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Waives Crown reservation rights under the Territorial Lands Act for a single specific land parcel (Lot 278, Eskimo Point, NWT), enabling a particular land grant.

This is a narrow, one-time administrative waiver affecting only one land parcel. It creates no systemic rules or barriers, has no interprovincial trade impact, and imposes zero compliance costs on Canadians. Keeping it merely Maintains obsolete, hyper-specific legislation that clutters the statute book without advancing liberty or prosperity. Deleting it would have no measurable effect on any Canadian beyond the immediate parties to that 1986 land transaction.

This regulation establishes rules for accountable advances in the Canadian federal government, including definitions, issuance criteria, limits, accounting requirements, and repayment procedures for travel advances, imprest funds, petty cash, and other advance types.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it provides essential financial controls and accountability for government spending. Without these rules, there would be no standardized framework for managing public funds, leading to potential misuse, lack of transparency, and inability to track government expenditures. The regulation ensures proper stewardship of taxpayer money through mandatory accounting, repayment procedures, and oversight mechanisms that would be difficult to maintain through ad-hoc processes.

Designates specific officers to exercise the President of the Atomic Energy Control Board's powers under the Access to Information Act during absence or incapacity.

Ensures business continuity and transparency by allowing ATIA requests to be processed when the President is unavailable; deletion would create unnecessary administrative uncertainty and potential delays in information access.

Delegates the Minister of National Revenue's customs powers to named officers per section 163 of the Customs Act.

Deletion would create legal uncertainty about customs officers' authority, potentially halting border operations and disrupting trade. The regulation provides transparent, accountable delegation essential for efficient customs administration.

Regulation establishes a certification process for Canadian and US contractors to access unclassified technical data controlled by Canadian government agencies that relates to critical military technology. It defines eligibility, application procedures, data request and release rules, and enforcement mechanisms, with oversight by a Joint Certification Office and the Minister.

Deletion would either expose Canada to uncontrolled proliferation of sensitive military technology or force the government to impose ad-hoc, opaque restrictions that harm business certainty. This regime provides a transparent, rule-based system that minimally burdens legitimate commerce while protecting national security—a core function that would be harder to achieve without a clear framework.

Government insurance program covering up to $1M in losses on private loans (up to $4M) to Baie Verte Mines Inc. for working capital, secured by inventory/accounts receivable, with 1% semi-annual premium, expired March 1, 1987.

Expired in 1987; represents harmful corporate welfare that distorts markets, creates moral hazard, and uses taxpayer funds to benefit a single company rather than allowing free competition.

Requires provinces to report estimates and actual amounts of extra-billing and user charges to the federal Minister under the Canada Health Act. Information is used to monitor compliance with federal health funding conditions.

Reporting burden that reinforces extra-billing prohibitions which suppress private healthcare alternatives. These restrictions artificially limit supply, exacerbate wait times, and deny patients choice. The administrative costs represent misallocated resources that could otherwise improve care delivery.

Ontario flue-cured tobacco marketing regulation establishing licensing system and 2.5¢ per pound charge for interprovincial/export trade

Creates monopoly cartel structure that restricts supply, inflates prices, and prevents free market competition. The licensing system and mandatory charges benefit incumbent producers at consumer expense while blocking market entry for new producers.

Establishes obstacle limitation surfaces around Deer Lake Airport, prohibiting structures exceeding defined elevations and banning bird-attracting waste to ensure aviation safety. Applies within a 4km radius plus extended approach zones up to 15km from the runway.

Deletion would risk aviation accidents from obstructions and bird strikes, endangering lives and disrupting essential transportation; such wide-area safety requires coordinated, enforceable standards that private agreements cannot reliably achieve for a public airport.

Government insurance program for loans to Marine Industries Limited, a Montreal-based company, providing up to $40 million in loan guarantees with 100% coverage and 0.5% annual fees paid by private lenders

Creates market distortion by subsidizing specific company with taxpayer risk, artificially lowering borrowing costs and creating unfair advantage over competitors, while the intended economic development benefits are outweighed by resource misallocation and precedent for political favoritism in lending

Requires Treasury Board approval for government contracts exceeding prescribed amounts, rendering unapproved contracts void.

Creates unnecessary bureaucracy and delays in government procurement; accountability can be achieved through statutory spending limits and post-audits without centralized political approval, which also risks distorting decisions and fostering rent-seeking.

Sets interest rates for customs purposes based on Government of Canada Treasury Bill yields, with different calculation methods for different types of interest payments under Customs Act, Customs Tariff, and Special Import Measures Act

This regulation ensures consistent, market-based interest rates for customs payments, preventing arbitrary interest charges and providing predictable financial calculations for businesses and individuals dealing with customs matters. Without it, interest rates could be set arbitrarily or inconsistently, creating uncertainty and potential unfair treatment in customs-related financial obligations.

Mandatory levy on Quebec wood producers in specified municipalities for interprovincial/export trade, requiring payments to the Lower St. Lawrence Wood Producers' Syndicate for general administration, research, and working fund purposes. Rates vary by measurement unit and wood type, payable within 30 days of marketing.

This regulation imposes a compulsory transfer to fund a private syndicate, creating an interprovincial trade barrier that raises costs and distorts market decisions. It violates property rights by forcing producers to fund activities they may not support, and the fees discourage cross-border commerce. No compelling public benefit justifies overriding voluntary association and free trade between provinces.

The Equal Wages Guidelines, 1986 is a regulatory framework under the Canadian Human Rights Act that mandates equal pay for work of equal value. It establishes detailed criteria for assessing job equivalence based on skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions. The guidelines define how employers must evaluate jobs, set rules for group complaints (requiring occupational groups to be predominantly different sexes), and list permissible justifications for wage differentials (seniority, performance, regional rates, etc.). It creates enforceable pay equity obligations with significant compliance requirements and potential liability for employers.

This regulation imposes substantial compliance costs, creates rigid wage structures that distort market signals, and reduces employment flexibility. By mandating government-defined 'equal value' assessments, it interferes with voluntary contracts between employers and employees, punishes efficient wage differentiation, and increases litigation risk. These burdens reduce Canada's competitiveness, depress job creation (especially in small businesses), and restrict economic liberty—all while failing to address root causes of wage disparities that arise from genuine productivity differences and individual choices.

Prescribes the exact wording required for statements under the Tax Rebate Discounting Act, specifically the discounting transaction statement (Schedule I) and the refund amount notice (Schedule II). This is a purely procedural regulation controlling form content.

This regulation achieves no meaningful public benefit—the underlying Act's objectives could be met with flexible or optional templates rather than mandatory specific wording. It imposes trivial but cumulative compliance costs on the discounter industry for no discernible gain, representing the type of bureaucratic minutiae that clogs regulatory systems without improving outcomes. Canadians would be no worse off without these prescribed phrases and would benefit from reduced administrative friction.