TheGunBlog.ca — Watch our review and outlook for Canadian gun rights at the end of the first quarter 2023. It isn’t all bleak. There’s some good news.

Highlights – Liberal Budget Suggests Gun Confiscations Trudeau Ordered in May 2020 Are on Hold – Alberta Firearms Act Becomes Law, Blocking Trudeau’s Confiscations – RECAP: Where Provinces Stand on Confiscations

Highlights – Why I’m Increasingly Optimistic Trudeau’s Mass Gun Confiscations Will Fail – Alberta Firearms Act Passes Third Reading – Solomon Friedman Buys PornHub

Highlights – Liberals to Extend Gun-Confiscation Deadline, 2023-2024 Plan Shows – Liberals Name Mike Duheme as RCMP Interim Chief – Ontario CFO Processing Handgun Transfers From About September 24, Jenn Gadbois Says

Highlights – Alberta Introduces Its Own Firearms Act to Promote Gun Use and Block Confiscation – Liberals Will Extend Confiscation Deadline Again, Shandro Says – Liberals Planned to Start Home Gun Confiscations in H2 2023

Highlights – RCMP Says ‘No Backlog’ to Process PAL Gun Licence Applications – Follow-Up on Gun Prohibitions By OIC – Alberta Firearms Act, Planned for Spring, Will Promote Gun Use and Block Confiscation

TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government responds below to our questions on using a so-called “Order in Council” (OIC) to prohibit and confiscate guns from government-licensed owners and businesses.

TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP said it has “no backlog” processing PAL applications after clearing months of delays related to Covid-19.

Highlights – Liberals Appear to Backtrack Goal of Compensating Victims of Their Gun Confiscations – Self-defence in Canada: When Lethal Force Could Be Legal – RCMP 2021 Commissioner of Firearms Report

Highlights – Liberals Estimated Cost of Gun Confiscations At Up To $1 Billion in 2019 Memo – RCMP Says It Hasn’t Changed ‘Restricted’ PAL Process – CCFR Publishes Liberal Memo on Gun-Confiscation Plan