identify the needs of regulators and stakeholders, identifying and collecting regulatory metadata, and ultimately developing a public-facing, web-based, searchable Tool.

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|Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

|Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

|National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) – Bulk Upload and Data Verification Tool

|National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) – Bulk Upload and Data Verification Tool

|Environmental Data is Accessible Timely, Useable, and Managed (EDATUM) – Business Case

|Environmental Data is Accessible Timely, Useable, and Managed (EDATUM) – Business Case

|ECCC will develop the business case for a broader project which aims to create multiple operational solutions including a Document Portal to enable electronic regulatory reporting and document submission for all submissions to ECCC.

|ECCC will develop the business case for a broader project which aims to create multiple operational solutions including a Document Portal to enable electronic regulatory reporting and document submission for all submissions to ECCC.

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|Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

|Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

|Biogas Regulatory Navigation Study

|Biogas Regulatory Navigation Study

|Co-Development Approach to Seed Regulatory Modernization

|Co-Development Approach to Seed Regulatory Modernization

|This project seeks to co-develop modernized seed regulations from consensus-based, impartial recommendations derived from discussions with stakeholders, as well as accurately assess the cumulative economic impacts of the regulatory amendments.

|This project seeks to co-develop modernized seed regulations from consensus-based, impartial recommendations derived from discussions with stakeholders, as well as accurately assess the cumulative economic impacts of the regulatory amendments.

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|Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

|Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

|Plant Breeders’ Rights Act/UPOV’91 Impact Study

|Plant Breeders’ Rights Act/UPOV’91 Impact Study

|This project involves researching and quantifying the economic benefits derived from a strengthened intellectual property environment and greater opportunities for access to new plant varieties created by legislative amendments to Canada’s Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, which strengthened intellectual property protection to conform to the 1991 Act of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV’91).

|This project involves researching and quantifying the economic benefits derived from a strengthened intellectual property environment and greater opportunities for access to new plant varieties created by legislative amendments to Canada’s Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, which strengthened intellectual property protection to conform to the 1991 Act of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV’91).

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|Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

|Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

|Regulatory Standardization and Rules as Code Research Project

|Regulatory Standardization and Rules as Code Research Project

|This project will analyze ECCC’s regulations and regulatory reports to develop a template and methodology for new regulations and associated reporting requirements with the intent of standardizing terminology and requirements. It will also develop criteria to determine which regulations are suitable for rules as code (RAC) and ways to incorporate RAC principles in the drafting of regulations.

|This project will analyze ECCC’s regulations and regulatory reports to develop a template and methodology for new regulations and associated reporting requirements with the intent of standardizing terminology and requirements. It will also develop criteria to determine which regulations are suitable for rules as code (RAC) and ways to incorporate RAC principles in the drafting of regulations.

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|Innovation Science and Economic Development (ISED) /Standards Council of Canada (SCC)

|Innovation Science and Economic Development (ISED) /Standards Council of Canada (SCC)

|Modernizing the Monitoring Standards in Regulation Tool

|Modernizing the Monitoring Standards in Regulation Tool

|Performance-Based Codes

|Performance-Based Codes

|Through a targeted engagement with the research community, the code development community, and the engineering community, this project will identify knowledge gaps and perform research to investigate the feasibility and inform the decisions on the development and introduction of a new performance-based compliance path in the future editions of the National Building Code.

|Through a targeted engagement with the research community, the code development community, and the engineering community, this project will identify knowledge gaps and perform research to investigate the feasibility and inform the decisions on the development and introduction of a new performance-based compliance path in the future editions of the National Building Code.

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|Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

|Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

|Risk-based Inspection Planning Web Application

|Risk-based Inspection Planning Web Application

|Analyzing Incentive Models to Support Pediatric Medicine Development and Submission to Canada

|Analyzing Incentive Models to Support Pediatric Medicine Development and Submission to Canada

|This project seeks to analyze the success and/or gaps of Canada’s existing pediatric incentives provided under Section C.08.004.1 of the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR), in order to inform the development of new incentive models that will be used to support the implementation of a new pediatric provision in the FDR. To supplement this work, this project also strives to obtain industry feedback and insights on incentive models that would be meaningful to them.

|This project seeks to analyze the success and/or gaps of Canada’s existing pediatric incentives provided under Section C.08.004.1 of the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR), in order to inform the development of new incentive models that will be used to support the implementation of a new pediatric provision in the FDR. To supplement this work, this project also strives to obtain industry feedback and insights on incentive models that would be meaningful to them.

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|Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)

|Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)

|Evaluation of Potential Safety Cases on the Use of Artificial Intelligence Safety Cases in the Canadian Nuclear Industry

|Evaluation of Potential Safety Cases on the Use of Artificial Intelligence Safety Cases in the Canadian Nuclear Industry

|This project involves contracting expert advisory services to develop an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan, following review of:

|This project involves contracting expert advisory services to develop an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan, following review of:

- the information required for the demonstration of a safety case for the use of AI in licensed nuclear activities; and

- the information required for the demonstration of a safety case for the use of AI in licensed nuclear activities; and  

- evaluation of the potential challenges for effective regulatory oversight.

- evaluation of the potential challenges for effective regulatory oversight.

|Plant Breeders’ Rights Act/UPOV’91 Legal Analysis

|Plant Breeders’ Rights Act/UPOV’91 Legal Analysis

|This project seeks to conduct a benchmarking legal study and analysis examining the plant breeders’ rights legislation of other countries who are contracting parties to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV).

|This project seeks to conduct a benchmarking legal study and analysis examining the plant breeders’ rights legislation of other countries who are contracting parties to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV).

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|Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

|Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

|Analysis of Regulatory and Non-Regulatory Barriers to Domestic Red Meat Trade in Canada

|Analysis of Regulatory and Non-Regulatory Barriers to Domestic Red Meat Trade in Canada