RIAS Inc. is an Ottawa-based company, incorporated in August 1999.

As our name suggests, we specialize in the regulatory field.  We are a consortium of seasoned consultants who have a broad
range of experience and technical expertise in all facets of the federal regulatory system, providing clients with high quality
consulting services in:

  • Identifying and assessing public policy issues, including scientific risk assessment
  • Selecting, designing and assessing regulatory and non-regulatory options
  • Designing and managing effective consultation and citizen engagement processes (including cutting-edge web-based
    approaches)
  • Analyzing the impact of regulatory and non-regulatory options (cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis,   
    benefits assessment/transfer, cost of compliance studies, market impact assessment)
  • Development and implementation of compliance and enforcement strategies
  • Regulatory performance measurement and reporting
  • Regulatory program review and evaluation
  • RIAS writing, preparation
  • Regulatory policy research
  • Project management planning and advice on the regulatory process and requirements
  • Strategic advice to senior officials

RIAS Inc. offers a highly experienced team of experts who have been on the front lines of the regulatory system for decades
– as managers of regulatory departments and regulatory programs; in building entire regulatory programs from the ground-
up; in developing individual regulations and managing the regulatory process from policy concept to final regulation; and as
practical, technical experts in identifying and estimating the risks, benefits, costs and distributional impacts of regulation and
alternative approaches for achieving public policy goals.  

While the RIAS Inc. team brings considerable history and experience in regulatory matters to our consulting assignments, we
also have up-to-date, in-depth knowledge and understanding of the Cabinet Directive on Streamlining Regulation (CDSR), its
supporting guides, and regulatory process requirements.  We have been leaders in the development of the guides that support
the CDSR, and training of federal regulators in their use.
RIAS Inc.
regulatory impacts, alternatives and strategies
1411-A Carling Ave., Suite 171, Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 1A7  
613-795-8426