From Budget 2025
https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/4 ... st-reading.
That's a lot of authority based on an opinion of 1 person.
"PART 2
Exemptions to Encourage Innovation, Competitiveness or Economic Growth
Definition
Definition of entity
11 In this Part, entity includes an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an unincorporated association or organization and His Majesty in right of Canada or of a province.
Order
12 (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (7),
a minister may, by order, for a specified validity period of not more than three years and on any terms that the minister considers appropriate,
exempt an entity from the application of
• (a) a provision of an Act of Parliament, except the Criminal Code, if the minister is responsible for the Act;
• (b) a provision of an instrument made under an Act of Parliament, except an instrument made under the Criminal Code, if
o (i) the minister is responsible for the Act, or
o (ii) the body that made the instrument is accountable, through the minister, to Parliament for the conduct of its affairs; or
• (c) a provision of an Act of Parliament, except the Criminal Code, or a provision of an instrument made under an Act of Parliament, except an instrument made under the Criminal Code, if the minister administers or enforces the provision.
Requests not required to be considered
(2) A minister is not required to consider a request for an exemption.
Conditions
(3) A minister may make an order under subsection (1) only if the minister is of the opinion that…"