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Establishes administrative monetary penalties for violations of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, creating a graduated penalty system with categories A, B, and C violations, and setting out procedures for service and determination of penalties based on factors like compliance history and harm caused.

Nuclear safety violations pose catastrophic risks to public health and the environment. The administrative penalty system provides a proportionate, efficient enforcement mechanism that deters violations without requiring criminal prosecution, ensuring rapid response to potential nuclear incidents while maintaining regulatory compliance.

Establishes an administrative monetary penalty system for violations of the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, classifying offenses as Type A/B, setting penalty amounts based on gravity factors, and prescribing service procedures for enforcement documents.

This procedural regulation adds rule-of-law constraints through defined penalty schedules and due process requirements. Deleting it would either leave violations unaddressed or force regulators to use criminal prosecution—a more severe, costly, and liberty-infringing alternative that lacks the proportionality and efficiency of administrative penalties.

Regulation mandates specific transfer options and procedures for former members and survivors of the Aveos Fleet Performance Inc. pension plan. Requires transfers only to locked-in registered retirement savings plans or life income funds with prescribed restrictions, spousal consent, detailed risk disclosures, and standardized forms.

Imposes high compliance costs and restricts property rights by micro-managing pension transfers. Overly prescriptive rules (exact wording, formulas, forms) increase administrative burdens, stifle financial innovation, and prevent retirees from optimally deploying their capital. The locked-in restrictions and mandated vehicles reduce economic flexibility, potentially lowering retirement security and contributing to Canada's competitiveness disadvantage. Spousal protection goals could be achieved with simpler, principles-based rules.

Regulation SOR/2018-109 establishes rules for customs controlled areas under the Customs Act, defining who may access such areas (travellers, business/employment persons, emergency responders), prescribing in-person presentation and oral reporting requirements, and authorizing frisk and strip searches of prescribed persons by customs officers on reasonable grounds, along with non-intrusive examination tools for goods. The regulation standardizes procedures for border enforcement activities within designated zones.

This regulation codifies broad search and seizure powers in customs areas with minimal due process, authorizing strip searches based merely on reasonable grounds without judicial oversight, and creates regulatory barriers to movement and trade within Canada's own territory. The costs include violated privacy rights, chilling effects on legitimate cross-border commerce and travel, and government overreach that treats all travellers as suspect. Such powers are easily abused and create disproportionate burdens on liberty that outweigh any marginal security benefits, especially when less restrictive alternatives (targeted enforcement based on individualized suspicion) could achieve the same enforcement objectives without normalize routine intrusions.

Regulation comprising 7 sections, all marked as repealed (by SOR/2016-231 and SOR/2013-120). There are no active provisions.

These sections are already repealed and are legally ineffective. Keeping them on the books as repealed entries creates unnecessary complexity and confusion; they should be formally deleted to maintain a clean, accessible regulatory code.

A comprehensive regulation with parts and divisions covering sections 1-268, all of which have been repealed by SOR/2016-230, s. 281. The regulation currently has no legal force or effect.

Already fully repealed, proving it was either obsolete or flawed. Maintaining dead letter law creates legal uncertainty and wastes administrative resources. The repeal reflects a prior determination that the regulation's costs exceeded its benefits.

These Regulations establish a detailed enforcement and penalty regime under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, classifying violations as minor/serious/very serious based on a 'gravity factor' system, setting penalty amounts by organization type, specifying reduced payment options (50% penalty if paid within 15 days), defining strict payment methods (certified cheques/bank drafts only), and outlining procedures for compliance agreements, reviews, and document delivery.

This regulation imposes substantial compliance costs and bureaucratic complexity that distort market incentives, raise prices, and create barriers to entry. The centralized coercion replaces market-based safety mechanisms (liability, reputation, private certification) that would emerge spontaneously through consumer choice and competitive pressure, stifling innovation and economic freedom while crowding out decentralized, more efficient solutions.

General Export Permit GEP-46 authorizes Canadian residents to export specific cryptographic and information security goods/technologies to entities controlled by Canadians or by designated-country entities that also control the exporter. It excludes ineligible destinations, foreign governments, and items derived from government contracts, and imposes pre-export information reporting and six-year record-keeping requirements.

This export control violates property rights and economic liberty by requiring government permission for peaceful trade. Its record-keeping and reporting impose significant compliance costs, especially on small businesses, and deter innovation in cryptographic technologies. The regulation's security rationale is weak: adversaries easily acquire such technology elsewhere, while Canada's restrictions weaken its tech sector competitiveness and drive brain drain. Unseen consequences include reduced foreign investment, supply chain distortions, and rent-seeking by bureaucrats. Canadians would be better off with free trade and targeted post-hoc sanctions rather than pre-emptive licensing.

These Rules govern criminal proceedings in British Columbia's Provincial Court, establishing procedures for initial appearances, arraignment hearings, trial scheduling, disclosure requirements, and adjournment processes to ensure timely and just case resolution.

Canadians would be worse off if these procedural rules were deleted because they provide essential structure for fair criminal trials, ensure timely justice, protect accused rights through disclosure requirements, and maintain court efficiency through scheduling mechanisms that prevent indefinite delays in the justice system.

Establishes the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for WWII service with detailed eligibility criteria for military personnel, merchant mariners, and civilian support workers, specifying qualifying service periods, bars for specific campaigns, and wear protocols.

Non-essential government function that uses taxpayer resources for symbolic honors; private organizations could issue equivalent recognition without state involvement, reducing the scope of government to core functions of protecting life, liberty, and property.

Regulation granted remission of customs duties, excise duties, and taxes on alcoholic beverages sold to visiting forces (foreign military) and visiting forces personnel in Canada, conditioned on documentation verifying use.

Repealed (SI/2009-90, s. 2) and obsolete. Even when active, it created administrative burden and a narrow tax preference that distorted the alcohol market while serving limited diplomatic objectives that could be handled more efficiently.

This document provides a technical legal description of a specific land parcel (Lot 2, Block 568) in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, identifying it by survey plan number 92689 and land titles registration number 4155. It contains no regulatory requirements, restrictions, or standards.

This is not a substantive regulation but a cadastral description. Its deletion would not remove any regulatory burden, restriction, or cost on Canadians. It serves only as an administrative identifier and would be better handled as internal documentation rather than a formal regulation.

This Order withdraws certain tracts of territorial lands from disposal in the Northwest Territories to facilitate Aboriginal land agreements, including surface and subsurface rights for a three-year period with specific exceptions for existing mineral claims, mining leases, and petroleum rights.

This regulation restricts land use and property rights to facilitate government negotiations, creating uncertainty for existing landholders and potential economic development. The withdrawal of land from disposal imposes costs on other Canadians by limiting their ability to use and develop these resources, while the benefits to specific Aboriginal groups could potentially be achieved through direct compensation or voluntary agreements rather than regulatory restrictions.

Temporary withdrawal of specific territorial lands in Northwest Territories from disposal to facilitate conclusion of Aboriginal land agreements. Exempts pre-existing mining and petroleum claims and activities. A time-limited measure ending November 30, 2014.

Canadians would be worse off without this temporary freeze because it prevents conflicting claims and land fragmentation during sensitive negotiations, thereby facilitating final land claim settlements that establish clear, transferable property rights—the foundation of voluntary exchange and investment. Deleting it would create uncertainty, increase transaction costs, and potentially derail agreements that ultimately enhance market functionality and economic coordination.

This regulation withdraws approximately 14,218 km² of territorial lands in the Northwest Territories to facilitate the establishment of Edéhzhíe as a National Wildlife Area, temporarily removing these lands from disposal for two years while maintaining existing mineral and petroleum rights for pre-existing claims and leases.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it protects critical wildlife habitat and biodiversity in the Edéhzhíe area, which provides essential ecosystem services including carbon sequestration, water purification, and preservation of culturally significant lands for Indigenous communities. The withdrawal balances conservation with existing resource rights, allowing continued economic activity where already established while preventing new development that could permanently damage this sensitive ecosystem.