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Rules governing criminal appeals in Ontario, including procedures for filing notices, transcripts, factums, and timelines for perfecting appeals, with specific provisions for inmate appeals and sentence-only appeals.

These rules ensure fair and efficient administration of criminal justice by establishing clear procedures for appeals, protecting defendants' rights, and maintaining judicial consistency. Their repeal would create chaos in the criminal justice system.

This regulation withdraws specific lands at Contwoyto Lake, N.W.T. from disposal to settle native land claims, creating Inuit fee simple lands with 300m buffer zones. It expires May 31, 1995 or upon land title registration.

This regulation facilitates indigenous land claim settlements by protecting specific territories from competing claims and development. Deleting it would undermine negotiated agreements and create uncertainty for native communities who rely on these established boundaries for economic development and cultural preservation.

This Order provides GST remission to non-profit grazing associations for taxes paid before November 6, 1991, under specific conditions including registration before January 1, 1994, and application within 4 years of payment.

The regulation is obsolete with deadlines in 1991-1994 that have long passed; it creates economic distortion by granting special tax treatment to a narrow sector without justification, violating principles of neutral taxation and equal treatment under the law.

Retroactive remission order forgiving Unemployment Insurance premiums for spousal employment during March 1, 1978 to August 15, 1988. Defines spousal employment as working for one's spouse or a corporation where spouse controls >40% of voting shares. Prevents double-dipping with other refunds/benefits.

This regulation is obsolete and has no current legal effect. It applies solely to a historical period ending in 1988 (nearly 40 years ago) and serves only as a dead letter cluttering the statute books. Keeping obsolete regulations undermines legal clarity and certainty, imposing unnecessary compliance costs for no public benefit. The regulation should be formally repealed to maintain a coherent and current regulatory framework.

Retroactive remission of Unemployment Insurance premiums for Cape Breton Development Corporation employees who participated in a Pre-Retirement Leave Plan and received Canada Pension Plan disability pensions, applying to premiums paid between 1971 and June 8, 1989, reduced by any severance benefits received.

Obsolete narrow exemption creating precedent for retroactive special treatment and administrative burden; serves no current economic purpose while violating principle of equal treatment under law, distorting incentives for lobbying, and arbitrarily favoring a specific historical cohort.

A one-time tax remission order from 1979 granting forgiveness of taxes, interest, and penalties on strike pay received by Saskatchewan Liquor Board employees during a specific 21-day strike in late 1979, applicable only to union members who did not object to the original tax assessment.

This is a historical artifact with zero ongoing application; the strike concluded nearly 50 years ago, the affected employees are long-retired or deceased, and the order serves no current purpose. Its retention clitters the statute books with dead letter law that cannot possibly affect any living Canadians, representing pure regulatory debt with no justification for continued existence.

Fee schedule for documents and services under financial institution acts; sets charges for certificates, certified copies, and corporate histories; includes repealed sections and short-form description note.

Contributes to regulatory accumulation for a non-essential administrative function; fees could be set via simpler mechanisms, reducing rigidity and complexity without harming liberty or property.

Regulation identifies specific rural lands and site-specific selection areas in Yukon Territory for Gwich'in land claims, excluding lands under existing leases or agreements for sale under Territorial Lands Act.

Canadians would be worse off if deleted because this regulation protects Indigenous land rights and provides legal clarity for land use in the Yukon, preventing disputes and ensuring proper compensation for Gwich'in people under federal land claims agreements.

Agreement between Canada and Ireland to coordinate social security benefits, allowing individuals to combine contribution periods from both countries to qualify for pensions and other benefits, preventing double taxation, and ensuring benefit portability between the two nations.

Canadians would be worse off if this agreement was deleted because it ensures pension portability and prevents loss of retirement benefits for those who worked in both countries. Without it, Canadians who worked in Ireland would lose access to their accumulated contributions or face complex bureaucratic barriers to receiving their earned benefits.

This regulation designates specific parcels of land in the Northwest Territories (North Baffin Island) as 'TYPE 2 LANDS' based on maps approved by federal land and parks officials, with the designation recorded in government offices. The regulation includes a saving clause excepting lands already under lease or sale agreements. The purpose appears to be a land-use classification or restriction tied to national parks planning, though the specific restrictions are not detailed in this text.

This centralized land-use designation represents government control over private property that distorts market signals, restricts development options, and creates bureaucratic barriers to productive land use. Such planning regimes inevitably misallocate resources, reduce supply of developable land, and create uncertainty for owners. Any legitimate conservation goals can be achieved through voluntary conservation easements, market purchases, or community agreements rather than top-down restrictions that impose uncompensated harms on property rights. The 'TYPE 2' classification without clear, market-based criteria exemplifies the arbitrary government planning these economists opposed.

A retroactive tax remission regulation from the 1980s granting relief to farmers whose taxes for 1984-1986 were reassessed due to trade-in allowance calculations on farm equipment. It forgives overpaid taxes/CPP contributions and requires recipients to waive all future objections and appeals related to these assessments in exchange for the remission.

This is a narrow, time-bound amnesty measure for a historical tax issue that has long since passed. It serves no current policy objective and merely maintains administrative complexity for a handful of legacy cases that should have been resolved decades ago. The regulation locks in a special tax treatment that distorts historical tax records and creates ongoing compliance burdens for revenue agencies to manage cases from 40+ years ago. The original tax uncertainty that necessitated this should have been settled through normal legal processes, not perpetual remission tracking. Keeping it signals that retroactive tax relief for specific groups is legitimate policy, undermining tax certainty and equal treatment before the law.

This Order grants tax remission (GST/HST forgiveness) for purchases of property and services made by visiting foreign military forces for official use, with claims to be filed within 2-4 years and accompanied by invoices and annual reports.

Deleting this remission would harm Canada's defense relationships, likely prompting retaliatory taxation of Canadian forces abroad, increasing costs for allies training in Canada, and undermining reciprocal agreements that enhance national security. The modest revenue loss is outweighed by strategic cooperation benefits and fulfilling international obligations.

Remits customs duties and sales tax on equipment for servicing foreign aircraft at Canadian airports, conditional on reciprocal treatment by the foreign country.

Creates unnecessary bureaucracy, distorts market neutrality by selectively favoring certain foreign carriers, perpetuates retaliatory trade barriers, and violates free-market principles of equal treatment; unilateral elimination of all tariffs would maximize efficiency and attract all airlines without administrative overhead.

This regulation designates specific land parcels (Lots 5, 6, and 7 in Block 202, Yellowknife) as federal property, likely for administrative or strategic purposes.

Federal land designation creates unnecessary bureaucratic overhead, restricts private property rights, and prevents market-based development that could better serve Yellowknife residents. The regulation serves no compelling public purpose and represents regulatory overreach into local land use decisions.

This regulation grants tax remission to specific processing companies for GST paid on imported goods and materials used in processing goods for export, with conditions on ownership, timing, and input tax credits.

This regulation creates a targeted tax benefit for only five specific companies, distorting competition and market signals. It forces other businesses to bear higher tax burdens while these selected firms receive preferential treatment. The government should not be picking winners through tax policy - a neutral tax system treats all businesses equally regardless of their export activities or processing methods.