Obviously, from my perspective, I don't want to needlessly put people to court challenges if the legislation falls below a constitutional or other standard. I fully accept what you've argued. Some regulations are easier to change than others.
But the purpose of the law is to establish clear-cut values and principles within the law. I would think that if you can't establish the guidelines, you could have words to indicate that this is the standard you want the regulations to at least meet. It's a more complicated piece of drafting, but I've seen it.
You have to go back to Driedger and the great lawyers who have advised Parliament about drafting. Simplicity is important, but the principles embedded into the legislation are also important. Again, it's the tool you choose to accept.
But I think this is such a horrendous problem, and it's growing, that we need to send a clear-cut message to all Canadians and everybody who is in Canada that this is falling below our standards. I think you can probably accomplish both with clear-cut principles in the legislation, as well as variable regulations to deal with the problems.