Saskatoon aims to become most business-friendly city in Canada – Saskatoon [Video]

Acquiring business permits in Saskatoon can be a weeks-long process.

The Chamber’s proposed “Automatic Yes Tool Kit” aims to get businesses growing their operations and creating jobs instead of navigating bureaucracy.

Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce (GSCC) CEO Jason Aebig says implementing these changes to permit procedures would establish Saskatoon as a leader in reducing red tape for businesses.

“Owners really would have more time to focus on the growth of their businesses,” says Aebig, “on creating the jobs we need them to create instead of chasing approvals or juggling time frames or incurring the hard costs of those delays or even navigating bureaucracy.”

The “toolkit” involves the elimination of some low-risk permits altogether, streamlining others and setting a firm deadline for approvals.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) says the time entrepreneurs spend jumping through legal hoops is better spent running their business.

“It’s spending the average small …