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