Government Outlines Bill C-21 Coming Into Force
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government responds to our questions about the coming into force of Bill C-21, the Liberal Party’s newest legislative attack against gun users.
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Canadian Government Clarifies Its Planned Anti-Gun Policies
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government responds to our questions on the status of its planned anti-gun policies.
We sought clarification after Public Safety Canada’s 2024 to 2025 Departmental Plan, published this week, left out several previously announced wishes.
Yukon Party Urges New Law to Protect Gun Users From Federal Liberal Attacks
TheGunBlog.ca — The Yukon Party today urged the territory’s governing Liberal Party to pass new laws to protect gun users from the federal Liberal Party’s attacks.
Poilievre Pledges New Law to Block Arbitrary Gun Bans Via OIC
TheGunBlog.ca — Pierre Poilievre, the leading candidate to become Canada’s next prime minister, pledged to pass a new law to prevent politicians from ordering arbitrary firearm prohibitions that criminalize honest citizens.
Government Says Cabinet Can No Longer ‘Downgrade’ Gun Classifications
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government said today in response to our questions that Bill C-21’s passage into law removed cabinet’s authority to “downgrade” the classification of any firearm.
Government Declines to Provide Details on Planned OIC Against Owners of ‘Pinned’ Mags
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Department of Public Safety responds to our questions about the government’s planned order in council (OIC) to criminalize owners of riveted (“pinned”) rifle and shotgun magazines.
Liberals Want Bill C-21 in Law ‘Before Christmas,’ Senate Staffer Says; Senator Dean Comments on Timeline
TheGunBlog.ca — The Liberals want to pass Bill C-21 into law “before Christmas,” a Senate staffer told TheGunBlog.ca.
Senator Tony Dean, the chair of the Senate committee studying the bill, declined to comment on a specific deadline.
Liberals Using Bill C-21 to Build ‘False Narrative’ for ‘Cynical Ploy,’ Professor Tells Senate
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberals proposed Bill C-21 to construct a “false narrative” as a “cynical ploy” to win re-election, Christian Leuprecht, a professor of political science, told the Senate committee reviewing the draft law.
Alberta CFO Bryant Urges Canada’s Senate to Abandon or Fix ‘Deeply Flawed’ Bill C-21
TheGunBlog.ca — Alberta Chief Firearms Officer Teri Bryant urged Canada’s Senate to abandon or amend the federal Liberal Party’s “misguided” and “deeply flawed” Bill C-21, its newest legislative attack against government-licensed gun users.
Watch: The Two OICs of 01 May 2020 and Why They’re Wrong (Video)
TheGunBlog.ca — Watch our video overview of the Canadian government’s two criminalization and confiscation “orders in council” (OICs) of 01 May 2020, and why the crackdown is wrong and unjust.
Many gun owners don’t know there were two OICs and don’t know much about them.
2023 Q1 Review and Outlook for Canadian Gun Rights (Video)
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.
Government Comments on Using OICs to Prohibit/Confiscate Guns
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.
Liberals Aim to Expand Rifle and Shotgun Confiscations After Withdrawing Amendments From Bill C-21
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party will work with the NDP and Bloc Québécois on new ways to expand its rifle and shotgun confiscations after withdrawing two amendments from Bill C-21 today.
Alberta Expands Actions to Protect Gun Owners From Trudeau’s ‘Increasingly Hostile’ Attacks
TheGunBlog.ca — Alberta said today it’s expanding measures to protect gun owners from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “increasingly hostile” attacks, further undermining the country’s anti-gun regime.
Silvercore Podcast on Bill C-21 With Nicolas Johnson, Travis Bader and Daniel Fritter (Video)
TheGunBlog.ca — Watch or listen to today’s Silvercore Podcast on Bill C-21 with Travis Bader of Silvercore.ca, Nicolas Johnson of TheGunBlog.ca, and Daniel Fritter of Calibre magazine.
CSAAA’s Wes Winkel Discusses Bill C-21 Mass Gun Confiscations (Video)
TheGunBlog.ca — Watch our video conversation with Wes Winkel, the president of the Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association (CSAAA), the country’s main group for the firearm industry.
We discuss the mass gun confiscations in Bill C-21 and their impact on Canada’s firearm industry.
Bill C-21 Ban List: Rifles and Shotguns To Be Confiscated
TheGunBlog.ca — Below is the list of rifles and shotguns that the Liberal Party of Canada wants to prohibit and confiscate from government-licensed gun owners under Bill C-21.
Liberals Aim to Ban SKS and All Other Semi-Auto, Centrefire, Mag-Fed Rifles And Shotguns
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is working to ban all semi-auto, centrefire rifles and shotguns that can take detachable ammo mags.
RCMP Comments on New Bill C-71 ‘Non-Restricted’ Gun Transfer Processing, Penalties
TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP responds below to our questions on transferring so-called “Non-Restricted” rifles and shotguns since May 18, when new criminalizations from Bill C-71 (2019) targeting government-licensed gun owners took effect.
Liberals Plan Bill C-21 Amendment to Confiscate More Long Guns
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian PM Justin Trudeau will update Bill C-21 with an amendment to expand the rifle and shotgun confiscations he began in May 2020, Marco Mendicino said May 30 in comments that many people missed.