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Ontario’s plan for cutting red tape includes giving restaurants the option of hosting dogs on their patios and ending the limits on cross-provincial booze buying for personal use.

Small Business Associate Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria introduced legislation Monday that changes more than 80 rules or regulations that the government deems outdated, duplicative or unnecessary.

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Government policies have already added 272,000 new jobs, Sarkaria said.

“Today we’re taking another step towards a goal of making Ontario better for people and smarter for business,” he said.

If the legislation passes, Ontarians can expect to see a number of rule changes in areas like mining, alcohol sales, pesticides, pensions and transportation.

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Bars and licensed restaurants in some commercial airports would be able to serve alcohol 24 hours a day, instead of 9 a.m. to 2 a.m.

“We met with the airport authority who spoke to this being a need,” Sarkaria said. “We thought matching regulations to other provinces and other jurisdictions across the world made sense.”