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October 2025 - The Regulatory Experimentation Expense Fund (REEF) is now open for expressions of interest until November 21^st, 2025. This is your chance to test new regulatory ideas to reduce red tape or support industry innovations get to market. The CRI offers expert guidance and funding to help bring your experiments to life.

📺 RegTech Tips Video Series Our new video tackles Data Standards, showing how to stop bad data before it happens using MS Lists. Catch up on Episode 1 if you missed it! Watch Ep. 2: Data Standards Watch Ep. 1: MS List Setup	🗓️ Upcoming Event: Cleaning up the Mess: Why Data Standards Matter Join us for a session on how data standards can help in a regulatory environment. Our speakers will cover practical examples and the data standard strategy behind their chatbot solutions. Date: Wed, Nov 13, 2025 \| 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST Speakers: Mike Little - Senior IT Advisor, GC DataOps, Data and Digital Policy Sector, TBS-OCIO Jonathan Dench - Data Scientist (Senior Analyst), Advanced Analytics, OSFI Click to Join

About the CRI

Based on recommendations from the Economic Strategy Tables aimed at improving the regulatory environment for business – including the need for greater exploration and use of sandboxes and pilots to ensure the regulatory system keeps pace with advances in technology – the 2018 Fall Economic Statement announced that the Government would create a Centre for Regulatory Innovation (CRI).

Mandate

🧪 Promote Experimentation Supports regulatory experimentation that promotes innovation and regulatory competitiveness in Canada.	🤖 Respond to Technology Helps regulators understand and respond to challenges associated with technological change.	🤝 Support for Industry Supports industry in bringing applications of new and emerging technologies into the Canadian marketplace.

Governance

The CRI is situated in the Treasury Board Secretariat’s Regulatory Affairs Sector, reporting to the Executive Director of the Regulatory Cooperation Directorate.

The Centre’s overall operations are governed by an interdepartmental Director General Steering Committee, comprised of representatives from:

TBS (chair);
Privy Council Office;
Innovation, Science, and Economic Development;
Transport Canada;
Environment and Climate Change Canada;
Health Canada; and,
Community of Federal Regulators.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or would like more information, email us.

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+'''October 2025''' - The [[Regulatory Experimentation Expense Fund|Regulatory Experimentation Expense Fund (REEF)]] is now open for expressions of interest until November 21<sup>st</sup>, 2025. This is your chance to test new regulatory ideas to reduce red tape or support industry innovations get to market. The CRI offers expert guidance and funding to help bring your experiments to life.
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+<div style="font-size: 1.1em; font-weight:bold; color: #1F402B; margin-bottom:10px;">📺 RegTech Tips Video Series</div>
+<p style="margin-bottom:15px; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 1.4;">Our new video tackles <b>Data Standards</b>, showing how to stop bad data before it happens using MS Lists. Catch up on Episode 1 if you missed it!</p>
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+| style="width:60%; vertical-align:top; padding:20px 25px; border-left: 1px solid #e0e0e0; border:none; background-color: #FFFFFF;" |
+<div style="font-size: 1.2em; font-weight:bold; color: #1F402B; margin-bottom:10px;">🗓️ Upcoming Event: Cleaning up the Mess: Why Data Standards Matter</div>
+<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:15px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.4;">Join us for a session on how data standards can help in a regulatory environment. Our speakers will cover practical examples and the data standard strategy behind their chatbot solutions.</p>
+<p style="margin-bottom:5px; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Date:</b> Wed, Nov 13, 2025 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST</p>
+<p style="margin-bottom:5px; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Speakers:</p>
+<ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-left: 20px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.4;">
+<li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><b>Mike Little</b> - Senior IT Advisor, GC DataOps, Data and Digital Policy Sector, TBS-OCIO</li>
+<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><b>Jonathan Dench</b> - Data Scientist (Senior Analyst), Advanced Analytics, OSFI</li>
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+<hr style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #eeeeee; margin: 25px 0;">
+|-
+| style="background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0; border-radius: 8px; padding: 25px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);" |
+<div style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; color: #1F402B; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align:left;">'''About the CRI'''</div>
+Based on recommendations from the Economic Strategy Tables aimed at improving the regulatory environment for business – including the need for greater exploration and use of sandboxes and pilots to ensure the regulatory system keeps pace with advances in technology – the 2018 Fall Economic Statement announced that the Government would create a Centre for Regulatory Innovation (CRI).
-August 2021 - The CRI, in conjunction with Nesta, has launched the Regulators’ Experimentation Toolkit. The toolkit is a practical guide to identify, design, and carry out regulatory experiments and regulatory sandboxes.  By providing regulators with this comprehensive resource, we hope that the toolkit will contribute to a deeper, more confident commitment to regulatory experimentation throughout the government of Canada.
+<div style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; color: #1F402B; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align:center;">
+'''Mandate'''
-Read more about the toolkit and download a copy from our [[Centre_for_Regulatory_Innovation_Tools_and_Resources|tools and resources page]]ǃ
+</div>
+{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; border:none; text-align:center;"
-For an introduction to the Regulators’ Experimentation Toolkit including what it is and how to use it register for one of our introductory toolkit sessions on our [[CRI_Events|events page]]!
+|-
+| style="width:33%; vertical-align:top; padding:10px; border-right: 1px solid #eeeeee;" |
+<div style="font-size: 48px; line-height: 1;">🧪</div>
+<div style="font-size:1.2em; font-weight:bold; margin:10px 0;">Promote Experimentation</div>
+Supports regulatory experimentation that promotes innovation and regulatory competitiveness in Canada.
+| style="width:33%; vertical-align:top; padding:10px; border-right: 1px solid #eeeeee;" |
+<div style="font-size: 48px; line-height: 1;">🤖</div>
+<div style="font-size:1.2em; font-weight:bold; margin:10px 0;">Respond to Technology</div>
+Helps regulators understand and respond to challenges associated with technological change.
+| style="width:33%; vertical-align:top; padding:10px;" |
+<div style="font-size: 48px; line-height: 1;">🤝</div>
+<div style="font-size:1.2em; font-weight:bold; margin:10px 0;">Support for Industry</div>
+Supports industry in bringing applications of new and emerging technologies into the Canadian marketplace.
+|}
+|-
+| style="background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0; border-radius: 8px; padding: 25px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);" |
+<div style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; color: #1F402B; margin-bottom: 15px;">'''Governance'''</div>
+The CRI is situated in the Treasury Board Secretariat’s [[:en:Canada's_Federal_Regulatory_System|Regulatory Affairs Sector]], reporting to the Executive Director of the Regulatory Cooperation Directorate.
-<br>
+The Centre’s overall operations are governed by an interdepartmental Director General Steering Committee, comprised of representatives from:
-<span style="color: #1F402B"><big>'''About the CRI'''</big></span> <br>
+*TBS (chair);
-Based on recommendations from the Economic Strategy Tables aimed at improving the regulatory environment for
+*Privy Council Office;
-business – including the need for greater exploration and use of sandboxes and pilots to ensure the regulatory system keeps pace with advances in technology – the 2018 Fall Economic Statement announced that the Government would create a Centre for Regulatory Innovation (CRI).
-<span style="color: #1F402B"><big>'''Mandate'''</big></span> <br>
-The CRI:
-#supports regulatory experimentation that promotes innovation and regulatory competitiveness in Canada;
-# helps regulators understand and respond to challenges associated with technological change; and,
-# supports industry in bringing applications of new and emerging technologies into the Canadian marketplace.
-<span style="color: #1F402B"><big>'''Governance'''</big></span> <br>
-The CRI is situated in the
-Treasury Board Secretariat’s Regulatory Affairs Sector, reporting to the
-Executive Director of the Regulatory Cooperation Directorate.
-The Centre’s overall
-operations are governed by an interdepartmental Director General Steering Committee,
-comprised of representatives from:
-*TBS (co-chair);
-*Privy Council Office (co-chair);
 *Innovation, Science, and Economic Development;
 *Transport Canada;
-* Environment and Climate Change Canada;
+*Environment and Climate Change Canada;
 *Health Canada; and,
 *Community of Federal Regulators.
-<br>
+|-
-<span style="color: #1F402B"><big>'''Contact us''' </big></span> <br>
+| style="background-color:#F8F9FA; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0; border-radius: 8px; padding: 25px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);" |
+<div style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; color: #1F402B; margin-bottom: 15px;">'''Contact Us'''</div>
 If you have any questions or would like more information, [mailto:cri-cir@tbs-sct.gc.ca?Subject=GCpedia%20General%20enquiry%20&body=%20 email us].
-<br>
+|}
-<br>
-<span style="color: #1F402B"><big>'''Connect with the Community of Federal Regulators''' </big></span>
-Did you know? The Community of Federal Regulators (CFR) is helping to bring the community together to explore, pioneer and test new approaches and delivery methods with potential application for creating efficiencies across the regulatory lifecycle. Visit [[Community of Federal Regulators|CFR’s GCpedia site]] to learn more about their work in this area. If you’re looking to collaborate with another department or agency, the CFR can assist you in making connections. Send them an email at cfr-crf@canada.ca.
 [[Category:Experimentation]]
 [[Category:Innovation]]
 [[Category:Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS)]]
+[[Category:Regulatory Innovation]]
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