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This Order withdraws approximately 1,841 km² of territorial lands in Northwest Territories from disposal for two years to support expansion of Tuktut Nogait National Park, while exempting pre-existing mineral and petroleum rights, quarrying, and renewals.

It substitutes government conservation preferences for market allocation of Crown land, prevents disposal to private owners, and imposes a moratorium on entrepreneurial uses. Even with exemptions for vested rights, it keeps land in unproductive government control rather than allowing voluntary transfer to highest-value users, distorting incentives and foreclosing potential economic development the market might discover.

Amends Canada-Singapore tax treaty Article 25 on Exchange of Information, expanding scope to include all foreseeably relevant information for tax administration/enforcement, requiring active information gathering even without domestic interest, and maintaining standard protections for trade secrets and public policy. Standard OECD-model information exchange provisions.

Canadians would be worse off without this treaty: it prevents cross-border tax evasion that would otherwise shift burden onto honest taxpayers, avoids double taxation that penalizes international commerce, and maintains reciprocal enforcement coordination. The protections for trade secrets and fiduciary information are sufficient safeguards. Deleting it would create safe havens for tax dodgers while increasing complexity and cost for compliant Canadians engaging in legitimate international activity.

Consultation document referring two species listings under the Species at Risk Act (Humpback Whale North Pacific population and Eulachon Nass/Skeena populations) back to COSEWIC for reassessment due to new scientific data and concerns about designatable unit structure.

The listing imposes property rights restrictions, development delays, and costly compliance based on uncertain science already flagged for reconsideration; it creates perverse incentives, diverts resources to bureaucracy, and violates the principle of non-aggression by restricting peaceful uses of private property without clear proof of necessity. Private conservation and market mechanisms would protect species more efficiently without these heavy-handed, error-prone interventions.

Three species assessments: Beluga Whale (Eastern High Arctic and Baffin Bay) - population healthy in Canadian waters, no domestic threats, hunting concerns exist only in Greenland; Striped Bass (Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence) - population recovering under existing Fisheries Act closures and measures; Cusk - bycatch species managed under Groundfish Integrated Fishery Management Plan with declining but uncertain abundance trends.

SARA listing adds bureaucratic layers without improving biological outcomes. All three species are already effectively managed under the Fisheries Act and existing agreements (Nunavut Land Claims, Canada/Greenland Commission). Listing would impose significant economic costs (Cusk: $10.4M/year; Striped Bass: $134K-$671K/year) and regulatory burdens while addressing threats outside Canadian jurisdiction (Beluga) or where recovery is already occurring (Striped Bass, Cusk). The regulations create compliance costs, reduced fishing access, and enforcement complexity for no measurable conservation benefit beyond current management.

Bilateral social security agreement between Canada and Norway that coordinates pension and benefit systems. It allows people who have lived/worked in both countries to combine contribution periods for eligibility, prevents double coverage, ensures benefits payable across borders, and establishes administrative cooperation between the two countries' social security institutions.

This treaty entrenches and expands the administrative state's coordination of welfare systems, creating costly bureaucratic infrastructure to manage cross-border redistribution. It implicitly validates government monopoly over social security rather than allowing voluntary private arrangements. The unseen costs include moral hazard, reduced personal responsibility for retirement planning, and the perpetuation of systems that distort incentives and penalize those who opt out. Such agreements create complex legal frameworks that discourage competitive alternatives and lock in government-controlled benefits that could be better provided through market solutions.

Temporary 2-year withdrawal of specified territorial lands in Northwest Territories from disposal to facilitate Aboriginal land claim settlements, with exemptions for existing mineral claims, quarrying, and pre-1988 agreements.

This regulation creates a temporary but absolute barrier to voluntary disposal of Crown land, preventing new economic development, resource extraction, and private transactions for two years. The freeze imposes real opportunity costs—delayed housing, jobs, and tax revenue—to achieve a policy goal that could be met through negotiation without restricting alienation. Government should not withhold its property from market use as a bargaining tactic; such restrictions reduce wealth creation and liberty regardless of intent.

This Order withdraws approximately 14,700 km² of Northwest Territories territorial lands from disposal for two years to evaluate them as candidate protected areas under the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement. It includes specific geographic descriptions and exempts pre-existing mineral/petroleum claims and certain infrastructure projects.

The regulation suppresses economic opportunity by freezing land transactions for two years, creating investment uncertainty and delaying wealth creation. Unseen costs include lost projects, reduced competitiveness, and the precedent of government withdrawing lands from market disposition. Conservation objectives can be achieved through voluntary private conservation arrangements without coercive dispossession.

This Order withdraws approximately 594 km² of territorial lands in the Northwest Territories from disposal for two years to facilitate creation of a National Wildlife Area, while exempting pre-existing mineral claims, quarrying operations, and petroleum rights.

This regulation restricts property rights and prevents productive economic activity for two years without compensation. The conservation goal could be achieved through voluntary acquisition by the government, respecting market mechanisms. The unseen costs include lost mineral exploration, reduced investment certainty, and foregone wealth creation in the region.

Federal electoral boundaries for Atlantic provinces based on 2011 census population data, defining specific geographic boundaries for each riding

Electoral boundaries are essential for democratic representation - without them, there would be no structured way to elect MPs and ensure equal population representation across regions.

Grants remission of income tax, interest, and penalties to eligible taxpayers receiving payments from the 2011 Contractor Mitigation Account Subtrust, a subtrust of BC Forestry Revitalization Trust II.

Creates discriminatory tax treatment, distorts economic incentives, imposes administrative burden, and sets a precedent for special-interest carve-outs that undermine equality before the law. The regulation's narrow relief is inferior to broad-based tax and regulatory reduction.

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency: Regional economic development agency providing subsidies and support to Atlantic Canada.

These subsidies distort market allocation, create dependency, and force taxpayers in other regions to fund politically favored projects, reducing overall productivity and prosperity.

This regulation was repealed in 2013 and is no longer in effect. The original content and purpose are not available in the provided document.

Regulation has already been repealed and is obsolete. No valid justification exists for maintaining repealed regulations that serve no current purpose.

Sections 1-5 of this regulation are marked as repealed by Statutory Instrument SI/2013-126, section 5. The original regulatory content is no longer in force.

Already repealed - confirms the regulation was unnecessary or flawed enough to remove. Keeping repealed provisions on the books creates legal clutter and uncertainty.

This regulation document consists entirely of sections 1-5, all marked as repealed by Statutory Instrument SI/2013-53, section 5. It represents a repealed regulatory framework that is no longer in force.

Keeping repealed provisions on the books creates legal uncertainty, wastes administrative resources, and risks confusion. The fact that Parliament already repealed these sections indicates they were either unnecessary or harmful. Their continued presence serves no legitimate purpose and imposes costs through potential misinterpretation and outdated references.

This regulation appears to be a set of repealed provisions that were formally in effect but have been officially removed from the regulatory framework by SI/2013-59, section 5. The specific content and purpose of the original regulations is not available in this document.

These provisions have already been repealed and are no longer in effect. Maintaining repealed regulations in the regulatory framework creates unnecessary complexity and clutter without providing any benefit to Canadians. The repeal indicates they were deemed unnecessary or counterproductive by the government itself.