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This regulation defines terms and establishes procedures for excluding time periods in energy infrastructure approval processes under the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, including circumstances for extensions and fee payment requirements.

Creates bureaucratic delays in energy infrastructure development, artificially extends approval timelines, and adds regulatory complexity without improving safety or outcomes - the market would handle these timing issues more efficiently through private contracts and liability.

Establishes safety protocols for work near international/interprovincial power lines: 30m prescribed area, 3-day locate requests via one-call centers, written authorization from holders, and CSA standards compliance for crossings.

Deletion would cause increased power line damage, leading to widespread outages, electrocution risks, fires, and higher repair costs. The one-call system efficiently coordinates stakeholders while protecting critical infrastructure and preventing negative externalities that would burden society.

This order applies subsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act to the critical habitat of the Salamander Mussel, identified in its recovery strategy on the Species at Risk Public Registry, and comes into force upon registration.

This regulation adds another layer of federal control over land use without addressing the underlying incentive problems that drive habitat destruction. Critical habitat designations often restrict productive use of land without compensation, creating economic hardship for landowners who become reluctant to report species presence. The regulatory approach treats symptoms rather than causes, imposing costs on Canadians while failing to create sustainable conservation incentives.

This regulation applies the Species at Risk Act to protect the critical habitat of the Rayed Bean (a freshwater mussel) by making its recovery strategy legally enforceable, coming into force upon registration.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it protects a threatened species' habitat, preventing irreversible biodiversity loss and ecosystem damage that would be difficult to reverse once lost, while imposing minimal economic burden.

Protects critical habitat of the Snuffbox mussel under Species at Risk Act by applying subsection 58(1) to its identified recovery strategy habitat, coming into force upon registration.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it provides legal protection for an endangered species' critical habitat, preventing destruction that would be difficult to reverse and could lead to irreversible biodiversity loss.

This order applies subsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act to the critical habitat of the Round Pigtoe, a freshwater mussel species, as identified in its recovery strategy on the Species at Risk Public Registry, effective upon registration.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it protects critical habitat for an endangered species, preventing irreversible biodiversity loss and ecosystem damage that would have long-term costs for fisheries, water quality, and natural heritage that cannot be easily restored once lost.

Applies Species at Risk Act habitat protection to Northern Riffleshell critical habitat, restricting land use.

Coercively restricts private property rights and economic liberty. Unseen costs: perverse incentives for preemptive habitat destruction, reduced investment, bureaucratic compliance burdens, and diverted resources from market-driven conservation solutions.

This order applies subsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act to protect critical habitat of the endangered Pugnose Shiner, excluding federal parks and wildlife areas already under separate protection. It restricts land use in designated habitat areas to prevent destruction.

It imposes substantial hidden costs: coercive restrictions on private property rights without compensation, foregone economic development and reduced land values, bureaucratic enforcement overhead, and the knowledge problem preventing optimal habitat protection. Market-based conservation (voluntary easements, private reserves, species-friendly incentives) would achieve the same goal more efficiently while respecting liberty and generating positive incentives.

This regulation applies subsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act to protect critical habitat of Inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic Salmon, excluding areas within Fundy National Park, as identified in the species recovery strategy.

Canadians would be worse off if this habitat protection was deleted because Atlantic Salmon populations are endangered and their critical habitat needs legal protection to prevent further decline, which would harm both ecosystem health and commercial fishing industries that depend on sustainable salmon populations.

This regulation designates various water-related structures as 'major works' under Canadian navigation protection law, including dams, ferry cables, bridges, causeways, and aquaculture facilities, establishing criteria for which structures require regulatory oversight to protect navigable waters.

Canadians would be worse off if these navigation protections were removed because major water structures can obstruct navigation, create safety hazards, and damage ecosystems. The regulation ensures that significant works affecting navigable waters are properly assessed and managed to protect public access, transportation routes, and environmental integrity that Canadians rely on.

General Import Permit No. 83 allows Canadian residents to import aluminum products from item 83 of the Import Control List, requiring documentation of origin, value, and quantity, with retention of records for six years and potential inspection by authorities.

This permit creates unnecessary regulatory burden on aluminum imports without clear benefit - the documentation requirements, inspection powers, and record-keeping mandate impose compliance costs on businesses while providing no evidence of achieving meaningful trade policy objectives. The permit's existence suggests a trade restriction that should be eliminated entirely rather than managed through paperwork.

Technical by-law setting detailed disclosure and record-keeping requirements for CDIC-member institutions regarding trust accounts, nominee broker deposits, and special income arrangements (RRSPs, TFSAs, etc.). Requires institutions to maintain beneficiary information, alphanumeric codes, and provide electronic reports to CDIC. Also mandates attestations from nominee brokers and professional trustees.

Eliminating these disclosure requirements would undermine CDIC's ability to accurately identify and pay insured depositors during a bank failure, creating uncertainty and potential disputes over coverage for trust accounts and registered plans. The administrative burden on institutions is modest and necessary to maintain the integrity of the deposit insurance system. No viable less-burdensome alternative exists that would provide CDIC with the necessary real-time, standardized data to perform its core function.

This order applies the Species at Risk Act's critical habitat protection provisions to the Rainbow Smelt (Lake Utopia small-bodied population), restricting activities that could damage its designated habitat.

The regulation imposes significant property rights restrictions and regulatory burdens on local landowners and communities for a narrowly targeted conservation goal. It creates perverse incentives that reduce economic opportunity, stifle development, and undermine both prosperity and effective conservation by replacing voluntary, market-driven stewardship with top-down command-and-control restrictions. The protection could be achieved through less coercive means like targeted conservation agreements or direct purchase of habitat interests.

Designates critical habitat for the Kidneyshell freshwater mussel under the Species at Risk Act, applying subsection 58(1) protections to habitat identified in the recovery strategy, effective immediately upon registration.

Protecting critical habitat for endangered species prevents irreversible biodiversity loss and ecosystem damage that would harm Canadians through reduced water quality, lost fisheries, and increased costs from environmental degradation.

Applies subsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act to protect the critical habitat of the Round Hickorynut, restricting activities that could degrade it.

The regulation infringes on property rights and economic freedom, raising development costs and hindering housing and infrastructure projects that would increase prosperity, while the ecological benefits of preserving a single mussel species are uncertain and unlikely to outweigh these tangible burdens on Canadians.