Topic: Bill C-71
RCMP Says It Deleted Bill C-71 Web Info in June After Law Passed
11 September 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s RCMP, the agency that approves and tracks gun users, said today it deleted web pages about Bill C-71 in June after the government passed the new law against hunters, sport shooters and gun stores. The two pages provided information for more than 10,000 families and businesses targeted by the first round of…
RCMP Removes Bill C-71 Web Pages
07 September 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP removed its web pages on Bill C-71, the Canadian government’s new law against federally licensed hunters, sport shooters and gun stores. Two pages outlining the law’s first round of gun prohibitions and confiscations from individuals and businesses appear to have gone offline days or weeks ago, sometime after the legislation was…
Bill C-71 Is Now Law After Receiving Royal Assent, Will Ban Guns
21 June 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Bill C-71 began coming into force today as the governing Liberal Party of Canada’s new law against hunters, farmers, sport shooters and gun shops, with mass gun bans. The bill faced some of the broadest and most active opposition of any legislative proposal since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took office in October 2015.…
RCMP Says Number of CZ 858, Swiss Arms Rifles in Canada Unknown
04 June 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s federal agency in charge of firearm prohibition said it doesn’t know how many CZ 858 and SAN Swiss Arms rifles are in the hands of federally licensed owners since most of the guns don’t require ownership registration. It had previously estimated 10,000 to 15,000. Owners will be required to register their guns…
Ministry Comments on Bill C-71 Royal Assent, Orders in Council
03 June 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Following are comments by Canada’s Ministry of Public Safety on when Bill C-71 officially takes effect as a new law against federally licensed gun owners and businesses. Some parts come into force immediately following the Royal Assent ceremony that could happen at any time, and some parts will take effect later through a…
Liberals Demonize Gun Owners by Copying U.S. Senator Feinstein
30 May 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The Liberal Party of Canada is copying the tactics and fallacies of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein by comparing hunters, farmers and sport shooters to murderers and terrorists to promote new gun bans. Many people were unsettled by a Liberal comment today on guns “designed to hunt people” such as worshippers, gays and kids.…
Conservatives Reiterate Pledge to Repeal Bill C-71 If Elected
29 May 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The Conservative Party of Canada reiterated its pledge to repeal Bill C-71 if elected to government. The Ottawa-based party e-mailed the following statement to TheGunBlog.ca today. (Le français suit.) Background: Bill C-71 Passes Final Vote in Senate as New Law to Ban Guns https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1133864147010183169 Justin Trudeau’s Backdoor Gun Registry to Become Law…
Bill C-71 Gun Bans May Create ‘Safe Queens’ By Revoking ATTs
29 May 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The Liberal Party of Canada’s new law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters makes it a crime to take a newly banned gun to a target range without an arbitrary new approval, putting the owners at risk of having “safe queens.” Risk for Gun Owners Many federally licensed shooters are buying new firearms…
Bill C-71 Passes Final Vote in Senate as New Law to Ban Guns
28 May 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Bill C-71 passed its third and final vote in the Canadian Senate today as the governing Liberal Party’s new law to criminalize hunters, farmers and sport shooters and take away more of their guns. Senators voted 55 in favour and 33 against at 5:34 p.m. in Ottawa with 2 abstentions. Pro-Liberal members supported…
AR-15 Selling Out in Canada on Concern Trudeau to Ban New Owners
26 May 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The AR-15 target rifle is selling out at stores across Canada. Federally licensed sport shooters are snapping up $3,000 guns on concern Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will ban new sales to win votes in the October election. The website of Firearms Outlet Canada showed all AR-15s “Out of Stock” today at 3 p.m.…
Gun Ban Concern Rises to Record in Google Canada Searches
25 May 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Concern about gun bans is surging to a record on Google in Canada, as the governing Liberal Party prepares to take away firearms from more hunters, farmers, sport shooters and collectors. Google Trends for Canada shows May is on course for the highest monthly interest in the term “gun ban” using the world’s…
Ministry Comments on How Law Allows Cabinet to Order Gun Bans
23 May 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Canadian law allows the government to ban guns by a cabinet prohibition order and, if Bill C-71 becomes law, will let cabinet delay confiscation by allowing existing owners to retain their guns, the Ministry of Public Safety said today. Zarah Malik, a spokeswoman for the ministry in Ottawa, made the comment to TheGunBlog.ca…
Trudeau May Order Gun Bans, CTV News Reports, Citing Bill Blair
19 May 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may order gun bans against federally licensed hunters, farmers and sport shooters, CTV News reported today, citing an interview with Bill Blair, the minister exploring mass confiscation. Blair didn’t rule out the governing Liberal Party prohibiting firearms through a so-called “Order in Council” before the October election, he…
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Comments on Bill C-71, Gun Bans
16 May 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The Conservative Party of Canada opposes the governing Liberal Party’s plans to ban guns from hunters, farmers and sport shooters, and will “scrap and reverse” Bill C-71 if the Conservatives win this year’s election, Member of Parliament Michelle Rempel said in a video this week. The Liberals are preparing to pass Bill C-71…
Bill C-71 Final Reading in Senate Set for May 9, Pratte Says
03 May 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Senate will vote on Bill C-71 for the third and final time on May 9, said the Senate sponsor of the bill, pushing the government’s plan to further restrict hunters, farmers and sport shooters a step closer to becoming law. “There was an agreement between the leaderships of the different parliamentary groups…
Senators Plett and Pratte Respond After Committee Guts Bill C-71
08 April 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Senate committee reviewing Bill C-71 voted today to weaken the government’s planned law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, but the senator leading opposition to the bill said the government will probably ignore the changes. Update 23:40 Toronto time: A senator said she will propose to the Senate to inject a handgun…
Gun Owners ‘Want Their Rights Respected,’ MP Candice Bergen Says
06 April 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — We are republishing this article from 2019, after Candice Bergen was elected interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Bill C-71 Turns 1: Timeline and Highlights of the Past Year
20 March 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Bill C-71, the Canadian government’s planned law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, turns one today. Here is a brief timeline of key dates with highlights of our coverage over the past year. We wish Bill C-71 a lousy birthday and a quick demise. https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1108409788830896129 Prelude 07 March 2018 Anti-Gun Law Outlook: Today’s…
Bill C-71 Legislative Summary: Library of Parliament, Dec. 2018
19 March 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Library of Parliament published a summary of Bill C-71, the government’s planned law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, in December. It provides a different analysis than The Bill C-71 Book, which you can buy from our Bill C-71 page. Highlights Overview of legal framework, timing and technicalities of the bill, without…
‘Pretty Big Measures’ Underway to Restrict Guns, Blair Tells CTV
19 March 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government will undertake “pretty big measures” this year to further limit gun owners as it considers new bans for hunters, farmers and sport shooters, Minister Bill Blair told CTV News yesterday. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said separately to a Senate committee in Ottawa he expects Blair will have “something pretty…