New online business permit and license service saves time, cuts paperwork and helps entrepreneurs

Lloydminster, Alberta — Starting and running a business in the City of Lloydminster just became easier thanks to BizPaL, a new online business permit and licence service that saves time spent on paperwork and helps entrepreneurs start up faster.

Today, Leon Benoit, Member of Parliament for Vegreville-Wainwright, on behalf of the Honourable Rob Moore, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism), together with the Honourable Lloyd Snelgrove, President of Treasury Board for Alberta, on behalf of the Honourable Heather Klimchuk, Minister for Service Alberta, the Honourable Ken Cheveldayoff, Saskatchewan Minister of Enterprise, and Jeff Mulligan, Mayor of Lloydminster, welcomed the launch of BizPaL in the City of Lloydminster.

BizPaL is an innovative service that provides entrepreneurs with simplified access to the information on permits and licences they need to establish and run their businesses. This unique partnership among federal, provincial, territorial, regional and local governments is designed to cut through the paperwork burden and red tape that small business owners encounter. The BizPaL service in the City of Lloydminster was developed by Lloydminster, the Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the Government of Canada.

“Through Canada’s Economic Action Plan, our government is demonstrating our commitment to Canada’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by improving access to financing and cutting the red tape businesses face every day,” said Mr. Benoit.  “BizPaL is a great example of the government’s hard work to support SMEs across Canada as they innovate, create jobs and generate wealth in our communities.”

“Bringing BizPaL to Lloydminster has been an excellent example of how Alberta and Saskatchewan can work together with the federal and local government to make it easier for entrepreneurs to get their businesses up and running,” said Minister Klimchuk. “As the economy starts to gain ground, it’s efforts like this that will give our communities a competitive advantage.”

 “If we can minimize the time Saskatchewan business people spend on the road looking for permits and licenses, they in turn can maximize the time they spend growing their businesses and thereby growing our economy,” said Minister Cheveldayoff. “The BizPaL service opens up Saskatchewan for local as well as national and international entrepreneurs as they will be able to do what is required of them at the click of a mouse.”

“The world of legislation, red tape, legal, financial, accounting and reporting requirements are enough to make the small-medium sized business owner throw up their hands in frustration,” said Mayor Mulligan.  “The BizPaL team and directive is right on target for streamlining processes that enable business leaders/owners to focus their energy in much more productive areas to create sustainable benefit. We are excited to launch this initiative and look forward to the future evolution of BizPaL in our community.”

Area business owners and entrepreneurs can access the service by visiting http://www.lloydminsterdevelopment.ca/bizpal, http://www.bizpal.alberta.ca, or www.bizpal.gov.sk.ca.  The Province of Alberta is looking forward to expanding BizPaL to other areas of Alberta over the next year.

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