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This regulation has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It appears to be obsolete regulatory text that was removed in 2016.

The regulation has already been repealed and is obsolete. Repealed regulations serve no purpose and only add unnecessary complexity to the regulatory code, potentially causing confusion about current legal requirements.

Sections 1-9 of this regulation are all marked as repealed by SOR/2016-166, section 7. No operative regulatory text remains; only repealed headings are present.

Repealed and no longer in effect. Maintaining repealed sections adds to legal complexity, wastes administrative resources maintaining dead letter, and creates confusion for those seeking current law.

Three sections of a regulation, all explicitly marked as repealed by SOR/2016-183, section 3. No substantive regulatory text remains in force.

Already repealed and therefore not a current federal regulation. Irrelevant to assessing Canada's regulatory stock.

This regulation has been repealed as of SOR/2016-319, section 1. No current regulatory provisions exist.

Repealed and obsolete regulation. No current regulatory provisions exist to evaluate for costs or benefits.

These regulations have already been repealed as of SOR/2016-177, section 7, indicating they were deemed obsolete or unnecessary by the regulatory authority itself.

Already repealed in 2016, demonstrating regulatory self-correction. Maintaining obsolete regulations would add unnecessary complexity and burden to the legal code.

This regulation has been repealed as of SOR/2016-319, s. 1. The specific provisions (sections 1-5) are no longer in effect and have been removed from the regulatory framework.

The regulation is already repealed and obsolete. Repealed regulations serve no purpose and create unnecessary regulatory burden by cluttering the legal framework. They should be formally removed to streamline governance and eliminate regulatory dead weight.

Amendment to Seeds Regulations specifying which seeds are classified as 'weed seeds' for purposes of the Seeds Act, establishing Class 2 and Class 3 weed classifications applicable to specific tables of Schedule I, and including a catch-all category covering seeds of any plant not listed in Schedule I.

The catch-all provision classifying seeds of all unlisted plants as weeds is wildly overbroad, banning any new crop not pre-approved by regulators. This stifles innovation, raises barriers to entry, and prevents farmers from adopting better varieties, with huge unseen costs in lost productivity and resilience. A science-based list of specific invasive weeds would achieve the desired protection without these severe market distortions.

Regulation designates specific nuclear facilities (primarily Bruce Nuclear) as nuclear installations, classifies them by risk level, and caps operator liability for nuclear incidents ranging from $0.5M to $180M depending on facility class.

Liability caps create moral hazard by underpricing catastrophic nuclear risks, distort market signals about true risk costs, and prevent full victim compensation. Operators should bear full liability for damages they cause, allowing proper cost internalization and risk assessment.

This order applies subsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act to the critical habitat of the White Sturgeon Kootenay River population as identified in the recovery strategy.

It imposes land-use restrictions that reduce property rights, increase development costs, limit housing supply, and distort market incentives. Voluntary conservation or liability rules could achieve protection at lower economic cost, while the regulation's unseen costs include reduced investment attractiveness and weakened competitiveness.

Protects critical habitat of White Sturgeon Upper Columbia River population under Species at Risk Act by applying subsection 58(1) protections to identified critical habitat from recovery strategy.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it prevents irreversible loss of an endangered species' critical habitat, which would eliminate potential future ecological and economic benefits from species recovery, and once habitat is destroyed, restoration is extremely difficult and costly.

This regulation protects critical habitat of the White Sturgeon Upper Fraser River population by applying protections under the Species at Risk Act, based on a recovery strategy from the Species at Risk Public Registry.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it prevents irreversible extinction of a unique species, which would destroy biodiversity, harm ecosystem services, and eliminate potential future scientific and economic value from this ancient fish population.

This Order applies the Species at Risk Act's critical habitat protection provisions to the Nooksack dace, legally restricting land use and development in designated areas to protect this fish subspecies.

It violates private property rights by forbidding productive use of land without compensation, concentrates certain costs on landowners while diffusing uncertain ecological benefits, reduces potential housing supply and economic development, and creates perverse incentives for preemptive habitat destruction. Central planners cannot determine the highest-value use of specific parcels compared to market-driven decisions, and such top-down restrictions contribute to Canada's broader regulatory burden and supply constraints.

Designates critical habitat for the Northern Madtom (Noturus stigmosus) under the Species at Risk Act, applying subsection 58(1) protections to this habitat as identified in the recovery strategy on the Species at Risk Public Registry.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it provides essential legal protections for an endangered species' critical habitat, preventing destruction that would make recovery impossible and potentially leading to permanent biodiversity loss that cannot be reversed.

This order postpones for one year the coming into force of eight subsections of the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act, which were originally scheduled to take effect on August 1, 2016.

Postponement orders add regulatory uncertainty and bureaucratic complexity without addressing the substance of the delayed provisions. If the subsections are harmful, they should be repealed entirely rather than delayed; if beneficial, they should take effect as scheduled. Either way, this interim measure distorts planning and serves no purpose from a liberty perspective.

Allows RCMP members to elect to count prior service in Parliament as pensionable service, with specific election procedures, payment terms, and medical examination requirements for late elections.

Creates complex bureaucratic pension transfer system with extensive administrative overhead, detailed payment schedules, and medical examination requirements that add unnecessary costs and complexity to public service pensions without clear public benefit.