Taillieu honoured to be named among Canada’s elite

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Although Morris MLA and Headingley resident Mavis Taillieu didn’t get her hands on the golden scissors, she is not wavering in her fight to cut red tape for Manitoba businesses.

Recently Taillieu was one of 11 country-wide politicians to be nominated for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business’s inaugural Golden Scissors Award, which is intended to recognize federal, provincial and municipal politicians who endeavour to cut regulatory restrictions on business.

According to CFIB’s Alberta director Richard Truscott, Taillieu was nominated for her continued efforts to pass her Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act, a private members bill nick named the red tape bill she has presented to the Manitoba Legislature for the last couple of years.

“Mavis Taillieu showed great leadership and tenacity by introducing a private members bill on regulatory accountability twice in the Manitoba Legislature so that is why she was nominated,”
he said.

Even though the award went to the B.C. Minister of Finance the Honourable Kevin Falcon for his Regulatory Reporting Act on Jan. 19, Taillieu said that she was honoured to be named among prominent Canadian politicians such as Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and Canada’s Minister of Industry Maxime Bernier.

“If you look at the list of people that were nominated it is pretty prestigious company and for a member of the opposition to be nominated is pretty awesome since most of the other nominees are in ruling parties,” she said.

Taillieu explained that the current NDP government has no interest in passing a bill she says is meant to encourage the elimination of unnecessary regulations and encourage restraint on new regulations.

“As part of the opposition we aren’t really in a position where was can enact legislation,” she said.

But that won’t prevent Taillieu from continuing to try.

“I plan to reintroduce the bill in this spring session,” she said.

She added that current regulations can bog down a small business owner in redundant forms that can be costly and prevent some people from opening a new business. She said it is the governments job to encourage small business to succeed, not scare them away.

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