[Version Française] In 2007, suicides among Canadian First Nations people, Métis and Inuit were double the rate for non-Indigenous people.[i] By 2016, suicides among Canadian First Nations people, Métis and Inuit were triple the rate for non-Indigenous people.[ii] Further, the suicide rate for First Nations people living on reserve is twice as high as the rate for First Nations people living … [Read more...]
Liberal Virtue vs Indigenous Canadians: Guess Who Loses?
[Version Française] Thirty-six First Nations communities do not have clean drinking water, many for over a decade.[i] According to Statistics Canada Homicide in Canada, 2019 infographic:[ii] the homicide rate for Indigenous Canadians was 5 times higher than for non-Indigenous people One third of all homicide victims were visible minorities One quarter of all homicides in Canada were … [Read more...]
More Liberal Lies, Deceit and Firearms Fear-Porn
[Version Française] The Trudeau government understands that fear wins votes – so it’s always in their electoral interests to stoke the flames of fear at every opportunity. Public Safety’s web page titled “Reducing gun violence together”[i] is one of those fear-laden documents with little basis in reality. The shocking headline. “Violent crime involving firearms is a growing threat to public … [Read more...]
Why the Liberal Government Rush for New Firearm Deactivators?
[Version Française] You’ve probably heard the Liberal Government is asking firearm businesses to join the Canadian Firearms Program’s ‘Interim Firearms Deactivation Program’. What you probably haven’t heard is why. CSSA has learned from two reliable sources that Public Safety Minister Bill Blair will soon announce the only way you can keep firearms that were prohibited by his May 1, 2020, Order … [Read more...]
Firearm Prohibition Orders: Australia and New Zealand Get It Right
[Version Française] When an individual commits a violent or other serious crime, Canadian courts can prohibit the offender from possessing firearms and other weapons for a few months or the rest of their life. On paper, it sounds great. There is one glaring problem with Canada’s Firearm Prohibition Order system, however. The only government agency the Court is required to notify ‘without delay’ … [Read more...]
Meet Your Low-Information Minister of Public Safety
[Version Française] Bill Blair doesn’t even know what’s in his own legislation “This legislation proposes to introduce some of the strongest gun control measures in our country's history.”[i] If that were true, Bill C-21 would keep illegal guns out of the hands of drug dealers, gangs and other violent offenders. Instead, Minister Blair will create another long gun registry for the … [Read more...]
Liberals Crack Down on Licensed Gun Owners, Remove Penalties for Violent Criminals and Drug Dealers
[Version Française] Last week the Trudeau government introduced Bill C-21[i] “to take the most dangerous guns off our streets and out of our communities” and Bill C-22[ii] to address “the over-incarceration of Indigenous peoples as well as Black and marginalized Canadians”. The so-called “dangerous guns” targeted by Bill C-21 aren’t on the street, they’re in the gun safes of licensed, … [Read more...]
The Low Lights of Liberal Bill C-21
[Version Française] This morning Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland and Justice Minister David Lametti took to the airwaves to announce their sweeping new ‘gun control’ election platform, Bill C-21.i Before we look at what’s in Bill C-21, it’s important to take note of what’s not contained in this draft legislation. Firearm Confiscation … [Read more...]
Christine Generoux – An Unlikely Heroine of Canadian Gun Culture, Part 2
[Version Française] In Part One of this series, we introduced Christine Generoux, shared some of her life story and what led her to challenge the federal government’s Order in Council gun ban. Here in Part Two, we’ll take a closer look at how Christine Generoux is using Canada’s Multiculturalism Act[i] to challenge the largest single firearms ban in Canadian history. “But before I dive into the … [Read more...]
Christine Generoux – An Unlikely Heroine of Canadian Gun Culture, Part 1
[Version Française] Christine Generoux, a 33-year-old woman from Ottawa, Ontario, is challenging the Liberal government’s May 1st gun ban by Order in Council. Unlike other litigants, Christine chose to represent herself in her Judicial Review of the OIC. Generoux is self-represented by necessity. She is not a wealthy woman. She can’t afford to hire a lawyer to represent her, nor does she … [Read more...]
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