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This regulation imposes a mandatory levy on hog producers in Manitoba for hogs marketed in interprovincial or export trade, with rates of $0.20 per weanling and $0.85 per other hog, payable to the Manitoba Pork Board within 7 days of invoicing.

This levy creates an unnecessary tax burden on hog producers, distorts market pricing, and reduces competitiveness in the pork industry. The regulatory cost adds complexity without clear benefit to consumers or producers, and the funds collected by the Producer Board likely support bureaucratic overhead rather than genuine market improvements.

Prescribes classes of persons (subsequent purchasers/sellers) liable under section 32.2 of the Customs Act when a tariff classification declaration becomes incorrect due to a failure, even if they had no role in the original declaration.

Extends liability to innocent subsequent parties who had no control over the original classification error, creating a chilling effect on secondary market transactions, increasing legal uncertainty and compliance costs, and punishing legitimate commerce. This is classic regulatory overreach that distorts incentives and reduces economic freedom without achieving its desired outcome more effectively than holding only the responsible original declarant accountable.

This regulation defines 'advertising revenues' for wireless transmission systems under the Copyright Act, specifying that revenues include total compensation net of taxes and commissions, with goods/services valued at fair market value, and provides rules for group broadcasting scenarios. It came into force in 1998.

It is a minor definitional rule that adds regulatory complexity and compliance burden with negligible benefit. The same clarity could be achieved through simpler statutory language or judicial interpretation, and its removal would reduce regulatory opacity without causing significant harm.

Regulation caps Public Service participation at 3 years for transferred service entities and mandates their pension contributions as a condition of participation.

Arbitrary 3-year cap and forced contributions increase administrative costs, disrupt service continuity, deter qualified providers, and reduce contractual flexibility—harming efficiency and contributing to Canada's regulatory burden and competitiveness.

This Order authorizes a specific Government of Canada employee (Norman Lee McCowan, Resource Management Officer) to lease territorial land in the Northwest Territories for personal use (hunting and fishing cabin), creating an exception to normal conflict-of-interest rules.

This regulation creates a special privilege for one government employee, undermining equal treatment under law and creating a conflict of interest. It represents cronyism that distorts proper resource allocation and encourages corruption.

Exempts specific used motor vehicles from tariff item 9897.00.00, which restricts importation of used vehicles. Exemptions cover specialized oil/gas/water drilling vehicles, gifts, vacation-home imports, foreign military personnel, temporary imports, US defense contractors in Newfoundland, large diesel dump trucks for mining/construction, returning residents, vehicles 15+ years old, racing cars, accident replacements, aircraft servicing equipment, temporary commercial imports, forfeited drug vehicles, temporary duty exemptions, Akwesasne residents, and original personal-use purchasers.

Deletion would restore the blanket used-vehicle import restriction for these exempt categories, raising costs and reducing supply for Canadians who rely on imported specialized equipment, gifts, or returning with personal vehicles. The regulation achieves its liberalized outcome through clear, predictable categories that avoid time-consuming, arbitrary case-by-case approvals, making the limited exemption both efficient and enforceable.

Regulation SOR/98-426 implements tariff-rate quotas for Chilean textile goods under the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement, granting remission of customs duties within annual quantitative limits and requiring extensive certification and documentation from importers and exporters.

Quantitative restrictions create deadweight loss by limiting trade volume below market-clearing levels, generate rents for quota holders, induce wasteful rent-seeking and lobbying, impose compliance costs, and distort supply chains. The modest tariff reduction within quotas does not justify these unseen harms; true free trade requires zero quotas, not managed trade.

Amends Tariff item 9897.00.00 to provide a duty exemption for goods manufactured or produced wholly or in part by prison labour, but only when imported strictly for personal use (not for sale or business) by either non-residents of Canada or returning Canadian residents. The amendment came into force on January 1, 1998.

This regulation distorts trade by granting a preferential tariff exemption based solely on production method, creating an unjustified competitive advantage for prison-labour goods. Tariff reductions should be applied uniformly, not selectively by production method. The personal-use restriction adds compliance complexity without economic justification, while potentially sustaining inefficient prison labour programs that should face normal market competition.

This regulation designates specific countries and military agencies for preferential tariff treatment under item 9810.00.00, likely enabling duty-free import of personal effects for foreign military personnel stationed in Canada. It lists 22 countries and U.S./U.K. training commands at Goose Bay and Ottawa, effective since 1998.

Keeping this regulation imposes unnecessary costs: it requires bureaucratic maintenance of a discriminatory list, violates equal treatment by granting selective trade privileges, creates perverse lobbying incentives, and entrenches the flawed concept that trade benefits are government favors. The negligible benefit to designated military personnel could be achieved more efficiently through general duty-free treatment for all foreign military on official duty or reciprocal bilateral agreements—without the administrative burden and principled distortion of free exchange.

Procedural rules for applications under Criminal Code section 745.6 seeking reduction of parole ineligibility periods for murder/attempted murder convictions, detailing filing requirements, service, judicial screening, jury empanelment, evidence rules, and hearing procedures.

Deletion would create legal uncertainty and arbitrary procedures in this criminal justice process, undermining rule of law. The regulation provides necessary procedural certainty and consistency that would be difficult to achieve ad hoc, without restricting economic liberty or creating market distortions.

Establishes the electoral districts for Nunavut's first Legislative Assembly, defining 19 territorial boundaries with specific geographic coordinates and legal descriptions for each district.

This is a foundational democratic structure that enables representation for Nunavut's residents. Without it, the territory would lack organized electoral boundaries necessary for governance and citizen participation.

This regulation provides exemptions from subsection 118(1) of the Customs Tariff Act for imported goods used during emergencies (medical emergencies, fires, floods, or disasters). It exempts goods that are temporarily diverted to emergency use and goods that are consumed during emergency response.

During emergencies, bureaucratic delays can cost lives and property. This exemption ensures that imported emergency goods can be deployed immediately without customs tariff hindrances. The regulation is narrowly tailored and achieves an important public safety objective that would be difficult to replicate through ad hoc administrative measures during crises.

Trade preference regulations establishing origin criteria and shipping requirements for Australia and New Zealand goods to qualify for preferential tariff treatment in Canada. Requires a minimum of 50% domestic production cost and direct shipping from the country of origin.

These regulations artificially restrict trade, raise consumer prices, reduce supply options, and create costly compliance burdens. The protectionist rules distort efficient global supply chains and benefit producers at the expense of Canadian consumers and overall economic welfare.

This regulation designates a specific grid area in Lancaster Sound, Northwest Territories for potential oil and gas exploration orders under the Canada Petroleum Resources Act, coming into force June 18, 1998.

This regulation creates a regulatory barrier to resource development by establishing a special designation area that adds bureaucratic complexity and delays to energy exploration, reducing Canada's competitive advantage in Arctic resource development.

A remission order granting Alpine Joe Sportswear Ltd. refunds of customs duties on specific polyester-cotton-elastane fabrics imported between 1997-2002 for use in manufacturing hiking pants, shorts, and bicycle touring shorts, with an annual limit of 13,716 metres.

Obsolete and arbitrary corporate welfare that violates equal treatment under the law; expired in 2002 but remains on books, creating regulatory clutter and the precedent of government picking winners. Canadians would be better off with neutral, uniformly applied tariffs.