• Home
  • Contact
  • Membership
    • What is My Membership Number?
    • Update Your CSSA Member Information
  • Marketplace
  • Store

Canadian Shooting Sports Association

Leading The Way...

Join CSSA

Our Mission: To Preserve, Promote and Protect the Lawful Use and Ownership of Firearms in Canada

  • Member Services
  • Programs
    • Gun Owners’ Random Acts of Kindness
    • CSSA CLAS-H
    • CSSA Target
      • CSSA Shooting Rangers Junior Program
      • CSSA Target Adult Program
      • Download Targets
      • Submit Your Scores
    • CSSA Marketplace
    • Firearm Legal Defence Insurance
  • Training
    • Club Level Safety Instructor Course
    • Range Safety Officer Course
    • CSSA CLAS-H Competitor
    • CSSA CLAS-H Upgrade
    • CSSA CLAS-H Range Official
    • CSSA CLAS-H Instructor
  • E-News
    • Subscribe to CSSA E-News
    • Weekly CSSA Commentary
    • Weekly CSSA E-News News Aggregator
    • CSSA Special Reports
  • Video
  • Legal
  • Research
  • Shooting Sports
    • History of Our Advocacy
    • Handgun Shooting Disciplines
    • Rifle Shooting Disciplines
  • Events
    • British Columbia
    • Alberta
    • Saskatchewan
    • Manitoba
    • Ontario
    • Quebec
    • New Brunswick
    • Nova Scotia
    • Prince Edward Island
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Yukon
    • Northwest Territories
    • Nunavut
  • Links
    • Gun Clubs & Shooting Ranges
    • Shooting Disciplines

Public Interest Litigants Judicial Review of SOR/2020-96 Notice of Application Filed  in Federal Court

July 1, 2020 by Web Admin Filed Under: CSSA Commentary, CSSA Special Reports

Yesterday, June 29, 2020, Toronto lawyer Arkadi Bouchelev filed a notice of application for judicial review of the Order in Council (OIC) creating regulation SOR/2020-96 in the Federal Court on behalf of nine public interest litigants from across Canada.

These are private firearm owners, not firearm business owners whose livelihoods are threatened as a result of this ban, and they are bringing this litigation forward as public interest litigants. In other words, they’re challenging this Order in Council for the public good.

They want to overturn SOR/2020-96 and, if they are successful, will benefit every lawful Canadian firearm owner who owns one of the 1,500 types of firearms banned on May 1, 2020, or would like to own one in the future.

One of the key arguments that Mr. Bouchelev’s clients are making relates to Section 117.15(2) of the Criminal Code , which very specifically states that if a government intends to ban firearms by way of an Order in Council, they can only do it for firearms that have no reasonable use for hunting or sporting purposes.

If a firearm is reasonable for use to hunt or target shoot in Canada, the government cannot ban it through an OIC. They must enact a new piece of legislation.

Every firearm on the OIC list is reasonable for use for hunting, sporting purposes, or both.
The Public Interest Litigants also argue that the RCMP has no legal authority to reclassify firearms by changing their FRT status. That legal authority rests in the federal government and cannot be delegated to the RCMP.

The CSSA believes the Public Interest Litigants Judicial Review has an excellent chance to challenge and defeat the Liberal government’s firearm ban by Order in Council enacted on May 1st, 2020.

We encourage you to download and read the Public Interest Litigants Judicial Review Notice of Application (PDF).

If you believe, as we do, this is one of the best opportunities for us to defeat this Liberal firearm ban decree, please donate to the Public Interest Litigants Judicial Review.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tony Bernardo, Executive Director
Canadian Shooting Sports Association
Phone: 905-571-2150
Email: abernardo343@rogers.com

 

 

1143 Wentworth St W #204
Oshawa, ON L1J 8P7

Toll-Free: 1-888-873-4339
Phone: 905-720-3142
Email: info@cssa-cila.org

Gun Shows

  • 2022
  • 15th Annual Torrington Gun Show | , | August 27, 2022 - August 28, 2022

Contact CSSA

1143 Wentworth St W #204
Oshawa, ON L1J 8P7

Toll-Free: 1-888-873-4339
Phone: 905-720-3142
Email: info@cssa-cila.org

Sponsor

Canadian Institute for Legislative Action
CILA Logo

Sponsor

Lower Canada Arms Collectors Assn
Lower Canada Arms Collectors Association

Sponsor

Right Edition
Right Edition

Sponsor

Firearm Legal Defence Insurance
Firearm Legal Defence

Quick Contact Points

  • Home
  • Contact
  • Membership
    • What is My Membership Number?
    • Update Your CSSA Member Information
  • Marketplace
  • Store

© 1998–2022 Canadian Shooting Sports Association | All Rights Reserved