The focus in the options market for us is that any tick rule, any situation where you would limit the ability to sell short, needs to be exempted for the options market makers--those professionals that provide liquidity into the market place.
But to win its budget wars, Canada first had to realize how dire its situation was and then dramatically shrink the size of government rather than just limit the pace of spending growth.
That should help prevent the ludicrous situation in which large quantities of dead fish are thrown overboard because a vessel has reached the limit of its legal quota.