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The questions people ask the Brain chat most often — short, cited answers, plus the right desk or guide to go further.
How do I comment on a regulation?
Proposed federal regulations are pre-published in the Canada Gazette, Part I with a comment period — usually 30 days from publication. Anyone may comment in writing, before the deadline stated in the notice, to the department or agency named in it. Comments should be factual and specific; the department reviews every submission before the rule is finalized. Order Paper lists the open comment periods with their deadlines on the Consultations desk.
What is an Order Paper?
An Order Paper is Parliament’s daily agenda: the motions, bills, questions and other business the House of Commons will consider on a sitting day, published alongside the Notice Paper. Order Paper the site watches the same official record and explains it in plain English — see today’s digest, or how a bill becomes law.
How do Express Entry draws work?
Express Entry is Canada’s main skilled-immigration system. Candidates join a pool and are ranked with the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). IRCC holds draws — rounds of invitations — sometimes general, sometimes for a specific program or category; invited candidates receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA). Order Paper records every draw: date, program, invitations and cut-off score.
How do I find federal tenders?
Federal government tenders and awards are published on CanadaBuys, the official procurement portal. You can search open solicitations, watch their closing dates and register as a supplier. Order Paper tracks CanadaBuys notices with a plain-English Tenders topic page.
What is FPIC?
FPIC — free, prior and informed consent — is the standard of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, given force in federal law by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2021). When a federal consultation may affect the rights of Indigenous peoples, Order Paper flags it FPIC on the Consultations desk — read the notice, then engage early and directly with the communities concerned.
How do I read the Canada Gazette?
The Canada Gazette is the official journal of the Government of Canada. Part I carries notices and proposed regulations — open for comment; Part II carries registered regulations (SORs), which have the force of law; Part III carries Acts after royal assent. Order Paper indexes every item with its official publication date.
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