Consultation

Your comments and input play an important part in Canada’s regulatory process. Do you have an opinion on the types of controls that should be put in place to safeguard the environment, the foods you eat, or the drugs you buy? These are just some of the many regulations that affect the daily lives of Canadians.

The Regulatory Policy requires that federal departments and agencies demonstrate that Canadians have been consulted and that they have had an opportunity to participate in developing or modifying regulations and regulatory programmes.

Pre-publication in Part Ⅰ of the Canada Gazette gives various interested groups and individuals, as well as Canadians in general, a final opportunity to review and comment on a proposed regulation at the last stages of the regulation-making process, before it is enacted and published in Part Ⅱ of the Canada Gazette.

Pre-publication also gives interested parties, those stakeholders previously consulted at the beginning of the regulatory process, the opportunity to see how the final draft proposal is in keeping with previous consultation drafts.

Current Consultations in the Canada Gazette

The following contains a list of the current proposed regulations about which you are invited to send your comments:

Atlantic Pilotage Authority
Proposed Regulations: Regulations Amending the Atlantic Pilotage Authority Regulations [various amendments]
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, November 16, 2013
Number of days for comments: 30 days (Until December 16, 2013)
Contact: Captain R. A. McGuinness

Atlantic Pilotage Authority
Proposed Regulations: Regulations Amending the Atlantic Pilotage Authority Regulations [port of Belledune]
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, November 16, 2013
Number of days for comments: 30 days (Until December 16, 2013)
Contact: Captain R. A. McGuinness

Atlantic Pilotage Authority
Proposed Regulations: Regulations Amending the Atlantic Pilotage Tariff Regulations, 1996
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, November 16, 2013
Number of days for comments: 30 days (Until December 16, 2013)
Contact: Captain R. A. McGuinness

Department of Transport
Proposed Regulations: Regulations Amending the Canadian Aviation Regulations (Parts I and VI — Offshore Operations)
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, November 16, 2013
Number of days for comments: 30 days (Until December 16, 2013)
Contact: Chief

Department of Transport
Proposed Regulations: Regulations Amending the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (Update of Standards)
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, November 16, 2013
Number of days for comments: 75 days (Until January 30, 2014)
Contact: Geneviève Sansoucy and Stéphane Garneau

Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Proposed Regulations: General Export Permit No. 41 — Dual-use Goods and Technology to Certain Destinations
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, November 9, 2013
Number of days for comments: 30 days (Until December 9, 2013)
Contact: Blair Hynes

Department of Industry
Proposed Regulations: Regulations Amending the Weights and Measures Regulations
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, November 2, 2013
Number of days for comments: 30 days (Until December 2, 2013)
Contact: Gilles Vinet

Atlantic Pilotage Authority
Proposed Regulations: Regulations Amending the Atlantic Pilotage Tariff Regulations, 1996
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, October 26, 2013
Number of days for comments: 30 days (Until November 25, 2013)
Contact: Captain R. A. McGuinness

Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
Proposed Regulations: By-law Amending the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Deposit Insurance Policy By-law
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, October 26, 2013
Number of days for comments: 90 days (Until January 24, 2014)
Contact: Sheila Salloum

Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
Proposed Regulations: By-law Amending the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Differential Premiums By-law
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, October 19, 2013
Number of days for comments: 30 days (Until November 18, 2013)
Contact: Sheila Salloum

Department of Industry
Proposed Regulations: Regulations Amending the Local Signal and Distant Signal Regulations and the Definition of “Small Cable Transmission System” Regulations
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, October 5, 2013
Number of days for comments: 75 days (Until December 19, 2013)
Contact: Anne-Marie Monteith

Department of Natural Resources
Proposed Regulations: Regulations Amending the Energy Efficiency Regulations
RIAS: Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Date of publication: Saturday, October 5, 2013
Number of days for comments: 75 days (Until December 19, 2013)
Contact: John Cockburn

You can access more Government of Canada consultations through the Government of Canada Consultation Portal. This Consultation Portal focuses on providing a list of links to departmental consultation activities and to related information.