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Remission of immigration fees for Afghan nationals who supported Canadian military mission in Kandahar province between 2007-2011, including interpreters, cultural advisors, and other professionals who served at least 12 months and meet specific referral and recommendation criteria.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it provides a moral obligation to protect individuals who risked their lives supporting Canadian forces, and removing it would abandon vulnerable allies to potential retaliation from the Taliban, undermining Canada's international credibility and moral standing.

Protocol amending Canada-Switzerland tax convention to clarify definitions, extend dispute resolution timelines, add pension fund dividend exemptions, enhance information exchange, and update capital gains provisions for emigrating individuals.

This international tax treaty reduces double taxation for Canadian and Swiss businesses and individuals, facilitating cross-border investment and trade. Its provisions help prevent tax evasion while promoting economic cooperation between the two countries. Repealing it would increase compliance costs for businesses operating in both countries and potentially reduce foreign investment in Canada.

This is a list of designated terrorist organizations and individuals, primarily from Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Latin American regions, including groups like Al-Qaeda, Hamas, FARC, ETA, LTTE, and various militant organizations. The regulation establishes official designations of entities considered terrorist threats to national security.

Canadians would be worse off if this regulation was deleted because it provides the legal framework for law enforcement and intelligence agencies to identify, monitor, and prevent terrorist activities. Without these designations, authorities would lack the statutory basis to freeze assets, restrict travel, and coordinate international counter-terrorism efforts that protect public safety.

Remits immigration fees for Afghan citizens who worked as Canadian mission workers in Kandahar province for at least 12 months since 2007 and faced extraordinary risk, injury, or death due to that work, plus their spouses/common-law partners. Applications were due by December 31, 2011.

Obsolete: application deadline passed in 2011. The regulation creates a discriminatory fee waiver for a narrow group, violating equal treatment. Such special privileges should be repealed; any humanitarian relief should be universal or handled through general policy, not targeted exemptions.

A regulation consisting of sections 1-4 that have been completely repealed by SI/2012-25, s. 5. No current legal effect.

Already fully repealed and legally obsolete. Retaining repealed provisions in the regulatory corpus creates confusion, administrative burden, and legal uncertainty without any countervailing benefit. The regulation serves no purpose and should be permanently removed from active statutes.

The regulation consists of sections 1-4, all marked as repealed by SI/2012-24, section 5. The document appears to be a record or placeholder indicating these provisions are no longer in force.

This regulation is legally obsolete - all sections have been formally repealed. Repeal indicates the original provisions were unnecessary regulatory burden removed from the statute books.

List of four repealed regulations (sections 1-4) that were removed by Statutory Instrument SI/2012-23, section 5. No current regulatory text is provided.

These regulations are already repealed (SI/2012-23, s. 5) and are therefore obsolete. Maintaining or referencing repealed regulations adds unnecessary complexity to the regulatory framework without serving any current governance function.

Regulations 1-6 were previously repealed in 2011 as part of regulatory consolidation

Already repealed in 2011 - obsolete and no longer in effect, eliminating any regulatory burden they may have imposed

This regulation has been completely repealed as of SOR/2011-79, s. 55. It appears to have been a multi-part regulatory framework that was entirely removed from the Canadian legal code.

The regulation has already been repealed and is obsolete. Keeping repealed regulations creates unnecessary legal complexity and potential confusion, while providing no current benefit to Canadians.

These regulations were repealed in 2011 and are no longer in effect

Already repealed and obsolete - no longer applicable to current regulatory framework

Regulation authorizes bonded couriers to account for non-commercial imports (casual goods) on behalf of importers/owners, with application/authorization process, revocation grounds, and record-keeping requirements, enabling streamlined customs processing.

This regulation reduces transaction costs by enabling courier intermediaries rather than requiring individual importers to handle customs accounting. The bonding, security, and record-keeping requirements are minimal safeguards that enable this delegation without creating burdensome barriers. Removing it would force each casual importer to navigate complex customs procedures directly, increasing costs and reducing efficiency without offsetting benefits. The authorization system with due process protections strikes an appropriate balance between efficiency and oversight.

This order mandates Quebec wood producers in the Eastern Townships to pay levies to a provincial commodity board for wood marketed in interprovincial and export trade, funding research, protection, and operating costs.

This regulation creates a mandatory tax on producers that restricts their freedom to market wood freely across provinces and internationally. It forces producers to fund provincial commodity board operations regardless of their preferences, creating a barrier to interprovincial trade and imposing costs that reduce competitiveness and supply.

Mandates annual financial statements and obliges licensees to respond to any information requests from the CRTC regarding operations, finances, ownership, and compliance with licensing conditions, industry standards, and self-regulatory codes.

The reporting requirements impose direct compliance costs and divert resources from programming and innovation. The overly broad information powers enable regulatory overreach, create a chilling effect on content decisions, and contribute to the cumulative burden that makes Canada's broadcasting sector less competitive, driving talent and investment south. The unseen cost is the distorted market where broadcasters prioritize regulator satisfaction over audience preferences.

These regulations have been repealed and are no longer in effect. The text shows multiple sections (1-8) that were repealed in 2009 and 2011, indicating they were removed from the federal regulatory framework.

These regulations are already repealed and no longer have any legal force or effect. Keeping them would create confusion and unnecessary complexity in the regulatory code without any practical benefit to Canadians.

These regulations have already been repealed and are therefore obsolete

Regulations are already repealed, making them redundant. Keeping repealed regulations serves no purpose and creates unnecessary complexity in the regulatory code.