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

Party		Senator	Province
	Conservative	Robert Runciman, chair	ON
	Conservative	David Braley	ON
	Conservative	Linda Frum	ON
	Conservative	Leo Housakos	QC
	Conservative	Josée Verner	QC
	Liberal	Mac Harb	ON
	Liberal	Céline Hervieux-Payette	QC
	Liberal	Wilfred P. Moore	NS

House of Commons

Party		Member	District
	Conservative	Garry Breitkreuz, vice-chair	Yorkton—Melville, SK
	Conservative	Dan Albas	Okanagan—Coquihalla, BC
	Conservative	Patrick Brown	Barrie, ON
	Conservative	Rod Bruinooge	Winnipeg South, MB
	Conservative	Andrew Saxton	North Vancouver, BC
	Conservative	Brad Trost	Saskatoon—Humboldt, SK
	Conservative	David Wilks	Kootenay—Columbia, BC
	Liberal	Massimo Pacetti, vice-chair	Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
	New Democratic Party	Françoise Boivin, chair	Gatineau, QC
	New Democratic Party	Pierre Dionne Labelle	Rivière-du-Nord, QC
	New Democratic Party	Marc-André Morin	Laurentides—Labelle, QC
	New Democratic Party	Glenn Thibeault	Sudbury, ON

References

Standing Joint Committee on the Scrutiny of Regulations (REGS)