Community of Federal Regulators

Our Story: About the Community of Federal Regulators About us The Community of Federal Regulators is a Government of Canada inter-departmental community working together to strengthen the capacity of federal regulatory professionals, thereby supporting to build a regulatory community Canadians trust to maintain and strengthen regulations affecting health, safety, security and prosperity in a sustainable society. The activities of the Community of Federal Regulators are supported and delivered through the CFR Office housed in Health Canada. The primary functions of the Office are to plan/promote regulatory learning and development activities, to identify and facilitate collaborations for innovative ways of working in the regulatory field, and to enable exchange of effective regulatory strategies/tools between regulatory organizations. Vision To enhance and sustain the capacity of the federal regulatory community through learning, partnerships and best practices Mission A regulatory community Canadians trust to maintain and strengthen their health, safety, security and prosperity in a sustainable society Key Strategic Areas As per the Community of Federal Regulators 2017-2020 Strategic Business Plan (approved by CFR governing bodies in July 2017), the CFR will focus its activities and services in three key strategic areas: Experimentation Talent Management Collaboration Objective Increase community understanding of innovative regulatory concepts and enable their application Objective Targeted recruitment and strengthen regulatory capacity across the system Objective Connect organizations to foster collaboration and share regulatory expertise Desired Outcome An agile and responsive federal regulatory system Desired Outcome A robust regulatory workforce with well-developed competencies and skill sets Desired Outcome Shared regulatory approaches for greater efficiencies across the system CFR Priorities Pioneer projects and knowledge-sharing to support an ever-evolving regulatory system CFR Priorities Activities and learning events to attract and build regulatory talent CFR Priorities Opportunities to explore and adopt alignment on government-wide regulatory priorities