A list of designated terrorist organizations with their alternate names, used for legal identification and prohibitions.
Deleting this list would remove legal clarity for identifying and prosecuting support for these terrorist groups, increasing risk to Canadian national security and public safety.
The Governor in Council decided not to list the American Eel as threatened under SARA, instead maintaining management under the Fisheries Act to balance conservation goals with avoiding $12.7M in annual economic losses from commercial fisheries closures. This approach allows continued sustainable harvesting while implementing targeted measures like fish passage improvements, catch limits, and habitat restoration.
Canadians would be worse off if this regulatory approach was deleted because switching to SARA listing would impose blanket prohibitions that would immediately close all commercial eel fisheries, causing $12.7M in annual profit losses and disrupting aquaculture supply chains, while the Fisheries Act framework already achieves conservation through flexible, adaptive management that can respond to population changes without devastating livelihoods.
Designates deputy heads for the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act and repeals an outdated order from 1993.
Purely administrative; no substantive protection of liberty or property. Maintaining such orders entrenches bureaucratic complexity and overhead that could be eliminated through simpler governance arrangements.
Comprehensive federal labor regulation mandating specific employment contract terms (written statements, vacation, holiday pay, reporting pay), restricting young workers, prescribing complex hour-averaging formulas, requiring extensive record-keeping, and imposing government notification and posting obligations for most federally regulated employers, with exemptions for certain professions.
This regulation imposes massive compliance burdens through 80+ prescriptive requirements that eliminate voluntary contract negotiation, increase hiring costs, and create complex administrative obligations. The mandated benefits and inflexible rules reduce employment opportunities—especially for young, low-skilled, and flexible workers—while incentivizing informal hiring and diminishing Canada's competitiveness relative to the United States. Market competition, not state-mandated terms, is the proper mechanism for determining wages, schedules, and benefits.
The Income Tax Regulations establish withholding tax rules for employers on payments to employees, including regular remuneration, bonuses, retroactive increases, and lump sum payments, with rates varying by province and payment type.
Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it ensures consistent tax collection at source, preventing tax evasion and providing stable government revenue for public services. The withholding system reduces compliance burden on individuals and ensures tax payments are spread throughout the year rather than requiring large year-end payments.
Establishes standardized grades for substandard grain (Off Grades) and grain screenings, with detailed specifications for moisture content, weed seeds, stones, and other contaminants. Creates classification system for products like 'Sample', 'Tough', 'Damp', various Feed Screenings grades, and mixed grain products to enable consistent quality assessment and trade.
Canadians would be worse off without this standardized grading system because it dramatically reduces transaction costs in grain markets. Without a government-maintained common standard, buyers and sellers would need to negotiate quality specifications individually for each transaction, requiring costly independent testing and creating information asymmetries that increase fraud risk. The grading system enables efficient price discovery, facilitates interprovincial and international trade with consistent benchmarks, and helps farmers and buyers differentiate value. While private standards could theoretically emerge, the coordination costs and lack of enforceability would fragment the market, reduce liquidity, and increase costs throughout the supply chain, ultimately harming both producers and consumers through higher prices and less efficient markets.
Comprehensive federal regulations governing food and drug safety, composition, labeling, and marketing in Canada, including standards for ingredients, packaging, advertising restrictions, and enforcement mechanisms
Creates unnecessary barriers to food and drug innovation, increases costs for producers and consumers, restricts market competition, and imposes paternalistic controls that prevent informed adults from making their own choices about what they consume
This appears to be a repealed Canadian federal regulation listing controlled items including firearms, toxic chemicals, steel products, textiles, and poultry products. The regulation has been repeatedly repealed across multiple sections with amendments dating from 1982-2005.
This regulation has been repealed multiple times across various sections and subsections, indicating it is obsolete and no longer in force. The repeated repeals suggest the regulatory framework has been superseded by more current legislation.
These regulations govern the Canadian Forces Superannuation Plan, establishing pension eligibility criteria, contribution requirements, and service counting rules for military personnel, including provisions for reserve force members and various service types that can be counted as pensionable.
This pension framework provides essential retirement security for military personnel who face unique career risks and service conditions. Its specialized provisions for reserve forces, service counting, and contribution rules are critical to maintaining military recruitment and retention, and would be difficult to replicate through alternative means without significant disruption to the armed forces.
Comprehensive animal health regulations covering disease prevention, inspection, quarantine, import/export controls, and specified risk material handling for cattle to prevent the spread of diseases including BSE (mad cow disease).
Creates massive regulatory burden on farmers, abattoirs, and transporters while driving up food costs and reducing meat supply. The BSE-specific rules particularly harm Canadian cattle industry competitiveness without providing proportional public health benefits given modern testing capabilities.
Comprehensive wildlife protection regulations governing Canadian wildlife areas, covering prohibited activities, permit requirements, designated areas, enforcement provisions, and fee structures for conservation and public access management.
Canadians would be worse off if these regulations were deleted because they provide essential legal frameworks for protecting endangered species, preventing habitat destruction, and managing human-wildlife conflicts. The permit system balances conservation with controlled public access, while enforcement provisions ensure compliance. Without these regulations, critical ecosystems would face unregulated exploitation, leading to biodiversity loss and irreversible environmental damage that would harm both ecological and economic interests.
Establishes procedures for the examination, registration, publication, and accessibility of federal statutory instruments and regulations in Canada, including exemptions and fee structures.
Canadians would be worse off without this regulation as it ensures transparency and accessibility of federal regulations, prevents regulatory chaos by establishing clear procedures for what gets published versus exempt, and provides a structured system for tracking and accessing government rules that citizens must follow.
Federal seed quality and certification regulations establishing grading standards, pedigreed status requirements, testing protocols, and licensing for seed graders and samplers to ensure seed purity and germination quality for Canadian agricultural markets.
Creates artificial barriers to seed trade, increases costs for farmers and seed companies, restricts market entry for small producers, and imposes bureaucratic overhead that benefits large agribusinesses while limiting consumer choice and agricultural innovation.
The Radiation Emitting Devices Regulations govern safety standards for radiation-emitting devices including X-ray equipment, television receivers, and microwave ovens. The regulations cover design standards, labelling requirements, inspection procedures, and safety protocols to protect users and the public from radiation exposure risks.
The regulations impose significant compliance costs on manufacturers and healthcare providers without clear evidence of corresponding public health benefits. Modern devices are inherently safer due to technological advances, and market forces plus tort liability provide sufficient incentives for safety without regulatory burden.
Regulation governing Canada Post's special postal services (primarily registered mail), including acceptance criteria, insurance eligibility with numerous item exclusions (bank notes, jewelry, precious stones, etc.), indemnity payment limits and procedures, claim time limits, and rules for international registered mail loss. Many sections repealed; core framework remains for registration, insurance, and indemnity.
This regulation entrenches a government monopoly's artificial restrictions on consumer choice and liability. It prohibits insurance for commonly-sent valuables (jewelry, bank notes, securities), imposes restrictive claim periods, and caps indemnity at depreciated value—protecting Canada Post at users' expense. The regulation prevents market competition from offering better terms and services. Full deregulation and privatization would allow private carriers to compete, naturally determining optimal insurance coverage, liability terms, and service quality without bureaucratic constraints.