1. Working in cooperation with the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency to implement a Common Business Identifier September 22, 2003 Service New Brunswick Business Registration System

2. Business Registration Services Why was the project started? Red Tape Reduction Committee Report “Business owners do not distinguish government regulation and paper burden by department or level of government.” “Respondents clearly identified the need to have all permits and licences administered under one roof.”

3. Business Registration Services Business Registry System Vision Single Window Internet Registration Provincial Federal Municipal

4. Business Registration Services Business Registry System Vision Common Business Identifier Provincial Federal Municipal

5. Business Registration Services Business Registry System Vision Use common SNB infrastructure Electronic Payment Options Client Authentication Licencing Application Tracking

6. Business Registration Services Phase 1 – Building the Foundation Common Business Identifier Act Adopt CCRA Business Number (BN) Interface - CCRA for BN Interface - Corporate Affairs Interface - Credit Card Payment

7. Business Registration Services CLIENT Interface CCRA BRO CCRA Business Number Corporate Affairs Future Partners Interface BRS Credit Card Payment

8. Business Registration Services Delivery Schedule – Business Number Preliminary meetings December 2000 SNB Project initiated May 2001 System development May 2001-June 2002 Implementation of BN July 2002 Expansion – Finance - Public Safety February 2004

9. Business Registration Services Letter of Intent – the basics Analysis for best solution Phased in approach Commitment of personnel Each party assumes own costs

10. Business Registration Services Project governance Project Steering Committee – SNB senior management CCRA contacted as required New Brunswick Government Senior Management contacted as required

11. Business Registration Services Project governance Business Advisory Committee – Business Sector representatives – New Brunswick Government Departments – Municipal representation – CCRA – SNB

12. Business Registration Services Business Integration – Terminology – Business rules – Security – Support

13. Business Registration Services Terminology Integration Issues

14. Business Registration Services Business rules Integration Issues

15. Business Registration Services Security Integration Issues

16. Business Registration Services Support Integration Issues

17. Business Registration Services Technical Integration – System Security Messaging – Support Development Operations

18. Business Registration Services Integration Issues New Brunswick one of many – CCRA sets the standards –partners meet them Security PKI System tools – CORBA, MQ

19. Business Registration Services Integration Issues Continuity – Change of development leads Organization Size – Development, Operations, IT etc. – Occasionally sensed that NB was a lower priority Formal Agreement

20. Business Registration Services IMPROVING SERVICE TO BUSINESS