Agenda

This Week

• All Week: House of Commons is on break until 30 January 2023.
• Monday 23 – Wednesday 25 January: Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau meets with his cabinet.
  • His statement doesn’t mention guns.

Next Week

• Friday 03 February, 08:45 Ottawa Time: SECU (House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security) resumes its review of Bill C-21.

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Analysis: Bill C-21 Will Become Law in 2023, Expanding Mass Gun Confiscations

23 January 2023

• What: The Liberals and their NDP-Bloc Québécois-Green Party allies will pass Bill C-21 into law in 2023.
• Why It Matters
  • For Our Beliefs: Many gun owners believe we can stop Bill C-21 from becoming law.
  • For Our Guns: This will solidify and expand the rifle and shotgun confiscations Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered in May 2020, and the handgun confiscations he began in October 2022.
    • The bill invents a definition of always “Prohibited” rifles and shotguns (any semi-auto model that can accept detachable mags).
    • The proposed amendment to vastly expand the rifle and shotgun confiscations may or may not be included. It’s still under debate.
• Process: Bill C-21 is currently being reviewed by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU). After SECU approves it, the bill will go to a Senate committee for review. Then it will go back to the House of Commons for so-called “third reading,” and then finally to the Governor General to be signed into law.
  • The Liberals control SECU with a majority of votes.
  • The Liberals control the Senate, with most senators pro-Liberal most of the time.

Spring 2023 Election Unlikely (Speculation)

23 January 2023

• The Liberals may want to avoid an election anytime soon, since opinion polls show them behind the Conservatives. (Both in popular vote and seat projections.)
• The NDP bark, without any bite. They criticize the Liberals (on gun confiscations, medical-system collapse, …), but lack the funds to run a strong campaign.
• Source: My recent conversation with a House of Commons staffer for a Conservative MP.
• Also: Politics is full of surprises. Things are rarely as they appear. Predictions are risky.

Update January 24

• “I don’t think any Canadian wants to see us plunge back into an election,” Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said in a radio interview that aired January 24.
• Source: 2023 Election? Trudeau Says No One Wants ‘Plunge’ Into Campaign (Corus Entertainment Inc.’s Global News)

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Government Contracts & Grants

Source: BuyAndSell.gc.ca, Proactive Disclosure

PriceWaterhouseCoopers Wins $452,493 From RCMP Canadian Firearms Program

• Contract Date: 22 November 2022 (but published online this week)
• Contract Period: Aug 14, 2019 – Apr 28, 2023
• Additional Comments: Canadian Firearms Program (CFP) Mental Health Risk Assessment Model

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Other Gun Media

Jordan Vanderhoff ‘I Have Decided to Step Away From the NFA’

• Twitter, By Jordan Vanderhoff
• 23 January 2023
• Key Quote: “I have decided to step away from the NFA. I will continue advocating for firearm rights! Looking forward to my next chapter …”

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Other Media/Sources

CBC News Promotes Gun Confiscation on Front Burner Podcast: ‘Bans and Blowback: Assessing the Liberals’ Gun Bill

• CBC News
• 24 January 2023

CCFR Begins ‘Scrap C-21 Project’

• Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights
• 26 January 2023

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