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Remission of customs duties for a floating production platform used in the Deep Panuke Offshore Gas Development Project off Nova Scotia's southeast coast, with conditions requiring evidence of eligibility and claims filed by December 31, 2012.

Targeted duty remission creates market distortions by favoring specific projects over others, undermines uniform trade policy, and introduces administrative complexity without addressing broader regulatory barriers to energy development.

This regulation establishes a temporary period (from enactment to December 31, 2010) during which certain provisions of the Olympic and Paralympic Marks Act apply, specifically for paragraphs 3(4)(a), subsection 4(1), paragraph 5(2)(a), section 6, and paragraph 8(2)(a). It also sets the effective date to coincide with subsection 12(1) of the parent Act.

This regulation governs a temporary period that ended over a decade ago (2010). It is obsolete and serves no current purpose. Regulations should be regularly reviewed and repealed when they no longer apply, as maintaining outdated rules creates unnecessary regulatory burden and confusion without any benefit to Canadians.

This regulation establishes enforcement mechanisms and penalties for violations of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, including classification of violations, penalty ranges, service procedures, and interest rates on penalties.

Creates costly compliance burden on legitimate businesses, drives financial services away from legitimate customers, and fails to meaningfully stop sophisticated criminals who use alternative methods. The regulatory costs and reporting requirements disproportionately harm small businesses and reduce financial inclusion while having minimal impact on actual money laundering.

These Regulations impose economic sanctions on Myanmar (Burma) and listed persons associated with human rights violations, corruption, and the military regime. Key mechanisms include asset freezes, prohibitions on dealings and arms trade, mandatory screening by financial institutions, and a detailed list of designated individuals and entities with a limited exemption framework.

Sanctions restrict voluntary trade between Canadians and foreigners, imposing compliance costs on businesses and foreclosing peaceful exchange. They constitute government overreach into market transactions; foreign policy goals can be pursued through diplomacy rather than economic coercion that harms both Canadians and the target population while entangling the state in picking geopolitical winners.

This directive requires the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to consider the health needs of Canadians who rely on medical isotopes when regulating nuclear substances to prevent health risks, balancing safety with medical access.

Deleting this directive could lead CNSC to over-regulate nuclear medicine production, causing shortages of critical medical isotopes and directly harming patients' health. It ensures a necessary balancing consideration that would be difficult to maintain without explicit legislative direction, as regulators naturally tend toward safety over access.

This regulation establishes the framework for property taxation of railway and utility infrastructure (track, fibre optic cables, pipelines, etc.) located within right-of-way areas on specific First Nation reserves in British Columbia. It requires assessments to follow provincial methods and caps tax rates at the sum of applicable provincial rates, with certain adjustment factors for specific First Nations. It applies to a list of designated First Nations and specific land parcels described in detailed legal terms.

Deletion would enable arbitrary, potentially punitive taxation of essential transportation and utility infrastructure, raising costs that would cascade through the economy. This regulation prevents that by aligning First Nation tax rates with provincial standards—ensuring predictability for railways and utilities while still permitting First Nations to generate revenue from assets on their lands, a balanced outcome ad hoc negotiations cannot reliably achieve.

Environmental assessment framework for First Nations oil and gas projects, establishing screening, comprehensive study, mediation, and review panel processes with public consultation requirements and mitigation measures.

Creates excessive regulatory burden that delays energy development, increases costs, and reduces supply of affordable energy while achieving questionable environmental benefits through bureaucratic processes.

This regulation prescribes interest rates for the Air Travellers Security Charge Act. It defines a 'basic rate' based on the average yield of 3-month Treasury bills, then sets quarterly rates: basic rate + 4% for amounts payable to Receiver General, basic rate + 2% for amounts payable by Minister to non-corporations, and basic rate for amounts payable by Minister to corporations.

Canadians would be worse off without this transparent, formulaic calculation method. Deleting it would create uncertainty about interest rates or force reliance on arbitrary ministerial discretion. The regulation ties rates directly to market yields, ensuring predictability, fairness, and eliminating subjective decision-making in financial obligations.

Document consists solely of eight entries stating '[Repealed, SOR/2016-164, s. 6]' - it is not a substantive regulation but a record or index of repealed sections.

This document contains no active regulatory provisions, only a list of already-repealed sections. Deleting it removes no protections or services; it is administrative clutter with no governance value.

Prescribes which financial agreements are eligible financial contracts under the Winding-up and Restructuring Act, defining categories like derivatives, securities lending, repos, margin loans, master agreements, and collateral arrangements to provide legal certainty for their treatment in insolvency proceedings.

Canadians would be worse off without this regulation because it provides essential legal certainty for financial contracts, enabling efficient risk management and market stability. Deleting it would create uncertainty about netting and collateral rights in insolvency, increasing systemic risk, transaction costs, and potentially disrupting critical financial infrastructure. The regulation achieves its purpose through clear, rule-based definitions that are difficult to replicate through private contracting alone due to coordination problems and third-party effects.

The regulation defines 'derivatives agreement' and 'financial intermediary' and prescribes which financial agreements qualify as 'eligible financial contracts' under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. This includes derivatives, securities lending, repurchase agreements, margin loans, master agreements, guarantees, and collateral arrangements. Section 3 has been repealed.

Deletion would create legal uncertainty about which contracts are eligible for netting and termination in bankruptcy, increasing systemic risk and transaction costs. The regulation achieves clarity in a way that would be hard to replicate through courts or market practice alone.

Regulation defines which financial contracts qualify as 'eligible financial contracts' under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, granting them special netting and termination rights during insolvency to maintain financial stability and reduce systemic risk.

Canadians would be worse off without this regulation because it provides critical legal certainty for financial markets, preventing cascading failures during crises. The clear, standardized definition ensures orderly resolution of complex derivatives and other financial contracts, protecting the broader economy from systemic contagion. Achieving this outcome without codified rules would be difficult - ambiguous standards would create litigation, uncertainty, and higher transaction costs that ultimately harm all Canadians through less stable and more expensive financial services.

This regulation defines 'eligible financial contracts' under the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, covering derivatives, securities lending, repurchase agreements, margin loans, master agreements, guarantees, and collateral arrangements to provide legal certainty for CDIC resolution and insurance purposes.

Deleting this regulation would create immediate legal uncertainty in Canadian financial markets, raising transaction costs and reducing competitiveness. Market participants rely on these clear definitions for risk management, collateral arrangements, and CDIC treatment. Unpredictability would drive financial activity to jurisdictions with clearer rules, harming Canada's financial sector and the broader economy.

Regulation outlines payment calculation methodology under Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006, specifying allocation of export charge revenues and costs among non-excluded provinces (Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, BC, Saskatchewan, Alberta) based on export volumes.

This regulation institutionalizes harmful trade barriers against Canada's largest trading partner, creating administrative bloat, distorting provincial incentives toward protected industries, and perpetuating a costly trade dispute that reduces overall prosperity. The entire softwood lumber framework represents government interference in voluntary exchange that harms consumers, producers, and Canada's competitive position.

This regulation extends the application of specific anti-terrorism provisions (sections 83.28, 83.29, and 83.3) of the Criminal Code for a three-year period following parliamentary approval, as authorized by subsection 83.32(1). It establishes a resolution text and sets the effective date upon registration or parliamentary passage.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it provides essential temporary extensions of anti-terrorism investigative powers that law enforcement relies on to prevent and investigate terrorist activities. Without these provisions, Canada would lose critical tools for gathering evidence, conducting investigations, and disrupting terrorist plots, potentially leaving citizens more vulnerable to attacks.