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Regulation establishes detailed procedures for Canada's DNA Data Bank, covering sample collection requirements, consent documentation for voluntary indexes, five-year data retention limits, and international data sharing safeguards under the DNA Identification Act.

Coerces DNA collection from convicted offenders, violating bodily property rights and establishing permanent state genetic surveillance. Risks mission creep, data breaches, and expansion to other groups. Liberty costs outweigh law enforcement benefits; unseen consequence normalizes state ownership of genetic material, deterring skilled immigrants and undermining individual sovereignty.

This regulation establishes procedural rules for the Canadian Forces Grievance Board, governing document definitions, hearing procedures, timelines, document filing and service, witness summons, expert testimony, motions, and conflict of interest protocols for military grievance reviews.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it provides essential due process protections for military personnel to challenge administrative decisions. The procedural framework ensures fair hearings, proper evidence handling, and conflict-free adjudication, which are critical for maintaining morale and trust in military justice systems.

Regulation imposes quota system controlling interprovincial trade of broiler hatching eggs and chicks. Requires producers, dealers, and hatchery operators from non-signatory provinces to obtain 'orderly marketing quotas' to sell into signatory provinces. Quotas allocated based on historical sales during frozen qualifying periods (1985-86 for eggs, 1988-89 for chicks). Quotas non-transferable and expire annually. Critical definitions (Act, Agency, signatory provinces, non-signatory provinces, marketing) have been repealed by SOR/2013-255, suggesting underlying authority has been eliminated.

Obsolete regulation with foundational elements repealed, rendering it inoperative. Even if active, it represents classic central planning: restricts free interprovincial trade, freezes market shares based on 1980s data, prevents new entrants, creates artificial scarcity, and distorts price signals. Such quota systems produce predictable harms—reduced competition, higher costs, entrenched cartels, and supply constraints—while violating the principle that commerce should flow to its most productive uses through voluntary exchange, not administrative allocation.

Establishes a $20,000 non-refundable fee for provincial institutions applying for deposit insurance from the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) under subsection 17(1.1) of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act.

This regulation enforces a government monopoly on deposit insurance that creates moral hazard, distorts market competition, and protects established institutions from new entrants. The arbitrary, non-refundable $20,000 fee acts as a barrier to entry that reduces financial innovation. Austrian economics teaches that deposit guarantees artificially sustain insolvent banks and prevent market discipline; private insurers would emerge with better risk assessment, while consumers could choose their risk tolerance. The costs include systemic fragility, higher banking fees, and the bureaucratic apparatus needed to administer this coercive scheme.

Regulation requiring manufacturers to submit detailed reports on tobacco product sales, ingredients, emissions, and manufacturing processes, including digital images and laboratory data.

Imposes significant compliance costs and administrative burden on manufacturers without clear public benefit, distorting markets and hindering innovation through excessive reporting requirements.

These regulations prescribe calculation methods for amounts payable under subsection 68.16(1) of the Excise Tax Act when gasoline is purchased and its cost is recovered from certain entities. Two methods are provided: a flat rate per litre ($0.015) or, at the purchaser's option for vehicle use, a per-kilometre rate ($0.0015). The rules also determine who is deemed to be the purchaser for tax purposes when costs are recovered, particularly in employer-employee reimbursement scenarios.

The regulation imposes unnecessary compliance complexity and creates distortionary incentives by offering two disparate calculation methods (litres vs kilometres), encouraging potentially arbitrary choices rather than a neutral, simple tax. The deemed purchaser rules add further bureaucratic layering. The same revenue could be collected with far less administrative burden and economic distortion through a simpler, uniform approach.

Regulations establishing compensation for animal destruction/disposal costs under the Health of Animals Act, including specific cost categories and maximum amounts for transportation, labor, and disposal services.

Without this regulation, farmers would bear full costs of mandatory animal destruction for disease control, creating financial barriers to public health compliance and potentially encouraging non-compliance with disease eradication programs.

This regulation grants legal capacities and diplomatic privileges to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and its representatives, officials, and experts performing missions in Canada. It establishes immunities from legal process, taxation, immigration restrictions, and customs duties, following the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations and the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

These privileges are essential for international organizations to function effectively in Canada. Without these immunities, the ITU would face significant operational barriers including legal harassment, tax complications, and immigration issues that would impede its ability to coordinate global telecommunications standards and emergency communications. These privileges are reciprocal - Canada's representatives abroad receive similar treatment, making this a matter of international diplomacy and reciprocity rather than a domestic regulatory burden.

This regulation authorizes Forest Products Marketing Boards to regulate interprovincial and export trade of primary forest products from private woodlots, including fixing prices, imposing levies, and enforcing marketing plans.

The regulation restricts interprovincial free trade, imposes price controls, and allows boards to collect levies that distort market signals. It reduces supply, increases consumer costs, creates bureaucratic overhead, and violates the principle of free trade between provinces. Hidden costs include reduced incentives for forest management, potential black markets, and permanent wealth transfer from producers to administrators.

Regulation establishes a licensing and registration system for controlled substances (targeted substances). It restricts possession to licensed dealers, pharmacists, practitioners, hospitals, and specified personnel; imposes security, record-keeping, and personnel qualification requirements; bars individuals with designated criminal offences; and governs test kits containing controlled substances.

Drug prohibition violates individual liberty and property rights, creating massive unseen costs: violent black markets, mass incarceration, corruption, stifled medical research, and the destruction of countless lives. The regulatory burden distorts markets, inflates costs, and prevents safer alternatives from emerging. These catastrophic consequences far outweigh any speculative benefits.

Remission of customs duties for specific steel wire used in tire manufacturing, applicable to imports from July 10, 1996 to June 16, 1999, with conditions for claiming remission within two years and providing eligibility evidence.

This is a temporary, narrow duty remission for a specific product and time period. Such targeted interventions distort trade, create administrative burden, and benefit specific industries at the expense of others. The costs of maintaining this obsolete regulation (administrative overhead, compliance requirements) outweigh any benefits, especially given its expired applicability window.

Governs internal procedures of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, covering definitions, meeting conduct (public/closed, notice, agenda), record-keeping, voting rules, quorum, and signing authority delegation.

Canadians would face greater regulatory uncertainty and arbitrary decision-making if deleted; these by-laws ensure transparency, accountability, and consistency in nuclear safety regulation. The codified procedures constrain agency discretion in a way that ad-hoc governance cannot, protecting liberty and property rights while maintaining public trust.

Establishes procedural rules for nuclear safety hearings, appeals, and orders under Canada's Nuclear Safety and Control Act, covering public hearings, licensing matters, and regulatory decisions with provisions for intervention, evidence submission, and administrative fairness.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it provides essential procedural safeguards for nuclear safety decisions that affect public health, security, and the environment. The framework ensures transparency, allows stakeholder participation, and maintains accountability in decisions about nuclear facilities and radioactive materials that pose significant risks if improperly managed.

Nuclear Safety and Control Act regulations governing import/export of controlled nuclear substances, equipment, and information. Establishes licensing requirements, exemptions, and safety measures for nuclear materials and technology transfer.

Nuclear materials pose severe proliferation and safety risks. These regulations ensure controlled transfer of fissionable materials, prevent unauthorized access to nuclear technology, and maintain international compliance with non-proliferation treaties. The licensing system and exemptions balance security with legitimate scientific/industrial needs.

A regulatory document containing 24 sections, all of which are marked as repealed by SOR/2015-145, section 51. No substantive regulatory provisions remain in force.

Repealed and obsolete. The regulation has no legal effect, and its repeal indicates it was deemed unnecessary, ineffective, or harmful by the appropriate authorities. Keeping repealed provisions would create legal confusion and undermine legislative clarity.