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Establishes a mandatory retirement compensation arrangement (pension) for federal public servants, RCMP, and Canadian Forces members. Sets contribution rates (typically double the Public Service Superannuation Act rates), defines eligibility criteria including election mechanisms for deputy heads, and calculates benefits based on pensionable service and salary. Includes provisions for transfers, death benefits, and repayment of overpayments.

It forces mandatory participation in a government-run defined benefit scheme that distorts labor markets by making public sector jobs artificially attractive relative to private sector entrepreneurship. This misallocation of talent contributes to brain drain and reduces economic dynamism. The guaranteed nature creates unsustainable liabilities for taxpayers while restricting individual liberty to choose private retirement arrangements that better align personal responsibility with market discipline.

Regulation establishes a licensing system for water use and waste deposition in Mackenzie Valley water management areas of Northwest Territories. Requires licenses unless activities meet specific environmental criteria with no significant adverse effects, imposes fees varying by undertaking type, and includes reporting, security, and procedural requirements. Exempts small-scale activities and residential sewage.

The licensing system creates unnecessary barriers to productive water use, substituting bureaucratic discretion for market-based allocation. It imposes significant compliance costs that particularly harm small operators and remote communities while distorting incentives and delaying development. In water-abundant Northwest Territories, the regulation's unintended consequences—regulatory capture, rent-seeking, stifled innovation, and brain drain—far outweigh benefits that could be achieved through simpler liability rules and market pricing.

This regulation has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was officially repealed by SOR/2016-96, section 1.

Regulation has already been repealed and is obsolete. No longer has any legal effect or regulatory impact on Canadians.

This regulation prescribes specific electoral methods for chiefs and councillors of First Nations bands listed in Schedules I-III of the Indian Bands Council Elections Order, including direct band-wide elections, councillor-elected chiefs, and electoral section representation.

Keeping this regulation imposes paternalistic federal control over Indigenous self-governance, restricts liberty to design locally appropriate democratic structures, and creates unnecessary bureaucratic overhead; deletion restores self-determination and aligns with limited government principles.

Regulations 1-7 were repealed in 2016 under SOR/2016-179, section 11. These regulations were previously in effect but have been officially removed from the Canadian federal regulatory framework.

Regulations are already repealed and obsolete. Original repeal indicates they were deemed unnecessary or counterproductive, suggesting their continued removal benefits Canadians by eliminating outdated regulatory burden.

This regulation has already been repealed and is no longer in effect. The entire regulation consists of provisions that were repealed by SOR/2016-185, section 5.

Already repealed and obsolete. No current regulatory burden exists to assess, but the repeal itself indicates the regulation was no longer serving its intended purpose or had become unnecessary.

Regulation sets minimum prices for interprovincial sales of broiler hatching eggs, requiring sellers to charge at least the producing province's minimum price or market average plus transport costs. Key terms like 'signatory provinces' and 'Commodity Board' have been repealed, creating legal inconsistency.

Already partially repealed with core definitions removed, rendering remaining provisions inoperative. Even if functional, it violates free trade principles by setting price floors that inflate costs for poultry producers, distort market signals, and create artificial barriers between provinces.

A regulation consisting of 16 sections, all marked as repealed by SOR/2016-133, section 20. No substantive provisions remain in force.

The regulation has already been fully repealed and has no legal effect. Maintaining repealed sections on the books creates confusion, wastes administrative resources, and violates the principle of legal clarity.

This regulation appears to be a repealed set of rules with no active provisions. All numbered sections (1-9) are marked as repealed by SOR/2016-124, section 19.

The regulation is already repealed and contains no active provisions. Keeping it serves no purpose and creates unnecessary legal complexity.

Regulation establishes a registration system for offshore interests under the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act, detailing Registrar duties, record-keeping procedures, and public access.

Deleting this would remove legal certainty for offshore property rights, increasing transaction costs, fraud, and disputes, which would deter investment and harm economic development in a critical resource sector. The centralized, government-backed registry ensures standardization and enforceability that private alternatives cannot reliably provide for state-managed resources.

Sections 1-3 of this regulation have been repealed by SOR/2016-23, s. 6. The document shows no current operative provisions.

Already repealed; no lingering legal effect. The repeal itself indicates the regulation was flawed or unnecessary—retaining even symbolic provisions invites uncertainty and administrative burden.

Regulates interprovincial and export trade of broiler hatching eggs and chicks through mandatory licensing for buyers and sellers, tied to quota systems, with reporting and compliance requirements.

Restricts interprovincial trade, artificially limits supply via quotas, imposes compliance costs, and creates barriers to entry, protecting incumbents at the expense of consumers and efficient markets.

This regulation consists of four sections (1-4) that are all marked as repealed by SOR/2016-289, section 12. The regulation is no longer in force and appears to be an obsolete legislative document.

The regulation has already been repealed and is obsolete. Keeping repealed sections on the books creates legal uncertainty, wastes regulatory resources maintaining historical records in active databases, and may confuse stakeholders about current requirements. Since it has no legal effect, maintaining it serves no purpose while imposing small but real administrative costs.

This regulation was repealed in 2016 and no longer has any legal effect or current purpose.

Repealed regulations create unnecessary complexity in the legal code and serve no functional purpose, consuming resources for compliance review while providing zero benefit.

A federal regulation consisting of at least two sections, both repealed by SOR/2016-319, s. 1. The original purpose is unclear from the text provided, but it represented a regulatory framework that Parliament entirely eliminated.

This regulation is already repealed and therefore obsolete. Maintaining repealed provisions creates legal confusion and unnecessary complexity. The fact that Parliament abolished it entirely indicates it was either unnecessary, harmful, or both - an outcome consistent with reducing regulatory burden.