Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations

The Standing Joint Committee on the Scrutiny of Regulations (REGS) is a joint committee of the Canadian House of Commons and the Canadian Senate. Its mandate is to examine regulations made by the government of Canada for flaws in legality and execution.

Studies

Matters of legality and the procedural aspects of government regulations
The appropriate principles and practices to be observed in creating and using executive regulations and statutes
Scrutinising the drafting of powers enabling delegates of Parliament to make subordinate laws

Membership

Senate

	Senator	Province
Conservative	Bob Runciman	ON
Independent	Elaine McCoy	AB
Liberal	Pana Merchant, chair	SK
Liberal	Wilfred Moore	NS

House of Commons

	Member	District
Conservative	Harold Albrecht, chair	Kitchener—Conestoga, ON
Conservative	John Brassard	Barrie—Innisfil, ON
Conservative	Garnett Genuis	Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Conservative	Tom Kmiec	Calgary Shepard, AB
Liberal	Gary Anandasangaree, vice-chair	Scarborough—Rouge Park, ON
Liberal	Vance Badawey	Niagara Centre, ON
Liberal	Nicola Di Iorio	Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
Liberal	Ali Ehsassi	Willowdale, ON
Liberal	Fayçal El-Khoury	Laval—Les Îles, QC
Liberal	Bernadette Jordan	South Shore—St. Margarets, NS
Liberal	Geng Tan	Don Valley North, ON
New Democratic	Pierre-Luc Dusseault, vice-chair	Sherbrooke, QC

External links

Official website

Standing Committees of the Parliament of Canada

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Senate	Aboriginal Peoples Agriculture and Forestry Banking, Trade and Commerce Conflict of Interest for Senators Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources Fisheries and Oceans Foreign Affairs and International Development Human Rights Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration Legal and Constitutional Affairs National Finance National Security and Defence (Veterans Affairs) Official Languages Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament Selection Social Affairs, Science and Technology Transport and Communication

Joint	Library of Parliament Scrutiny of Regulations

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