Commission on the Reform of Ontario's Public Services

Chapter 16: Operating and Back-Office Expenditures
Examples of regulatory services now delivered from within government that should be
examined include:
� Motor Vehicle Inspection Station oversight;
� Clean Air Certification (Drive Clean);
� Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement;
� Private Career Colleges 9 ; and
� Private Schools.
In considering whether to create new non-tax revenue streams to finance additional DAAs,
it should be noted that, under Ontario’s new competitive corporate tax environment,
industry may now have greater capacity to take on costs of service delivery currently borne
by taxpayers.
Recommendation 16-9: Consideration should be given to rationalizing and consolidating
programs that regulate inter-related sectors or that could otherwise gain efficiencies from
greater integration.
Examples of regulatory programs that should be examined for potential efficiency and
effectiveness improvements through consolidation include regulatory programs related to
technical aspects of residential and commercial construction as well as consumer
protection programs.
9 For further discussion, see Chapter 7, Post-Secondary Education.
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