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Authorizes Dundee Estates Limited to sell all its assets to Odyssey Cape Breton Tourist Attractions Limited

This is a simple corporate transaction authorization that facilitates a legitimate business sale without imposing regulatory burden on others. Canadians would be worse off if this was deleted because it would prevent a lawful business transfer and potentially harm employees, customers, and local economy in Cape Breton.

Authorizes Canada Post Systems Management Limited to acquire $120,000 in shares of G.D. Net B.V., a Dutch corporation, for investment purposes.

Government-owned corporation investing in foreign private company creates conflicts of interest, wastes taxpayer resources on non-core postal operations, and exposes public funds to market risks without clear public benefit.

Authorizes CN Railway to incorporate two wholly-owned subsidiaries under Canada Business Corporations Act by December 31, 1990.

This is a one-time corporate authorization with no ongoing regulatory effect. It served a specific historical purpose and is now obsolete - any remaining legal effect could be handled through standard corporate law.

Authorizes Canada Post Corporation to incorporate a wholly-owned subsidiary under the Canada Business Corporations Act.

Does not restrict private enterprise or create market distortions; removal would only create administrative obstacles for a Crown corporation without improving liberty or prosperity.

These regulations adjust excise tax rates for inflation by setting specific multiplier ratios (1.35559/1.99924 and 1.37078/1.88464) to be applied on September 1, 1983 and September 1, 1984. The adjustments maintain the real value of tax rates without altering underlying policy.

Deleting this purely technical regulation would either freeze outdated tax rates (creating inflation-driven de facto tax cuts) or force annual legislative votes for routine adjustments, increasing political uncertainty and administrative burden. The regulation maintains rate neutrality with minimal compliance cost and no market distortion beyond preserving intended policy.

Regulation limits asbestos fibre emissions from asbestos mines and mills to 2 fibres per normal cubic centimetre of gas, with specific measurement protocols, temporary exceedance allowances during malfunctions, and reporting requirements to the Minister.

Asbestos mining is no longer legal in Canada (banned in 2018, last mine closed 2011), making this regulation obsolete. Maintaining it serves no purpose but adds to regulatory clutter, requiring potential compliance and enforcement resources for a non-existent industry, while creating legal complexity.

ACOA Loan Insurance Regulations provide government-backed insurance to lenders for loans to commercial projects in Atlantic Canada, covering up to 90% of the principal. Eligible projects include establishment, expansion, or modernization of enterprises in agriculture, fishing, logging, mining, manufacturing, tourism, and business services, excluding wholesale/retail, real estate, government services, and personal/social services. Applicants must show inability to obtain private financing without insurance, commercial viability, and significant economic benefit.

The regulation is obsolete with a 1996 application deadline and includes repealed provisions. Even when active, it represented harmful industrial policy: government loan guarantees distort capital allocation, create moral hazard by socializing losses, and misallocate taxpayer funds to politically selected sectors, undermining market competition and economic efficiency.

Authorizes Nordion International Inc. to acquire CyberFluor Inc. shares before March 31, 1991, effectively creating a specific corporate merger exception to standard regulatory requirements

This is a one-off corporate merger authorization that creates regulatory arbitrage, distorts market competition, and establishes a dangerous precedent of government picking winners through selective regulatory exemptions. The market should determine such acquisitions without government intervention.

Authorizes Nordion International Inc. to incorporate subsidiaries in five European countries (Netherlands, France, UK, Italy, West Germany) for sales and distribution of its products.

This regulation creates unnecessary government intervention in corporate structuring decisions. Private companies should be free to establish international subsidiaries without federal authorization. The authorization adds no value and creates bureaucratic overhead, while potentially delaying legitimate business expansion.

Authorizes Nordion International Inc. to incorporate Nordion Europe S.A. under Belgian law, with shares held by or in trust for the parent company.

This is a non-general, one-off corporate authorization that creates no public benefit. It grants special legal privileges to a specific company without addressing any market failure or legitimate public interest. Such targeted interventions distort competition, create regulatory capture opportunities, and set precedents for preferential treatment, undermining the principle of equal application of law. Corporations should be free to incorporate under existing general corporate laws without requiring specific legislative authorization.

The British Columbia Hog Order establishes the British Columbia Hog Marketing Commission to control the marketing and pricing of hogs produced in BC, including interprovincial and export trade, with authority to levy charges on producers and equalize prices among them.

This regulation imposes price controls and restricts free market competition, leading to higher consumer prices, reduced supply efficiency, barriers to entry, misallocation of resources, and interprovincial trade barriers that undermine economic liberty and prosperity. The central planning required cannot replicate market price signals, causing unseen costs in lost innovation and suboptimal resource allocation.

Authorizes Canadian National Railway Company to incorporate CCUM in Quebec and sell 70% of shares to CIFIQ Inc. by December 31, 1990

Government authorization of specific corporate transactions creates regulatory barriers to market entry and distorts capital allocation - private companies should be free to incorporate and make ownership decisions without federal permission

This Order establishes an annual fee of $450 per sworn police officer for provincial and municipal police forces to access the RCMP's Police Information Retrieval System.

Eliminating the fee would either underfund this critical national police database or shift costs to general taxpayers, reducing accountability and potentially compromising the interjurisdictional information sharing essential for public safety. The user-pay principle ensures that those who directly benefit from the service bear its costs while maintaining system sustainability.

This Order establishes fee schedules for services and facilities at the RCMP Training Academy in Regina, including instructor-led academic training ($31/hr), gas/small arms training ($24/hr), driver training ($31/hr), accommodation ($17/day), and classroom rental by non-RCMP instructors ($17/hr).

Entrenches a government monopoly on police training, suppresses competition that could improve quality and lower costs, and uses administrative price-setting rather than market signals. The unseen costs include reduced innovation, inefficient resource allocation, and barriers to private training providers who could serve demand from municipal police, security firms, and international clients more efficiently.

Establishes a roster of five candidates to serve as members of committees for reviewing panel decisions under the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement, with three-year terms during good behaviour and selection by a board chaired by the Minister of International Trade.

This regulation facilitates trade dispute resolution between Canada and the US under the Free Trade Agreement, providing a structured mechanism for reviewing panel decisions that would be difficult to replace without disrupting established international trade relations and legal processes.