Transport committee  That's correct.

Transport committee  It's at the discretion of cabinet.

Transport committee  It will not be entirely.

Transport committee  It will not be, because the other elements of the cabinet directive that one has to take into account are the mandatory consultations, and those are documented in the regulatory impact analysis statement that accompanies every regulation. Before a regulation is actually proposed

Transport committee  It's cabinet.

Transport committee  Okay. Actually, the cabinet directive on regulatory management already requires prepublication of regulations in the Canada Gazette, part I. The reason for eliminating this requirement is that one already exists in cabinet policy. Canadians would still receive notice of propos

Transport committee  It's not.

Transport committee  In answer to your question, I will say that the regulatory process provides for the publication of a draft regulation. Only in exceptional cases will regulations be exempted from prepublication.

Transport committee  Under the new agreements, Canada and the United States will be working on very specific items that are advantageous for Canadian stakeholders and consumers—

Transport committee  That is decided according to criteria established by cabinet.

Transport committee  There is one thing I would like to add. These changes are being made in the context of new agreements for regulatory collaboration between Canada and the United States. The current regime is as follows: in the United States, stakeholders are consulted, then a regulation is adopte

Transport committee  I was going to say that the draft regulations both countries will be working on will deal specifically with initiatives that are highly likely to lead to positive outcomes from an economic and a safety perspective.

Transport committee  Correct. Mr. Chair, one of the things that we don't see when we remove this provision is that the Minister of Transport, for example, can recommend one of two things to the Governor in Council. She can recommend that something be exempted from prepublication, but at the same tim

Transport committee  Under the federal regulatory process, departments, at the outset, when they're getting ready to do a regulation, go through what's called a triage of the proposal. During that process they examine the environmental, economic, and social impacts. On the basis of pre-established cr

Transport committee  There are. There are, in fact, the standing consultation committees on both sides of the border, where we're often dealing with the same issues. The department will put out notices sometimes in newspapers, sometimes in the Canada Gazette , part I, that it is launching a process