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A cascade of police agencies is telling Ottawa they're ignoring the gun buyback
It's an extremely rare example of law enforcement refusing en masse to comply with a federal mandateAs the Liberal government finally rolls out its long-awaited “gun buyback,” the program is running headlong into the near-unprecedented situation of a majority of Canadian governments and police agencies vowing to ignore or defy it.
Over the weekend, Yukon and the Northwest Territories confirmed that they would have nothing to do with a federal program to remove “assault-style” firearms from private ownership.
The two territories join Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as well as an ever-growing list of police departments and police unions saying the program isn’t worth their time.
Last week, the head of the New Brunswick Chiefs of Police Association publicly told legal gun owners that if they didn’t comply with the program, the province’s various law enforcement agencies wouldn’t care.
“We’re not going looking for you,” said Robert Bruce, whose day job is the chief of the Saint John Police.
Toronto Police have said much the same, telling Mark Carney’s government not to expect their help with the buyback. “It makes no sense why we would allocate our limited resources towards this misguided attempt at public safety,” reads a Jan. 20 statement by the Toronto Police Association.
The past week has seen a cascade of Canadian police departments issuing curt press releases stating they won’t be participating in the buyback.
The Brantford Police Service said it will instead be keeping its eye on “frontline policing responsibilities.” The Sarnia Police Service said “it will not be offering any collection appointments” for anyone looking to turn in a prohibited firearm.
The federal buyback officially stared on Jan. 19, more than five years after a surprise order from then prime minister Justin Trudeau declared that more than 1,500 types of legal Canadian firearms were now banned.
Overnight, thousands of rifles and shotguns that had been in regular use for hunting or target shooting were suddenly classified as “prohibited,” meaning that the owner risked fines and the loss of their gun licence if they so much as removed it from storage.
As to what caused a firearm to get placed on the banned list, it was due to a somewhat oblique new federal term known as “assault-style.”
Actual assault rifles (high capacity, high-power rifles capable of automatic fire) have been banned in Canada since 1978, but the new ban generally outlaws firearms that look like they could be assault rifles — even if they’re low-caliber, low-capacity and incapable of automatic fire.
The new buyback, officially known as the “Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program,” is intended as a way for Canadians to surrender their now-prohibited firearms in exchange for a cash payout.
For any gun owner who refuses, a federal backgrounder informs them they could eventually face jail.
Gun owners’ only alternative to the buyback is to destroy their banned firearms by Oct. 30 or “risk criminal liability for the illegal possession of a prohibited firearm.”
“While participating in the program is voluntary, compliance with the law is not,” it reads.
What provinces, territories and police departments are now doing is telling those gun owners that if they are in possession of an “assault-style” firearm after Oct. 30, local police are not going to make it a priority to find them.
A theme in almost all of the official non-compliance statements is that while gun crime is currently hitting generational highs across much of Canada, the shootings are being conducted almost exclusively with illegal firearms.
As a Friday statement from Yukon attorney general Laura Lang put it, “this confiscation program doesn’t apply to criminals. It exclusively targets trained, vetted, licence-holding citizens who have done everything right.”
Even before the buyback program ran into a wall of open non-compliance from Canadian law enforcement, it had already been burdened by a slough of delays, cost overruns and setbacks, not the least of which is that its federal point person has admitted on tape that the whole thing is a play for votes.
In a September recording surreptitiously made by his tenant, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree can be heard saying that he could not “explain the logic” of the buyback, and suspected he didn’t think “municipal police services have the resources to do this.”
Nevertheless, he added that he had a “mandate” to see the project through, in part due to political pressure from Quebec.
“Quebec is in a different place than other parts of Canada, right? And this is something that (is) very much a big, big, big deal for many of the Quebec electorate that voted for us,” he said.
FIRST READING: A cascade of police agencies is telling Ottawa they're ignoring the gun buyback
It's an extremely rare example of law enforcement refusing en masse to comply with a federal mandate.
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Newfoundland and Labrador jump into the fray. Now more than half the Country is saying a firm NO in this regard!
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January 27, 2026
The Provincial Government today announced that Newfoundland and Labrador will not participate in the federal firearms compensation program.
While Newfoundland and Labrador remains committed to working collaboratively with federal, provincial and territorial partners to reduce gun violence and strengthen community safety, the Provincial Government has determined that the federal program does not reflect the realities of the province or align with its public safety priorities.
Government has raised concerns about the program’s practicality, the strain it could place on policing resources, and whether it would deliver meaningful improvements in public safety for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. The Provincial Government believes police resources should be directed toward tackling violent crime, drug-related activity, and repeat offenders — not toward measures that risk targeting law-abiding residents.
On January 17, 2026, the Government of Canada announced the national rollout of the compensation program, including an amnesty period until October 30, 2026 for affected firearms owners to dispose of or deactivate prohibited firearms. Several provinces and territories, including Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, have also indicated they will not participate in the program.
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“As Premier, I call on the Federal Government to further engage provinces and territories on this issue, and to re-allocate the resources allotted for this program toward reducing crime, drug-related violence, and repeat offenders. Decisions are being made at a federal level that are isolated from legitimate civilian use of firearms. The Federal Government should focus on criminals, not law-abiding hunters and our way of life.”
Honourable Tony Wakeham Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
“We understand that there are many legal and legitimate uses for firearms. Our government respects law abiding firearm owners. I am not convinced that there is evidence that this program would enhance public safety.”
Honourable Helen Conway Ottenheimer Minister of Justice and Public Safety
Newfoundland and Labrador Confirms it Will Not Participate in Federal Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program
Executive Council
Justice and Public Safety
January 27, 2026
The Provincial Government today announced that Newfoundland and Labrador will not participate in the federal firearms compensation program.
While Newfoundland and Labrador remains committed to working collaboratively with federal, provincial and territorial partners to reduce gun violence and strengthen community safety, the Provincial Government has determined that the federal program does not reflect the realities of the province or align with its public safety priorities.
Government has raised concerns about the program’s practicality, the strain it could place on policing resources, and whether it would deliver meaningful improvements in public safety for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. The Provincial Government believes police resources should be directed toward tackling violent crime, drug-related activity, and repeat offenders — not toward measures that risk targeting law-abiding residents.
On January 17, 2026, the Government of Canada announced the national rollout of the compensation program, including an amnesty period until October 30, 2026 for affected firearms owners to dispose of or deactivate prohibited firearms. Several provinces and territories, including Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, have also indicated they will not participate in the program.
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“As Premier, I call on the Federal Government to further engage provinces and territories on this issue, and to re-allocate the resources allotted for this program toward reducing crime, drug-related violence, and repeat offenders. Decisions are being made at a federal level that are isolated from legitimate civilian use of firearms. The Federal Government should focus on criminals, not law-abiding hunters and our way of life.”
Honourable Tony Wakeham Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
“We understand that there are many legal and legitimate uses for firearms. Our government respects law abiding firearm owners. I am not convinced that there is evidence that this program would enhance public safety.”
Honourable Helen Conway Ottenheimer Minister of Justice and Public Safety
Newfoundland and Labrador Confirms it Will Not Participate in Federal Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program - News Releases
The Provincial Government today announced that Newfoundland and Labrador will not participate in the federal firearms compensation program. While Newfoundland and Labrador remains committed to working collaboratively with federal, provincial and territorial partners to reduce gun violence and...
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The Government of Nunavut has expressed significant concerns regarding the federal firearms "buyback" (or compensation) program,
emphasizing that the regulations must respect Inuit hunting rights and that the banned firearms are often essential tools for hunting and safety in the North.
While the federal government is moving forward with the program—with an amnesty period for prohibited firearms in effect until October 30, 2026—the following positions and concerns have been raised regarding Nunavut:
Impact on Subsistence Hunting: Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok noted that many, if not all, of the firearms banned by the federal government are used for hunting seals and other game, and that high-capacity shotguns are used for hunting birds.
Need for Consultation: The Nunavut government has emphasized to the federal government that any regulations must engage with Inuit and the territory to avoid negatively impacting traditional hunting practices.
Focus on Safety over Confiscation: Territorial leaders have highlighted that the focus should be on safely storing guns, rather than confiscation.
Logistical Challenges: Similar to the Northwest Territories,, Nunavut faces logistical difficulties with the program due to its remote, arctic geography.
While some provinces (like Alberta and Saskatchewan) have actively legislated against participating in the program, Nunavut has focused on the potential infringement of treaty-protected hunting rights, with Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) investigating these concerns.
emphasizing that the regulations must respect Inuit hunting rights and that the banned firearms are often essential tools for hunting and safety in the North.
While the federal government is moving forward with the program—with an amnesty period for prohibited firearms in effect until October 30, 2026—the following positions and concerns have been raised regarding Nunavut:
Impact on Subsistence Hunting: Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok noted that many, if not all, of the firearms banned by the federal government are used for hunting seals and other game, and that high-capacity shotguns are used for hunting birds.
Need for Consultation: The Nunavut government has emphasized to the federal government that any regulations must engage with Inuit and the territory to avoid negatively impacting traditional hunting practices.
Focus on Safety over Confiscation: Territorial leaders have highlighted that the focus should be on safely storing guns, rather than confiscation.
Logistical Challenges: Similar to the Northwest Territories,, Nunavut faces logistical difficulties with the program due to its remote, arctic geography.
While some provinces (like Alberta and Saskatchewan) have actively legislated against participating in the program, Nunavut has focused on the potential infringement of treaty-protected hunting rights, with Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) investigating these concerns.
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More than half of provinces and territories reject role in federal gun 'buyback'
OTTAWA — Police and political leaders in more than half of Canada have so far rejected taking any part in the federal government’s firearms compensation program.
Newfoundland and Labrador was the latest province to confirm it has no intention of participating, with the province’s premier saying in Ottawa on Wednesday that while he supports Prime Minister Mark Carney in many areas, this is one where he disagrees.
“When you have law-abiding citizens — these are not the problem,” said Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham, who is in Ottawa for two days worth of meetings with other provincial and territorial leaders, along with Carney.
He added that “hunting is part of our life” in the province, saying he does not want to see that “impeded in any way.”
Newfoundland and Labrador is the latest jurisdiction to come out as opposed to the policy, which the federal government has said targets weapons deemed too dangerous for public use, such as the AR-15.
Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta have all rejected the initiative, with the latter two provinces taking legislative steps that federal officials say create difficulties for rolling out the compensation program.
The head of New Brunswick’s police association recently told the Telegraph-Journal newspaper that its services lack the resources to assist with the policy.
Robert Gauvin, its provincial public safety minister, also said in a previous statement that it declined to enter into an agreement with the federal public safety department to assist, calling on the federal government to develop a plan for collection that does not impact police officers.
The territorial governments of Yukon and the Northwest Territories have also stated they have no plan to take part.
Federal officials say it has the ability to roll out the program in every jurisdiction, save for Saskatchewan and Alberta.
They have added that mobile collection units could be deployed to collect firearms, along with trying to work with local police and the provinces.
The Quebec government remains the only province to have signed a $12-million contribution agreement that commits it to help with the coordination of collection efforts. Federal Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree confirmed on Tuesday that the Sûreté du Québec, the provincial police force, would participate.
Anandasangaree, who announced the official launch of the compensation program earlier this month, has applauded the fact that impacted gun owners have so far submitted declarations for slightly more than 22,000 weapons.
The federal government has set a budget of compensating gun owners from a pot of $250 million, expected to cover 136,000 weapons.
Since 2020, the Liberals have banned more than 2,500 makes and models of firearms, weapons it calls “assault-style.”
Regardless of whether gun owners choose to participate, the federal government says individuals must comply by either handing over their weapons to police or have them deactivated by the time an amnesty period expires at the end of October.
Anandasangaree, when he launched the compensation program, spoke directly to hunters and sports shooters that some 19,000 models of non-restricted firearms remain available.
The federal government has said it would be taking more time to review whether to add models of the SKS to its list of prohibited weapons, which prominent gun control advocates have urged it to do.
More than half of provinces and territories reject role in federal gun 'buyback'
Leaders in more than half of Canada have so far rejected taking part in the federal government's firearms compensation program.
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'You can't have it both ways': Minister says no budget boost on horizon for firearms 'buyback' compensation
OTTAWA — Federal Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says there are no plans to change the budget available for firearms owners eyeing compensation for turning over their prohibited weapons.The Liberal government has earmarked spending $250 million to pay firearms owners who hand over one or more of the 2,500 makes and models of guns it has banned since 2020.
Anandasangaree said on Tuesday that money for the program has been pulled together from previous budgets and is a “constraint” the government is operating within.
“As far as we’re concerned, the budget will not change.”
Federal officials anticipate collecting an estimated 136,000 weapons and say regardless of whether eligible gun owners participate, they must get rid of their banned weapons by the time an amnesty period expires at the end of October, either by handing them over to local police or having them deactivated.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer had warned in a 2021 analysis of the policy that, depending on the number of guns collected and compensation rates, costs for the program could balloon to as much as $750 million, not to mention administrative costs.
Some firearms groups that fiercely oppose the policy have voiced concerns that firearms owners may not receive proper compensation under the program. The Opposition Conservatives have also panned the initiative as a waste of taxpayer dollars.
Anandasangaree says those who have concerns can “mitigate” them by submitting a declaration to participate early.
“I know some people are saying, especially those who oppose this program are saying, there’s not enough money. Well, you can’t have it both ways,” the minister said.
“We’ve had a really good start at the pace we’re going. We should still have adequate resources, so we’re encouraging people to go ahead and apply.”
The federal public safety department on Monday announced that it had so far received declarations for slightly more than 22,000 guns after opening the registration window one week earlier.
Under the program, firearms owners have until the end of March to submit their declarations should they seek compensation.
After that, collection efforts would be rolled out through several agreements the federal government has struck with local police in Winnipeg, Cape Breton, N.S., and Halifax.
The Quebec government has also pledged it support to help coordinate collection efforts, with Anandasangaree confirming on Tuesday that the Sûreté du Québec, the provincial police force would assist.
Public safety officials have also indicated plans to roll out mobile collection units to provide coverage in areas where local police participation is not guaranteed.
Police across the Greater Toronto Area, for example, have so far said they have declined to participate, citing a lack of information and concerns about the impact on resources.
Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta have also declined to take part, same with the territorial governments of Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
The Northwest Territories government issued a statement last week confirming that it had received assurances that RCMP in the jurisdiction would focus “on core policing responsibilities to support community safety,” with federal officials saying firearms owners would be provided “mailed return kits and other collection options,” suited to support the needs of remote northern communities.
'You can't have it both ways': Minister says no budget boost on horizon for firearms 'buyback' compensation
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says there are no plans to change the budget available for firearms owners eyeing compensation.
"Federal officials anticipate collecting an estimated 136,000 weapons" - This is but a drop in the bucket as compared to the actual number of firearms affected. I seriously anticipate even with their gross underestimate, they will get nowhere near that number. It is more than likely however, given the narrative, they will call any number a "success".
"Anandasangaree says those who have concerns can “mitigate” them by submitting a declaration to participate early." More of the Hunger Games carrot dangling.
“We’ve had a really good start at the pace we’re going." Actually compliance is exceptionally low. The Pilot was a complete and utter failure, and the first week of this country wide program has seen limited results (16 % compliance rate at a recognized artificially lowball number of affected firearms).
Their overall demand to hand these firearms in, only to then state that many (most) will not be compensated is not faring well. That proffers pretty much zero enticement to comply until the very last second (holding out hope for something to change).
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List of Non Participating Provinces/Police
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- Alberta
- Manitoba (here)
- New Brunswick (here) (here)
- Newfoundland and Labrador (here and post #22)
- Nova Scotia (here, post #70)
- Ontario Doug Ford (here)
- Saskatchewan
Police Force/Body
- Canada - Commissioner Thomas Carrique, is both President of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) and Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). OPP opposes the buyback. CACP says "the program may not align with current policing priorities, including the illegal importation, trafficking, smuggling and criminal use of firearms. For this reason, police services remain focused on disrupting criminal networks and preventing crime by deploying limited resources where they will have the greatest and most immediate impact on public safety.” (here), and "a buyback program that to be blunt about it, police services in Canada don't have the capacity to try and manage." (here) (Jan 2026 PDF)
- British Columbia Police - concerns about the “readiness” (here)
- New Brunswick Chiefs of Police Association (here)
- Nova Scotia -- [not including Cape Breton], police forces currently NO COMMENT
- Ontario - Chiefs of Police Association, President Mark Campbell "Lawfully owned rifles aren’t driving gang violence or crime. Smuggled handguns are."
- Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) (here) (here)
- Ontario - Aylmer Police (here)
- Ontario - Barrie Police Service (here)
- Ontario - Brantford Police (here)
- Ontario - Brockville Police "We do not have the staffing, storage capacity, or resources required to participate" (here)
- Ontario - Chatham-Kent Police Service (CKPS) (here)
- Ontario - Durham Region Police Chief because "Public safety remains our top priority" (here)
- Ontario - Hamilton Police said "no structured framework or direction" (here) (here)
- Ontario - Kawartha Lakes Police (here)
- Ontario - LaSalle Police Service (here)
- Ontario - London Police Service (see Post #28)
- Ontario - North Bay Police said "not be an active participant" "no structured framework or direction" (Post #44, here)
- Ontario - Owen Sound Police Service (post #49)
- Ontario - Peterborough Police said "not participating" "no structured framework or direction" (here) (here)
- Ontario - Saugeen Shores Police Service (see Post #7)
- Ontario - Sarnia Police Force (here)
- Ontario - St. Thomas Police (here)
- Ontario - Strathroy-Caradoc Police Service (see post #27)
- Ontario - Toronto Police Force (here)
- Ontario - Toronto Police Union here)
- Ontario - Waterloo Police UNCERTAIN (here)
- Ontario - Windsor Police (here)
- Ontario - Woodstock Police Service ((here), Post #29)
- New Brunswick - Saint John Police (here)
- PEI - Charlottetown Police (here)
- Conservatives
- Liberal? Strangely the federal Minister Of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree was famously recorded expressing it was not for public safety, but for quebec votes
- NDP (here)
- Canada Post has refused to participate in the federal government’s gun buyback program, citing safety concerns
- Colt Canada, a subsidiary of CZ-USA, has explicitly denied involvement in the program. The company stated: "Our subsidiary Colt Canada does not and will not participate in the Canadian government's firearms buyback program for Canadian citizens. Our activities in Canada remain focused on providing services to our armed forces customers." This denial was reiterated in multiple statements from CZ-USA and Colt Canada in October 2025
- Canadian Taxpayers Federation
- CCFR, CSSA, NFA, Dominion of Canada Rifle Association (DCRA), BCWF, CSAAA
- And of course, millions of licenced firearms owners
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BERNARDO: The messaging war driving Canada's next gun ban
From Australia to Ottawa — how foreign tragedies become ammunition for expanding gun bans in Canada.The Bondi Beach tragedy is the latest excuse Canadian gun confiscation advocate PolySeSouvient uses to tighten the noose on legal gun owners, especially hunters and sport shooters.
In the aftermath of the Australian terror attack, you can see the playbook in real time.
Something horrific happens overseas.
Activists sprint to the nearest microphone.
They demand Ottawa take more guns away from the people who already comply.
First, PolySeSouvient set the messaging frame:
“Police are yet to reveal which weapons were used, but a director at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute said it appeared the suspects had a bolt action high-powered rifle and shotguns.”
Then they pointed the spotlight back at Canada, applauding Australia’s speed and scolding Ottawa for delays, using Justin Trudeau’s firearms confiscation compensation scheme as the lever.
“While Australia has just announced a new national gun buyback program, one week after the Bondi beach shooting, #Ottawa is still dragging its feet to launch its own, promised five years ago. The Canadian assault weapons buyback program had been promised by the Trudeau gov't in 2020.”
They followed up with more “lessons” they want copied here, including restrictions tied to magazine capacity and limits on how many firearms a person may own.
“While @NewSouthWales commits to reducing magazine capacity after Bondi Beach massacre, @MarkJCarney remains silent on election promise to eliminate loophole that allows sale of magazines easily modifiable to full illegal capacity.”
This messaging is far from subtle.
Since a bolt action hunting rifle was used in an Australian terrorist attack, the argument becomes: We must ban bolt action rifles next.
Bolt action rifles with scopes are standard hunting tools.
Straight pull variants are popular because they allow for a quick follow-up shot, if necessary, but are not semi-automatic, so they are not covered by existing gun bans.
PolySeSouvient’s framing quickly slid toward “sniper rifle” vibes, as if the presence of a scope turns a hunting rifle — and by implication its owner — into a villain.
Then comes the sarcasm and the smirk.
PolySeSouvient mocked gun owners who notice where this goes: they post about the types of guns used, then dismiss concerns that the endgame is broader bans.
PolySeSouvient: Posts quotes from a news article about the types of guns used at Bondi Beach Gun Lobby: "PROOF POLY WANTS TO BAN ALL GUNS!"
Their sarcasm reveals the strategy.
The line between “assault style” and “hunting” rifle exists only until it becomes inconvenient.
Once a criminal uses a common hunting rifle to commit murder anywhere in the world, the demand to expand the category gets louder. The definition stretches to fit the “new” narrative.
Now let’s bring it home to Canada.
Nathalie Provost is the co-founder of PolySeSouvient. She’s now an MP with the Prime Minister’s ear.
Whatever PolySeSouvient says publicly, Nathalie Provost is demanding the Prime Minister and his Public Safety Minister do what she wants — ban and confiscate hunting rifles next.
One X user said it perfectly.
“There is no appeasing the @Polysesouvient beast’s hunger for gun bans.”
How Canada “Regulates” Firearms
We already live under strict owner licencing, screening, and firearms storage regulations.
We already live under a system that changes firearms classifications with the political wind.
When activists exploit a foreign tragedy to demand domestic crackdowns, you are not watching evidence-based policy. You’re watching narrative warfare.
Here is the bigger problem that never gets addressed. At least not honestly.
Canada regulates firearms by aesthetics, not capability.
Black plastic.
Pistol grips.
Rails.
“Tactical” look.
It’s a never-ending costume contest, not an honest evaluation of risk.
That’s why the same core mechanics are treated differently based on furniture and finish.
That is also why manufacturers scramble to redesign, rebrand, and “comply,” only to watch the goalposts move again. And again. And again.
This is how industries die.
This is how trust in government collapses.
If public safety is truly the goal, rules should track measurable factors that actually drive capability and misuse, not how scary a firearm’s stock looks.
Until that happens, activists will keep using foreign tragedies as fuel for their agenda, and compliant Canadians will keep paying the price for crimes they did not commit.
You know the difference between a tool for hunting and criminal intent.
Policymakers should, too.
Stop letting foreign horrors become blank cheques to punish the innocent here in Canada.
Evidence first.
Definitions that do not mutate with headlines.
Standards that target real risk without turning hunters into political collateral.
We’re generations overdue for an honest conversation about firearms in this country, and we’re not going to get one while Nathalie Provost sits behind the man in the driver's seat of the Liberal government’s gun confiscation agenda, whispering her demands into his ear.
BERNARDO: The messaging war driving Canada's next gun ban
The Bondi Beach tragedy is the latest excuse Canadian gun confiscation advocate PolySeSouvient uses to tighten the noose on legal gun owners, especially hunters and sport shooters.
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Carney’s gun grab is floundering
Posted By: Gary Mauser February 1, 2026Carney’s gun grab is floundering. The Liberals finally decided to launch their “gun buyback” Canada wide. Six years after banning the so-called “assault-style” firearms.
Unfortunately for the Liberals, it turns out that the many of the newly banned guns are lawful hunting firearms (even if Liberals find them scary looking) and very popular with hunters — Indigenous and non-Indigenous hunters alike.
Posturing meets incompetence
The so-called “gun buyback” is a bad idea and badly organized. The public safety minister even admitted, in an unguarded moment, that the “buyback” was a political maneuver to win votes in Quebec and it had nothing to do with public safety. It was just for show.
The obvious uselessness of the buyback has obliterated political support. Only Québec has agreed to participate; most other provinces and territories have declined (including Ontario and Manitoba). Two provinces (Alberta and Saskatchewan) have even passed laws to protect legal gun owners.
The Carney Liberals prefer virtue signaling to solving problems. When faced with increased threats from violent crime, instead of boosting funding for police and border security, the Liberals mount a public relations campaign trying to fool the public into thinking that confiscating lawfully held and used firearms from law abiding civilians will reduce gun violence. Squandering hundreds of millions (so far) on a gun grab of hunting firearms was never about public safety but political posturing.
The problem is violent crime – not civilian guns
Organized crime poses a serious threat to Canadians, but the so-called buyback targets law-abiding citizens, not violent criminals. Legal firearms owners rarely misuse their firearms, according to StatsCan data.
Gang killings are increasing. In Vancouver murders have increased by 130% in just 5 years since 2021 … And by over 180% since 2014. Violent extortion threats in Surrey spur calls for vigilante justice.
Canada wide crime statistics (2015-2024)
Gang crime has soared by 208%,
Gang-related B&Es have escalated over 400%.
Homicides have grown by 29%;
Firearm charges (use of, discharge, pointing firearm) have doubled by 131%;
The Violent crime severity index has grown by 33%;
Do the police support the scheme?
Neither the Toronto police nor the Ontario Provincial Police are willing to get involved. Ontario Premier Ford slammed the scheme “arguing it targets legal owners instead of addressing violent crime.” Ford added, “I’ve never, ever heard once someone come up to me and say — ‘You know those law-abiding hunters, let’s go take their guns’ — I’ve never heard that.”
While many police organizations outside of Quebec are unwilling to get involved in the “gun buyback,” the BC Association of Police Chiefs supports Ottawa’s boondoggle, even though they have concerns about it.
And the RCMP?
The National Police Federation, the union representing RCMP members, says, Ottawa’s scheme “diverts extremely important personnel, resources, and funding away from addressing the more immediate and growing threat of criminal use of illegal firearms.” Brian Sauvé, the president of the National Police Federation, said “The majority of gun crime in Canada is committed with illegal firearms that are traced back to the United States.”
Now what?
To participate in the so-called “buyback,” owners must declare their new prohibited firearms they agree to surrender by the end of March. Only legal owners qualify for partial compensation; criminals and smuggled guns are excluded. Compensated or not, owners are required, subject to criminal penalty, to surrender all newly prohibited firearms before the end of October.
What will owners do?
Declare early in hopes of getting some compensation? Wait to see if the Liberals’ scheme collapses before they are being forced to surrender any prohibited guns on the list? The RCMP knows about registered guns, so it’s impossible to hide them.
How will the declared guns be confiscated? Ottawa still doesn’t know how to do that. A roving task force? Local police? The RCMP? Will there be a “collection depot”? Ottawa is flying by the seat of their pants. But owners must declare any prohibited gun that is on the list.
This buyback boondoggle is not, and never has been, about public safety.
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Carney’s gun grab is floundering. It is a bad idea and badly organized. Most provinces and territories have declined to participate.
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The trust gap — why Canada is confiscating guns while post-authoritarian Europe regulates
How Canada’s firearms compensation program flips due process on its head while democracies with authoritarian memories choose trust instead.On January 19, the federal government sent an industrial-scale email to nearly every one of Canada’s 2.3 million licenced firearm owners. It wasn't a standard update. Instead, it was an invitation to a "maybe." For the next ten weeks, owners are being asked to log into a portal and "declare" property that, in many cases, the government doesn't even know they have.
For owners of restricted rifles like the AR-15, the state already has the serial numbers. But for the hundreds of thousands of formerly non-restricted firearms, Ottawa is effectively blind. By blast-emailing the entire PAL-holding population, the government is trying to crowdsource a registry for the sole purpose of confiscation. They are asking the most vetted, law-abiding segment of society to help the state identify and seize their own property — all for the possibility of a cheque.
This "confiscation-first" model is an outlier. While Canada treats its most scrutinized citizens as a mystery to be solved through mass emails, a different trend is taking hold in Central and Eastern Europe. There, modern democracies are doubling down on trust.
The Czech Republic is the gold standard here. On January 1, Prague fully implemented a new Firearms Act. Like us, they modernized. But their digital "Central Firearms Register" wasn’t built to facilitate a grab; it was built to cut through the red tape. Czech law now allows owners to verify their status instantly via a mobile app, reaffirming a citizen's right to acquire and carry for defence.
It isn't a coincidence that the countries leading the world in trust-based regulation — the Czechs, the Poles, and the Baltics — are the same ones with a living, generational memory of authoritarian rule. For them, civilian disarmament isn't some theoretical policy debate on a PowerPoint slide. It was a lived experience enforced by occupying regimes. These societies came out of the twentieth century with a hard-learned lesson: when a state stops respecting property rights or treating its citizens as partners, freedom vanishes. Their modern laws reflect that memory. They still require rigorous licencing, background checks, and training, but they have chosen to view the vetted citizen as a strategic asset, not a liability.
In Canada, we are moving toward a "Liability Model" of citizenship. The current approach implies that the vetting process itself — the very background checks these 2.3 million people pass every single day — isn't enough. By obsessing over the object rather than the owner, the state is signaling that it no longer trusts its own licencing system.
The 2026 Compensation Program highlights this through its own fine print. The portal explicitly warns that "submitting a declaration does not guarantee you will receive compensation." It’s a "first-come, first-served" system. We are asking people to hand over property for a "maybe," while threatening them with criminal liability if they miss the October 30 deadline. In any other sector, taking property without a guaranteed fair market value would be a scandal. Here, it’s just another Monday in Ottawa.
This is why we’re seeing a fracture in our own institutions. In early 2026, several Ontario police services — from London to Peterborough — signaled they won't prioritize administrative seizures from licenced owners. They know where the real threat is: the illegal "street guns" in the hands of violent offenders, not the hunting rifles of people who voluntarily gave their addresses to the RCMP years ago.
If nations that have actually felt the weight of an authoritarian boot can build safe, digital systems that respect property, why can’t we? Poland and the Czech Republic have proven you can have public safety without treating your neighbours like suspects.
As the March 31 deadline looms, we should ask why a licence to own property has become a notice of upcoming surrender. We should look to Europe and realize that a secure nation is built on trusted citizens and respected rights — not a digital portal designed to make a law-abiding populace disappear their own heritage.
SIMPER: The trust gap — why Canada is confiscating guns while post-authoritarian Europe regulates
On January 19, the federal government sent an industrial-scale email to nearly every one of Canada’s 2.3 million licenced firearm owners. It wasn't a standard update. Instead, it was an invitation to a "maybe." For the next ten weeks, owners are being asked to log into a portal and "declare"...
