Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations explained

The Standing Joint Committee on the Scrutiny of Regulations (REGS) is a joint committee of the House of Commons of Canada and the Senate of Canada. 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

Caucus		Caucus	Province	Conservative	Bob Runciman	ON		Pamela Wallin	SK	Senate Liberal	Pana Merchant, chair	SK

House of Commons

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Party		Member	District	Conservative	Harold Albrecht, chair	Kitchener—Conestoga, ON	Conservative		Edmonton Griesbach, AB	Conservative		Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB	Conservative		Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, AB	Liberal	Vance Badawey, vice-chair	Niagara Centre, ON	Liberal		Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC	Liberal		Willowdale, ON	Liberal		Laval—Les Îles, QC	Liberal		Oakville, ON	Liberal		Lac-Saint-Louis, QC	Liberal		Scarborough Centre, ON	New Democratic	Pierre-Luc Dusseault, vice-chair	Sherbrooke, QC