Nobody - not even Justin Trudeau’s Privy Council - believes his “handgun freeze” can reduce violent crime. Everyone, gun owner and gun hater alike, wants to keep guns out of the hands of violent criminals, but many are “skeptical as to whether a national freeze on the buying and selling of handguns would be effective,” the Privy Council Report says.[i] “I don’t know exactly what impact it will … [Read more...]
Public Safety’s Technical Briefing About Nothing
Today Public Safety Canada held a technical briefing on two withdrawn amendments to Bill C-21, known as G4 and G46. As we noted in Tuesday’s commentary, withdrawn does not equal dead.[i] Today’s technical briefing confirmed this.[ii] “We need to know what concerns the public has,” stated one senior Public Safety official, “to be able to provide government with advice if they are to introduce … [Read more...]
Minister Shandro Tables Bill 8: Alberta Firearms Act
“Alberta stands unequivocally with hunters, farmers, sport shooters, and Indigenous peoples, all of whom understand the importance of responsible firearm ownership to Alberta’s heritage and culture,” said Tyler Shandro, Alberta’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General.[i][ii] Bill 8, the Alberta Firearms Act[iii], builds on the framework of Saskatchewan's Firearms Act by codifying the role of … [Read more...]
Public Safety Briefing: Bill C-21’s Withdrawn Amendments
Why do we need to be briefed on legislative amendments Justin Trudeau’s government already withdrew? Because withdrawn does not equal dead. On Thursday afternoon, Public Safety Canada will host “a technical briefing on the Government’s withdrawn amendments (G4 and G46) to Bill C-21, An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms) to provide clarity on the … [Read more...]
Grassroots Political Action: Another CSSA Member Does It Right
The letter below is from one of our members, Irene K. She is rightfully upset that her premier, Ontario’s Doug Ford, isn’t lifting a finger to defend her rights and her property from the federal government, which intends to confiscate her legally owned, legally acquired private property. This is a great example of our members engaging their elected representatives and politely but firmly … [Read more...]
What’s Wrong With Canadians?
Not you. You understand that reducing sentences for violent criminal offences and gun smuggling doesn't stop violent criminals or prevent gang shootings. You comprehend that pointless gestures like Justin Trudeau's bans on firearms owned by licensed firearms owners is beyond useless at stopping drug-fueled, gang-related shootings. You know that gang violence will never be stopped no matter how … [Read more...]
Liberal Gun Confiscation Plan Moving Forward
A secret document from Public Safety Canada reveals just how badly every level of government is willing to betray us.[i] Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government will move forward with its diabolical plan to confiscate and destroy your guns. The following provincial governments have betrayed you and your interests by holding “encouraging discussions” to confiscate your private property on behalf of … [Read more...]
A Tribute to Candice Bergen, M.P.
On February 1, 2023, Candice Bergen, the long-time Member of Parliament for Portage—Lisgar (MB), retired from federal politics.[i] This announcement doesn’t come as a surprise, as Ms. Bergen previously said she would not run for re-election just days before Pierre Poilievre was elected leader of the Conservative Party. While we are thrilled for Ms. Bergen and her future outside of politics, it's … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Misfire
In the Supreme Court’s zeal to expunge mandatory minimum sentences from the Criminal Code, they chose to conflate a true danger to society with a legal fiction created by a defence attorney.[i] Alberta Court of Appeal Justice Thomas Wakeling, in overturning the original trial judge’s decision in R. v. Hills, expressed the thoughts of so many ordinary Canadians. “I am… extremely troubled by the … [Read more...]
Liberal Government Admits Bill C-21 Amendment Bans Hunting Rifles and Shotguns
It comes as no surprise that, despite all their claims to the contrary, the Liberal government’s November 4, 2022, amendments to Bill C-21 will ban a wide swath of hunting rifles and shotguns. Prime Minister Trudeau labelled this indisputable fact as “misinformation” when confronted. Trudeau and his cabinet continue to peddle this “misinformation” even after the government’s own briefing note … [Read more...]