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Entire regulation is repealed as of 2010-120, section 282, making it obsolete and inoperative.

Repealed in its entirety in 2010, this regulation is obsolete and serves no current purpose. Its repeal indicates it was deemed unnecessary or counterproductive, and maintaining it would only create regulatory clutter without any benefits.

This regulation appears to be a repealed set of provisions, with all sections (1-24) marked as repealed in 2010. The regulation likely dealt with financial or securities matters given the SOR/2010-261 reference, but specific details are unavailable due to repeal.

Repealed regulations represent obsolete rules that have already been removed from active enforcement. Keeping repealed regulations creates unnecessary regulatory clutter and confusion without any benefit to Canadians.

The document consists of sections 1 through 20, all marked as repealed by SOR/2010-220, s. 17. No substantive regulatory content remains; it is merely a list of repealed provisions.

The regulation is already repealed and therefore obsolete. Its prior existence and subsequent repeal indicate it likely imposed unnecessary costs or distortions that warranted removal. Keeping repealed statutes on the books, even as placeholders, creates legal uncertainty and administrative waste.

The National Parks Cemetery Regulations govern Field and Waterton cemeteries in national parks. They establish a certificate system for burial rights, restrict eligibility to long-term park residents and their next of kin, set detailed rules on grave depth, monument size and placement, require superintendent approval for memorials and vegetation, and impose various usage bans (e.g., animals, winter ashes burials).

The regulation creates a state monopoly over burial plots, arbitrarily restricts access based on residency, grants excessive discretionary power to the superintendent (e.g., censorship of 'offensive' content), prohibits winter burials, and forbids assignment or subdivision of plots. These controls increase costs, reduce supply, exclude families, distort personal choices, and produce unseen harms like black markets and cultural insensitivity, while any legitimate health and safety objectives could be achieved with far lighter regulation or private management.

Federal regulations governing garbage collection, disposal, and fees in Canadian national parks and reserves, including container requirements, collection procedures, disposal restrictions, and volume-based charging systems for different property types and service areas.

These regulations create unnecessary bureaucratic complexity and cost burdens on park residents and businesses while restricting market-based waste management solutions. The volume-based charging system and detailed container specifications represent regulatory overreach that could be replaced by private contracts and voluntary arrangements without compromising public health or environmental protection.

This is a transitional regulation governing Nova Scotia's HST rate increase from 8% to 10% effective July 1, 2010. It establishes special rules for calculating tax on various supplies (services, leases, memberships, passenger passes, etc.) made during the April-July 2010 transition period, including prorating tax based on when services were performed or property delivered, and exceptions for pre-July 1 arrangements. It also contains related disclosure requirements and adjustment mechanisms.

The regulation is obsolete—all operative dates (2010-2012) have long passed—and serves no current purpose. Keeping it imposes unnecessary administrative burdens on legal professionals, accountants, and businesses who must navigate irrelevant historical provisions, creating legal confusion and wasted resources without any offsetting benefit to Canadians.

Comprehensive maritime safety regulations covering vessel equipment, licensing, and operational requirements for pleasure craft, passenger vessels, workboats, and human-powered vessels in Canadian waters. Establishes standards for life-saving appliances, fire safety, navigation equipment, and vessel registration/licensing.

These regulations create unnecessary compliance burdens on small vessel operators and impose costly equipment requirements that disproportionately affect recreational boaters. The extensive licensing system and equipment mandates drive up costs, reduce accessibility to boating, and create regulatory complexity without proportional safety benefits.

This regulation mandates that child restraint systems, infant carriers, booster seats, and specialized restraints for disabled persons and infants with special needs conform to specific Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (CMVSS 213, 213.1, 213.2, 213.3, 213.5). It requires a national safety mark on products, prescribes record-keeping and registration systems, and establishes detailed defect and non-compliance notification procedures to the Minister and affected parties. The rules govern importation, manufacturing, labeling, and recall processes.

The regulation imposes substantial compliance costs through mandatory technical standards and bureaucratic processes that inflate prices and stifle innovation by locking in specific designs. Unseen effects include products withheld from the market due to regulatory barriers, reduced competition, and false complacency from government certification. Private mechanisms—tort liability, insurance, and independent certification—would align producer incentives with safety more efficiently, without the knowledge problem of centralized standard-setting.

Remission of customs duties for imported renewable fuels used as ships' stores between April 2006 and June 2009, with conditions including export, processing, and documentation requirements.

Temporary tax break for specific fuels creates market distortions, administrative burden, and benefits narrow interests while imposing compliance costs on others. Better to have uniform trade policy.

Establishes safety procedures for Canadian vessels including muster lists, emergency drills, passenger briefings, and equipment inspections to ensure preparedness for maritime emergencies and effective response to incidents at sea.

Maritime emergencies require standardized, practiced procedures to prevent loss of life. The costs of inadequate preparation (deaths, injuries, environmental damage) far outweigh regulatory compliance costs. This creates predictable, coordinated responses that save lives when seconds matter.

This regulation mandates mortgage insurance disclosure requirements for financial institutions in Canada, requiring them to provide detailed information about mortgage insurance coverage, costs, and any payments or benefits received from insurers to borrowers and the public.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it ensures transparency in mortgage insurance transactions, preventing hidden fees and undisclosed conflicts of interest between lenders and insurers that could lead to predatory lending practices and higher costs for borrowers.

Regulation governing permissible payments between mortgage insurers and financial institutions, determining 'actual cost' calculations and prohibiting marketing-related inducements to prevent conflicts of interest and ensure transparent pricing.

Restricts voluntary contracting between consenting parties, imposing compliance costs and regulatory uncertainty. The prohibition on marketing payments reduces competition and may limit efficient distribution channels, ultimately increasing mortgage insurance costs and housing prices. The knowledge problem prevents regulators from determining optimal market terms across diverse transactions.

Regulates traditional activities in Wapusk National Park including berry gathering, trapping, hunting, and vehicle use for local indigenous communities, with permit systems and ecological management requirements.

Creates bureaucratic barriers to traditional indigenous practices through permit requirements, seasonal restrictions, and centralized control, while the ecological impacts are minimal given the subsistence nature of activities. The permit system adds costs and delays without meaningful environmental benefits.

Establishes mandatory fees for telecom providers with ≥$10M Canadian telecom revenues to fund CRTC regulatory activities. Fees (annual, supplementary, and adjustment) are proportional to each provider's share of total contribution-eligible revenues, with reconciliation between estimated and actual costs.

Hidden tax raising consumer prices; funds counterproductive regulation that distorts markets, stifles competition, and incentivizes bureaucratic expansion.

This regulation deems Haitian goods transhipped through the Dominican Republic as directly shipped to Canada for purposes of qualifying for the General Preferential Tariff or Least Developed Country Tariff, contingent on post-January 12, 2010 importation, a through bill of lading to a Canadian consignee, and submission of requested documentation to the Minister.

Deletion would raise barriers for Haitian goods, increasing costs for Canadian consumers and reducing access. The regulation enables legitimate trade with a developing nation while deterring fraud through clear, minimal requirements—a balance that would be harder to maintain without an explicit rule.