Associate Minister highlights red tape reduction efforts
Alberta’s Associate Minister of Red Tape Reduction highlighted a number of recent initiatives this week that aim to make life a little easier for rural producers, those who enjoy the outdoors, and all Albertans.
Speaking with rdnewsNOW, Tanya Fir, MLA for Calgary-Peigan, noted the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP), which she described as a $3 billion federal, provincial and territorial investment in the agriculture industry to help play a key role in Alberta’s Recovery Plan.
“We’ve made efforts to cut red tape in that program to allow easier and quicker access to funds for Alberta’s producers and agri-food industry, and the CAP,” she explains. “It helps producers and agri-food companies expand, access new markets, innovate, and keeping Alberta’s industry a world leader in these areas.”
Amidst rising inflation and growing food security concerns, Fir says one area the government’s trying to streamline is application processes to make it easier for producers and food manufacturers to access funds more quickly.