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

TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party estimated the “preliminary costs” of its mass gun confiscations at $850 million to $1 billion, according to a 2019 internal memo. This marks the first publication of the government’s cost estimate.

Highlights – Alberta Chief Firearms Officer Teri Bryant: In Conversation (Video) – Canada Gun Imports Rise to Record in 2022 – Trudeau’s Office Assigns Mendicino a New Chief of Staff, Samantha Khalil

TheGunBlog.ca — The Ontario CFO’s office said it hasn’t made any recent changes in policy or guidance on issuing “Restricted” PALs, amid speculation from across Canada that new measures are in place.