Bill C-21: Write Your Senators!
Bill C-21 is still under consideration at the Standing Committee of Public Safety and National Security (SECU), but with Jagmeet Singh’s NDP backing every Liberal government bill, Bill C-21 will soon be making its way to the Senate.[i] When it does, the responsibility to fix this terrible legislation will be in the hands of our Senators.[ii] The Senate has the power to change and/or delay … [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...]
Les basses lumières du projet de loi libéral C-21
[English Version] Hier, le Premier ministre Justin Trudeau, le ministre de la Sécurité publique Bill Blair, la vice-première ministre Chrystia Freeland et le ministre de la Justice David Lametti ont annoncé sur les ondes leur nouveau programme électoral ambitieux en matière de "contrôle des armes à feu", le projet de loi C-21. [i] Avant d'examiner le contenu du projet de loi C-21, il est … [Read more...]
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