Public Safety Marco Mendicino today announced new amendments to Bill C-21 that would, if passed, would add a definition of “prohibited firearm” to the Criminal Code. “The amendments will include a standard technical definition, which contain the physical characteristics of an assault-style firearm,” Minister Mendicino said. “This definition, which would apply going forward, would be inserted into … [Read more...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 6, 2023 Saskatchewan Firearms Act Passes with Unanimous Consent Today The Saskatchewan Firearms Act became law with a unanimous vote in the Saskatchewan legislature. “It is important for Saskatchewan to have its own provincial firearms legislation to ensure the concerns of responsible firearms owners are taken into account,” said Christine Tell, … [Read more...]

By Guest Columnist Tony Bernardo Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government continued its all-out assault against federally-licensed, RCMP-vetted firearms owners this year, but every move Trudeau’s government made this year was built upon the rotten foundation of their May 1, 2020 Order in Council Gun Ban. Trudeau continued to lower sentences for a host of crimes, including gun smuggling and other … [Read more...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 7, 2022 RCMP Caught Lying to Parliament Canadian Firearms Program Technical Specialist Murray Smith Misleads MPs OTTAWA – Today, Tony Bernardo, Executive Director of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association, issued the following statement regarding comments made by the RCMP’s Murray Smith at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National … [Read more...]

Congratulations to Christine Tell, Saskatchewan Minister of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety, for putting the federal government on notice. Federal Firearm Seizure Agents must, within 45 days, pay fair market value compensation, as determined by the Saskatchewan Firearms Commissioner, to the individual from whom the firearm was seized. 5-3 If a firearm is seized from an owner pursuant to … [Read more...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 22, 2022 OSHAWA, ON – Today, rumours that Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government will ban semi-automatic rifles and shotguns are confirmed. An amendment to Bill C-21, currently before a House of Commons committee, was tabled today that will ban all semi-automatic rifles and shotguns capable of accepting an external magazine. That Bill C-21, in Clause 1, be amended … [Read more...]

“We cannot continue to wait to protect people,” Surrey MP Randeep Sarai told reporters at this morning’s press conference.[i] An odd comment, since Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has utterly failed to stop gun smuggling from the United States or the drug dealer and gang violence that flows from it. “Today, our national freeze on handguns is coming into force,” the prime minister said. … [Read more...]

On September 28, Kelvin Goertzen, Manitoba Minister of Justice and Attorney General, joined Alberta and Saskatchewan in stating that provincially-funded and grossly understaffed RCMP personnel will not pander to the federal Liberal government’s virtue-signalling agenda. “We feel many aspects of the federal approach to gun crimes unnecessarily target lawful gun owners,” Minister Goertzen wrote, … [Read more...]

On September 27, Christine Tell, Saskatchewan Minister of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety, informed RCMP Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore that “the Government of Saskatchewan does not support and will not authorize the use of provincially funded resources for any process that is connected to the federal governments proposed ‘buy back’ of these firearms.”[i] “The Government of … [Read more...]