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This regulation was repealed in 2007 and is no longer in effect. It appears to have been part of a larger regulatory framework that was deemed obsolete or unnecessary.

Repealed regulations represent unnecessary regulatory burden. This regulation was already removed in 2007, making it obsolete. Maintaining repealed regulations in the code creates confusion and potential compliance costs without any current benefit to Canadians.

These regulations were repealed in 2007 (SOR/2007-303, s. 44) and one was revoked in 1983 (SOR/83-792, s. 1). They are no longer in force and have been officially removed from the regulatory framework.

Already repealed - obsolete regulations that have been removed from the legal framework, eliminating any regulatory burden they once imposed.

Marine safety regulations governing vessel load lines, freeboards, and marking requirements for Canadian and foreign vessels in Canadian waters, based on international conventions and classification society standards.

These regulations impose costly compliance burdens on shipping industry without meaningful safety improvements, creating barriers to commerce while benefiting classification societies through mandated certification requirements.

Entire regulation consists of repealed provisions from SOR/2012-69, s. 135. No active regulatory content remains.

Completely obsolete - all sections repealed in 2012. Continuing to codify defunct regulations creates confusion, increases legal complexity, and wastes administrative resources without providing any public benefit.

This regulation was repealed in 2015 and is no longer in effect.

Regulation has already been repealed and is obsolete. No current regulatory burden exists.

This regulation incorporates Alberta's oil sands and related regulatory framework (environmental, utilities, pipeline, conservation laws) onto specific Fort McKay First Nation reserve lands, with adaptations to protect federal and First Nation sovereignty interests including consent rights, exemption from certain provincial enforcement powers, and joint approval requirements.

Deleting this regulation would create legal uncertainty and potentially halt oil sands operations on these lands by leaving unclear which regulatory regime applies. It provides a harmonized framework that reduces jurisdictional conflicts while protecting First Nation and federal interests through specific adaptations. The regulation enables rather than restricts economic activity by establishing clear rules of the road, which is preferable to the alternative of regulatory chaos or federal overreach.

This regulation defines the geographic boundaries and terminology for fisheries management areas in Canadian Pacific fisheries waters, including definitions for Fishing Zone, management areas, nautical miles, shoreline, subarea, and surfline. It establishes Schedule 2 areas as official management zones and sets technical standards for coordinate reference (NAD 83) and line projections (rhumb lines).

Without these precise geographic definitions, fisheries management would collapse into legal uncertainty and administrative chaos. Ambiguous boundaries would trigger costly disputes between fishers, provinces, and the federal government, undermine conservation efforts, and increase enforcement costs. The regulation provides the essential cartographic clarity needed for any fisheries governance system—whether liberalized or otherwise—to function. Deleting it would impose massive transaction costs and regulatory confusion that would harm both the fishing industry and sustainable resource management.

The Order grants the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units legal personality as a body corporate in Canada and extends limited diplomatic-style privileges and immunities to the organization and its officials, enabling Canada's participation in this international network for sharing financial intelligence to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. It excludes Canadian citizens and permanent residents from tax immunities and preserves Canada's national security exclusion powers.

Canadians would be worse off without this regulation because it enables vital participation in the Egmont Group's cross-border financial intelligence network, which protects the integrity of Canada's financial system from money laundering and terrorist financing. The narrowly tailored immunities are necessary for the organization's officials to perform their functions without legal harassment—a standard feature that makes such international cooperation feasible. The Order's explicit safeguards (no tax immunity for Canadians, national security override) ensure the privileges remain proportionate and accountable.

This regulation establishes a comprehensive licensing and oversight framework for remote sensing space systems in Canada, requiring extensive applications, detailed reporting, mandatory record-keeping, data archiving, security protection plans, and various notifications to the Minister throughout a satellite system's lifecycle.

The regulation imposes extensive administrative burdens, reporting requirements, and government oversight that create significant compliance costs, deter market entry, and put Canadian companies at a competitive disadvantage internationally. It stifles innovation, reduces supply, and substitutes rigid bureaucratic control for market-driven solutions that could address legitimate concerns through targeted laws, liability, and industry standards.

This regulation specifies the methods for serving documents on public office holders in conflict of interest proceedings, including personal delivery, registered mail/courier, or electronic transmission. It sets rules for when electronic service requires simultaneous registered mail, defines service dates, and outlines acceptable proof of service. The coming-into-force clause ties it to the 2006 Conflict of Interest Act amendments.

This is unnecessary procedural complexity. The dual-service requirement for electronic transmissions (email plus registered mail) is particularly inefficient, adding cost and delay without meaningful benefit. Service methods and proof requirements could be simplified through discretionary court procedures or existing litigation rules, avoiding regulatory prescription. The clause tying its force to a 2006 statute is obsolete since that statute is already in force. Regulatory minutiae in administrative procedures exemplifies the unseen burden of compliance that chills efficient governance.

This 2007 Order granted remission of customs duties and GST on goods temporarily imported for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, benefiting foreign participants, corporations, and suppliers, with conditions including export or destruction by October 2007.

It's an expired special-interest tax break that violates equal treatment under the law, distorts market competition, and imposes unrecovered revenue losses. Even if still active, such targeted fiscal incentives create unwarranted government picking of winners and set harmful precedent.

These Regulations implement UN Security Council sanctions against Iran, prohibiting dealings with designated persons, exports of nuclear-related materials and arms, and requiring financial institutions to report property controlled by designated persons.

Infringes economic liberty by prohibiting voluntary trade, imposes costly compliance burdens, distorts market signals, and harms Canadian competitiveness with uncertain security benefits. Sanctions represent regulatory overreach that punishes peaceful activity.

Establishes the Reserve Force Pension Plan for Canadian Forces members, defining eligibility, contribution rates, pensionable service calculation, and benefit provisions including annuities, return of contributions, and survivor benefits.

Creates complex pension bureaucracy with multiple contribution tiers, contribution limits, and administrative overhead that distorts military compensation choices and creates hidden costs for taxpayers through investment management and benefit administration.

This regulation allocates monthly export quotas for softwood lumber products from Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan to the United States for 2008. Quotas are based on historical export or production volumes from specified reference periods, with different formulas for primary producers and remanufacturers. It includes provisions for transfers, relinquishments, and a reserve pool for Quebec allocations.

This export quota system replaces voluntary market exchange with bureaucratic allocation, violating property rights and distorting incentives. By privileging historical performance over current efficiency, it protects incumbent producers while stifling competition, innovation, and economic growth. The administrative burden and artificial scarcity reduce Canadian welfare and exemplify the unintended consequences of central planning that Mises and Hayek identified. Such protectionist interventions should be eliminated in favor of free trade that respects individual liberty and allows supply to respond to genuine market demand.

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act regulations establishing revenue sharing formulas between federal and provincial governments, including definitions of taxable income, property values, and consumption-based revenue sources across multiple complex formulas.

This regulatory framework creates an overly complex bureaucratic system that distorts provincial incentives, imposes massive compliance costs, and centralizes power through convoluted revenue-sharing formulas. The hundreds of pages of definitions and calculations represent regulatory capture that benefits accountants and bureaucrats rather than Canadians. Simpler, more transparent arrangements would reduce compliance costs, restore provincial autonomy, and allow markets to function more freely.