This Week
- All Week: House of Commons is in session (officially) until December 17, then on break until 27 January 2025. In practice, they may go on break at the end of this week.
- Monday-Tuesday: Federal Court of Appeal hears appeals related to Liberal mass gun confiscations announced on 01 May 2020.
- Friday: Liberals to attack gun users and industry with new prohibitions, criminalizing businesses that import or sell any firearm without explicit permission of the RCMP.
- “Next Friday December 13, we will table regulations to ensure that no firearm can come into Canada or be sold in Canada without first being approved by the RCMP.” — Dominic LeBlanc, 05 December 2024, media briefing (Timestamp: 09:10)
- “Every firearm coming into the country now will be registered and managed through the Firearms Reference Table.” — RCMP Deputy Commissioner Bryan Larkin, 05 December 2024, media briefing (Timestamp: 48:00)
- “The Government intends to table regulatory amendments in Parliament on December 13, 2024, following through on commitments to make sure that all makes and models of firearms are accounted for prior to entering the Canadian market.” (05 December 2024 press release)
- “As part of its efforts to strengthen the classification regime, the Government intends to table regulations on December 13 to make sure that all makes and models of firearms are accounted for prior to entering the Canadian market.” (Slides in media technical briefing)
TheGunBlog.ca
Liberals Propose New Firearm Prohibitions, Without Sharing Details
- House of Commons Journals
- 13 December 2024
- Key Quote:
| — by Mr. LeBlanc (Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs) — Notice of opinion concerning Regulations Amending the Firearms Records Regulations (Classification), pursuant to the Firearms Act, S.C. 1995, c. 39, sbs. 119(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-779-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security) |
| — by Mr. LeBlanc (Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs) — Proposed Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, pursuant to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27, sbs. 5(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-790-08. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration) |
Federal Court of Appeal Hearing This Week: Background
- 09 December 2024
Government Contracts & Grants
Source: CanadaBuys.ca, Proactive Disclosure
Other Gun Media
CSAAA: Gun Bans Devastate Small Businesses Across Canada
- Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association
- 12 December 2024
NRA: Canada Announces New Gun Bans, More Gun Control on the Horizon
- U.S. National Rifle Association – Institute for Legislative Action
- 09 December 2024
- Comment: Quotes TheGunBlog.ca
Other Media/Sources
Conservative Party Survey on Firearm Policy
- Conservative Party of Canada
- Date Unknown
- Comment:
- Takes about 2 min.
- Doesn’t require any personal info.
- They’re doing it for their purposes, we can play along.
Liberals File New Anti-Gun Prohibitions
- 13 December 2024
Liberals Will Ship Only New Confiscated Rifles to Ukraine, Defence Department Says
- The Canadian Press via CTV News, By Kyle Duggan
- 12 December 2024
Unconfirmed: Conservative MP Gerald Soroka Says Party Won’t Campaign ‘Aggressively’ on Repealing Liberal Gun Bans
- X.com, By Jason Lavigne
- 09 December 2024
- Context: Jason Lavigne, a PPC candidate running against the Conservative Party, posted what appears to be a screenshot of a comment by Conservative MP Gerald Soroka of Alberta.
- Lavigne doesn’t mention the origins, date, or context of the screenshot, and doesn’t say who Soroka was allegedly responding to.
- TheGunBlog.ca contacted Soroka for comment.
- Key Quote: “During the campaign we won’t be talking aggressively about repealing the gun ban. We will probably just say we support law abiding firearms owners. We need to play down the narrative as we need to form a majority government to stop all this stupidity.”
- Comment: That sounds like a winning communication strategy.
The Most Nonsensical Trudeau Gun Ban Yet
- National Post (Postmedia Network Canada Corp.), By Tristin Hopper
- 09 December 2024
Poland’s Schoolchildren Take Mandatory Firearms Lessons (Video)
- Deutsche Welle (German Government), By Axel Rowohlt
- 12 December 2024