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Designates specific provisions for enforcement under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 and sets coming-into-force tied to the Environmental Enforcement Act.

It entrenches a regulatory enforcement regime that restricts private property rights and land use, imposing compliance costs and legal uncertainty that stifle development, housing supply, and economic liberty without clear necessity.

This regulation designates specific provisions of the Canada Wildlife Act as designated provisions under paragraph 13(1)(b) for enforcement purposes, and sets the coming into force date tied to the Environmental Enforcement Act.

Designated provisions are essential for enforcement mechanisms - they create the legal framework that allows authorities to issue tickets and enforce wildlife protection laws. Without this designation, the Canada Wildlife Act's enforcement provisions would be toothless, making wildlife protection impossible to implement effectively.

Establishes the St. Anns Bank Marine Protected Area with four zones, prohibiting any activity that disturbs marine organisms or habitat unless exempted (fishing, navigation, safety) or conducted under an approved activity plan for research, education, or tourism. Requires detailed permits and post-activity reporting.

Imposes a burdensome permitting regime that restricts liberty, penalizes low-impact activities, and centralizes marine management. The unseen effects include chilling research and ecotourism, distorting fishing effort, and crowding out private conservation solutions that could emerge under recognized property rights.

A temporary 5-year moratorium on issuing new land and petroleum interests in specific Northwest Territories parcels (Schedules 1 & 2) under the NWT Lands Act and Petroleum Resources Act. Exempts existing interests, quarrying, and certain transitional mining/petroleum activities. Intended to facilitate land claim negotiations with the Athabasca Denesuline by preventing new claims during the negotiation period.

Canadians would be worse off without this moratorium because it creates the certainty necessary to finalize Indigenous land claims—a prerequisite for stable property rights, investment, and economic development in those territories. The regulation achieves a focused outcome (preventing claim fragmentation during negotiations) that would be difficult to replicate through market mechanisms or less targeted interventions. It balances temporary restraint with long-term clarity, protecting both existing interests and the potential for resolved claims to unlock sustainable prosperity.

Establishes membership requirements, advisory councils, and operational procedures for Canada's payment clearing and settlement system, including registration of banks, payment service providers, and stakeholder representation structures.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it ensures the stability and integrity of Canada's payment systems, which are essential for economic transactions, consumer protection, and financial system security. The regulation provides clear membership criteria, due process for suspensions, and stakeholder representation that would be difficult to achieve through market mechanisms alone.

The regulation consists of 11 sections that have all been repealed by Statutory Instrument SI/2017-76, section 36. It appears to be a former regulatory framework that is no longer in force.

Already repealed and has no legal effect. Formal deletion from statute books would reduce clutter and confusion. The original regulation was presumably flawed enough to warrant repeal, indicating its costs outweighed any benefits.

Criminal procedure rules for Alberta Court of Queen's Bench covering appeals, applications, pre-trial conferences, and judicial interim release procedures with standardized forms and timelines.

Canadians would be worse off without these rules as they provide essential procedural safeguards for criminal justice, ensuring fair trials, timely appeals, and consistent application of legal principles across Alberta courts.

This regulation waives $185 in immigration fees ($100 temporary resident visa fee + $85 biometric fee) for participants, officials, medical staff, and family members of the 2017 Invictus Games.

This regulation is obsolete—it applies only to the 2017 Invictus Games, which concluded nine years ago. It serves no current purpose and adds unnecessary regulatory clutter. Such temporary, targeted exemptions should be handled via ministerial discretion rather than enshrined in permanent regulations.

Protocol amending the 1995 Canada-Italy Social Security Agreement to clarify definitions, update benefit names, and refine administrative rules for coordinating pension contributions and benefits for individuals moving between the two countries.

Canadians living or working in Italy depend on this coordination to prevent double contributions and ensure continuous pension coverage. Removing these technical clarifying amendments would create administrative ambiguities risking coverage gaps or duplicated payments. Such coordination is essential because social security systems are compulsory monopolies—no private market mechanism can substitute for government-to-government harmonization.

Bilateral social security agreement between Canada and Italy coordinating pension systems through totalization of contributions and cross-border benefit payment.

Creates unnecessary international bureaucracy, commits Canadian taxpayers to foreign pension liabilities, restricts policy flexibility, and institutionalizes welfare coordination that should be handled by private markets. Administrative costs and sovereignty dilution outweigh practical coordination benefits.

Agreement between Canada and France to coordinate social security systems, covering pensions, benefits, and insurance periods for citizens of both countries, with provisions for totalization of benefits and administrative cooperation.

This agreement facilitates mobility and prevents double taxation of social security contributions for citizens working between Canada and France, ensuring retirement and disability benefits are properly coordinated across borders.

Temporary fee waiver for 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire victims replacing lost passports, PR cards, or citizenship certificates, with specific eligibility criteria and application deadlines.

Obsolete regulation with 2016 deadlines long expired. Emergency measures must automatically sunset to avoid permanent expansion of government discretion and legal clutter; this relief could have been provided through existing disaster assistance frameworks rather than creating a targeted fee exemption.

Regulation grants fee remission to foreign nationals whose work permit applications were refused between Sept 2014 and March 2016 due to an erroneous assessment of distance learning, and who also faced subsequent refusals of temporary resident permits or status restoration before Sept 2016.

Deleting this regulation would make Canada worse off by perpetuating an administrative injustice that harms the nation's reputation for fairness and deters skilled immigrants. The targeted legislative remedy efficiently corrects a historical error where individual legal recourse would be impractical for a limited cohort, ensuring justice without creating ongoing regulatory burdens.

The regulation refers the Spring Salamander (Carolinian population) assessment back to COSEWIC to consider new information, potentially overturning the 2011 extirpated status.

Keeping this regulation could lead to listing under SARA, imposing land-use restrictions, development prohibitions, and recovery strategies that reduce property rights, increase housing costs, and stifle economic activity. These interventions distort incentives, reduce wealth creation, and harm Canadians through higher costs and reduced supply. The unseen cost is the chilling effect on investment and the opportunity cost of diverting resources from productive uses.

Social security agreement between Canada and Peru to coordinate pension benefits, allowing cross-recognition of creditable periods and totalization of benefits for Old Age Security and Canada Pension Plan recipients working in or from Peru

Facilitates international mobility and prevents double taxation of contributions while protecting retirement security for Canadians working in Peru and Peruvians working in Canada - benefits would be worse off without this coordination framework