Ontario. Ministry of Labour. Investigation, Inspection and Enforcement Secretariat

• Investigation, Inspection and Enforcement Secretariat

• IIE

The Investigation, Inspection and Enforcement Secretariat (IIE) was a multiple ministry cooperative program arising from a consultants' study by Deloitte and Touche in 1998 in which the Ministry of Labour was the lead agency. The IIE Secretariat was established in 1999. The Secretariat was a project-oriented organization, which included an ADM executive lead, a project Director, plus senior project managers and support staff assigned to the various community initiatives. Although staff of the Secretariat were drawn from a number of ministries, the program operated through the Ministry of Labour.

The Secretariat engaged in various regulatory compliance activities and worked with the Ministries of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Children and Youth Services, Community Safety and Correctional Services, Environment, Health and Long Term Care, Labour, Municipal Affairs and Housing, Natural Resources, Northern Development and Mines, Revenue, Small Business and Consumer Services, Transportation, and Training, Colleges and Universities.

The Secretariat aimed to lead the transformation of compliance services across the Ontario Public Service, focussing on four major areas: shaping a new regulatory philosophy, improving II&E service quality, increasing capacity for knowledge and learning, and developing e-Business solutions.

The Investigation, Inspection and Enforcement Secretariat ceased functioning in March 2009, when many of its functions were amalgamated into of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade as part of its Ontario's Open for Business initiative.

From 1999 to 2004, the Secretariat served primarily a facilitation role, promoting broad themes of cooperation and promotion of best practices. In 2004, the Secretariat became the overall lead for a series of regulatory compliance modernization initiatives affecting the ministries that administer provincial regulatory statutes. Its goal was to develop a strategy for more effective and efficient delivery of inspections, investigations and enforcement leading to the enhancement of these programs and inter-ministry information sharing and cooperation.

No legislation found authorising the foundation of this agency.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

IIE Community Intranet site; KWIC Index to Services, Government of Ontario Telephone Directory

Archivist(s):
SMITH