Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations

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
	Independent Senators Group	Pamela Wallin	SK
	Senate Liberal	Pana Merchant, chair	SK

House of Commons

Party		Member	District
	Conservative	Harold Albrecht, chair	Kitchener—Conestoga, ON
	Conservative	Kerry Diotte	Edmonton Griesbach, AB
	Conservative	Garnett Genuis	Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
	Conservative	Glen Motz	Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, AB
	Liberal	Vance Badawey, vice-chair	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	John Oliver	Oakville, ON
	Liberal	Francis Scarpaleggia	Lac-Saint-Louis, QC
	Liberal	Salma Zahid	Scarborough Centre, ON
	New Democratic	Pierre-Luc Dusseault, vice-chair	Sherbrooke, QC

External links

• Official website