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CFR Resources Amid COVID-19

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CFR Resources Amid COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 situation, the CFR has compiled the following list of resources that may be useful to regulatory staff across government.

If you have a resource that you think would be helpful to others, we ask that you send it to the CFR at cfr-crf@canada.ca so that we may add it to the list. In the coming days and weeks, the CFR will be adding material to this list as it becomes available.

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Articles, Blogs and Reports

• Health Canada: Gender and Health Unit Guidance Document for SGBA+ Considerations in COVID-19
• International Monetary Fund: April 2020 Fiscal Monitor - Policies to Support People During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  
• The Regulatory Review: Comparing Nations’ Responses to COVID-19
  
• The Regulatory Review: Regulating Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
  
• The Regulatory Review: Regulatory Delivery Lessons From COVID-19 Responses
  
• Policy Options: The Coronavirus Pandemic: Canada’s Response

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C&E Resources

• TC's Centre of Enforcement Expertise - Departmental Enforcement Standards - Desk Book
• OECD Document: Regulatory Quality and COVID-19: Managing the Risks and Supporting Recovery
• CNSC Graduated Enforcement Strategy Handbook
• PHAC Guidance with Respect to Non-medical Masks for C&E Staff

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Compilation of Regulatory e-Learning

Are you looking to advance your skills and knowledge to broaden your regulatory experience and career prospects? The CFR has compiled a list of e-learning resources to help you! These e-courses have been organized and correlated to various aspects of the regulatory lifecycle. This will make it easy to identify the areas most relevant to your current experience and career aspirations.

This project began due to virtual learning needs amid COVID-19, however our goal is to continue to build on this compilation to help you meet your learning plan and professional development needs.

Please contact us at cfr-crf@canada.ca if you know of a free online course that would be helpful to fellow regulators.

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Upcoming Event: Hitting the Nail on the Head: A Practical Approach to Defining Regulatory Problems - Sept. 30, 2020

Problem definition is at the core of good policy analysis. Perhaps more importantly, it is at the core of good policy design and implementation. Without a complete understanding of the problems and opportunities we face as a society, it is impossible to design solutions that produce desired results. This is especially true when it comes to regulation. Regulators need to fully understand the dimensions of the problems they are entrusted to solve. They also need to identify and properly characterize opportunities for improvement within their jurisdiction.

When faced with complex problems, it may be tempting to reach for standard regulatory approaches to design solutions. However, without fulsome analysis of the problem being addressed, there is a risk that the proposed regulations won’t achieve the intended outcomes. Problem definition is also critical to support analysis of whether existing regulations continue to be functional in solving the policy problem they were crafted to address.

Join in a live discussion as we hone your analytical skills by reviewing the methods and techniques for problem definition in the regulatory arena. Visit Eventbrite to register!

Watch our pre-event video on “Defining Regulatory Problems"

Leading the discussion, Dr. Hector Cardenas will use the acclaimed Eightfold Path to Policy Analysis framework (Eugene Bardach) to help us refine practical skills. To get a flavor of the discussion we are setting up, take a few minutes to watch Dr. Cardenas’ short video that will set the stage on the importance of regulations as a tool of government to achieve public policy outcomes.

Guest speaker : Dr. Hector Cardenas, Lecturer, University of California Berkeley, Presenter
Dr. Cárdenas is a Lecturer at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California Berkeley, a Visiting Professor at Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas in México City, and the CEO of The Ergo Group, Inc. He is a teacher, executive and consultant with 20 years’ experience in public policy, international affairs, technology strategy, technology implementation and management consulting. He has served clients in both the private and public sectors in the areas of regulation, citizen service delivery, international affairs, criminal justice reform, and planning. He has advised on public policy issues in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Singapore as well as the World Bank Group and the Interamerican Development Bank.

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Upcoming CFR Event: Insights from a Rules as Code Pilot Project

Drafting rules into computer code, so they can easily be understood by our tech, can enable us to make better rules. That is the premise behind Rules as Code. To better understand how the federal government could leverage such an exercise to improve program and service design/delivery, an experimental pilot project was undertaken last year to test the process and provide insights. Join us for a presentation and discussion on what was learned from Phase I of this project including:

• How quickly a Rules as Code pilot may be completed…and why you should do it;
  
• What kind of support and resources you will need; and
  
• What Phase II will look like and what we hope to accomplish.

This project was led though a partnership between ESDC’s Labour Program, the Canada School of Public Service and the CFR.

Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Time: 1:30 pm to 3 pm

Speakers

• Scott McNaughton, Senior Project Lead, Canada School of Public Service
  
• Danijela Hong, Director, Labour Standards and Wage Earner Protection Program, Labour Program

Register today!

Documentation

• Agenda
  
• Video: Rules as Code Part 1 of 2: The Concept and Its Benefits
  
• Video: Rules as Code Part 2 of 2: The Discovery Project

Additional Resources

• Presentation on Rules as Code from the Regulatory Innovation Showcase at FWD50
  
• Better Rules and Legislation as Code
  

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