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Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 September 28

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Updated daily throughout the week.

Highlights This Week
– NFA Talk With Nicolas Johnson of TheGunBlog.ca
– Liberals Didn’t Get Any Bidders for Confiscation Contract: Toronto Sun
– CCFR Files for Federal Court Injunction to Stop Gun Confiscations
– NRA: Canada’s Gun Confiscation Program: Past is Prologue

New Brunswick Court Says ‘No Jurisdiction’ to Review May 1 Nullifications

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TheGunBlog.ca — A New Brunswick court official said it “has no jurisdiction” to review the federal government’s surprise May 1 nullification of firearm registrations, leaving gun owners looking to assert their legal rights and avoid confiscations and jail.

Ministry Says It’s Revising Bid for Confiscation Work After Failed Tender

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TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party will pursue plans to pay the victims of its mass gun confiscations, after its first attempt at hiring a contractor to design the seizures failed. No ‘Successful Bidder’ The Ministry of Public Safety, which is overseeing the confiscations, is revising its call for bids to develop what it calls…

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 September 21

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Highlights This Week
– Liberals Cancel Invitation to Bid for Mass Gun Confiscations
– NFA Is Funding Parker Case in Federal Court to Stop Confiscations
– Alberta Says Hunting Generates Almost $600 Million Per Year
– Liberals Extend Newly Expired Gun Licences to End of Year
– Trudeau No Longer Owns Guns, The Hill Times Reports
– ‘Ping-Pong’ Gun Politics Continue to Divide Voters, as O’Toole Courts GTA Seats

Liberals Reiterate Goal to Eliminate Handguns Via Municipalities

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TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party reiterated its goal to eliminate handgun ownership via municipalities, as it works to weaken citizens, cripple the firearm industry and kill modern shooting sports. The Liberals repeated the prohibition plan in today’s outline of policy priorities known as the Speech From the Throne. ‘Further Restrict or Ban Handguns’ “The…

Liberals Refuse to Supply Court With Documents for Confiscations

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(Update Sept. 18: Adds Edward Burlew comment.)

TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Liberal Party-led government refused to provide the Federal Court with documents behind its May 1 attack against innocent citizens, citing “confidentiality.”

The government’s legal team had agreed to a Sept. 11 deadline to either share the contents or to say they object to sharing them.

CCFR ‘Integrity March’ Is Largest Gun-Rights Rally in a Generation

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TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights led its supporters today in the country’s largest gun-rights rally in a generation. It was part of the mounting opposition to the governing Liberal Party’s attacks against federally licensed firearm users. 800 – 5,000 Participants More than 5,000 CCFR fans from across Canada joined the association’s “Integrity…

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 August 31

Reading Time: 9 minutes

Updated daily throughout the week.

Highlights This Week
– Petition E-2574 Against Liberal Attacks Closes With 230,905 Signatures
– Court Battles to Stop Confiscations Could Drag Out for 5 Years: Burlew
– Glock Won’t Offer Its New Retro G17 Gen 1 Model P80 Pistol in Canada
– Green Party Frontrunner Annamie Paul Wants Confiscations
– Ontario MP Mellilo: Survey Shows Constituents Oppose Liberal Attacks

Alberta’s Kenney Wants New Chief Firearms Officer to Stop Liberals

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TheGunBlog.ca — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney yesterday reiterated his plan to hire the province’s own Chief Firearms Officer to fight the federal Liberal Party’s attacks against hunters, farmers, ranchers and sport shooters. Kenney, one of Canada’s strongest defenders of gun owners’ rights, was outlining the priorities of Kaycee Madu as Alberta’s new Minister of Justice…

Federal Court Update: Today’s Meeting, Arkadi Bouchelev Q&A on Injunction

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Update on today’s Federal Court meeting with the lawyers fighting the Liberal Party of Canada’s ’s mass gun confiscations, and with lawyers defending the Liberal attacks.

Update Aug. 27:
– Adds Federal Court Procedural Order (Timeline)
– Adds clarifications by Bouchelev

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 August 17

Reading Time: 6 minutes

Updated daily throughout the week.

Highlights
– NFA: Solomon Friedman and Guy Lavergne Update on Federal Court Cases
– ‘Canada’s Gun Store’ Airs ‘Long-Distance Shooting Is Nerdy’ Video
– CCFR Says It Has Spent $770,000 on Legal Battle to Stop Confiscations: iPolitics
– CSSA Supports Hipwell Lawsuit, Adding to Parker, Group of Nine
– Canadian Tire Is Being Sued for Selling Gun Used in B.C. Attack
– Conservative Party to Announce New Leader on Aug. 23
– Peter MacKay Is ‘Best Choice’ for Conservatives, Toronto Star Says
– Toronto Police Cuts Gun/Ammo Budget By Almost 50% to $1.2 Million

National Competitor Nils Ek Q&A: Why I Took the Liberals to Court

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TheGunBlog.ca — Nils Ek, a Canadian national pistol competitor, discusses why he joined a group fighting the governing Liberal Party in Federal Court, saying their mass gun confiscations are unconstitutional and illegal. TheGunBlog.ca spoke with Ek by e-mail over the past month. The editor of TheGunBlog.ca has donated to Ek’s case and others among the…

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 August 10

Reading Time: 5 minutes

Updated daily throughout the week.

Highlights This Week
– Sixth Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court to Stop Gun Confiscations (O’Dell Engineering)
– Gary Mauser: Should Firearms Owners Be Licensed?
– RCMP ‘Has Resumed’ Processing New Gun Licences as Covid Slows
– NRA-ILA: Canadian Gun-Rights Groups Condemn RCMP Letter
– Doctors Who Hate Gun Owners Founder Wins Lobby Group Award