Trudeau promises more gun control and goes on the attack against Scheer
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IronNoggin
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The cost of the so-called "Assault-Style Firearm Compensation Program" eclipses $1BN, according to Public Safety's recently released 2026-2027 budget, which includes $145.1M for the ASFCP.
This figure notably includes $64.8M in compensation for participants in the program; a significantly lower figure than the ~$250M promised previously, and just $28.8M earmarked for private contractors as the program moves into its most complicated and labour-intensive stage with the collection, shipping, warehousing, inventorying, verification, destruction, and eventual disposal of confiscated firearms.
In other words, while these initial budgetary figures push the program's overall cost north of the heady $1-billion dollar mark, in all likelihood, that will simply be the starting point as the program moves into its most cost-intensive and unpredictable phase.
Check out the article here, which includes sources for the figures cited: https://calibremag.ca/...
This figure notably includes $64.8M in compensation for participants in the program; a significantly lower figure than the ~$250M promised previously, and just $28.8M earmarked for private contractors as the program moves into its most complicated and labour-intensive stage with the collection, shipping, warehousing, inventorying, verification, destruction, and eventual disposal of confiscated firearms.
In other words, while these initial budgetary figures push the program's overall cost north of the heady $1-billion dollar mark, in all likelihood, that will simply be the starting point as the program moves into its most cost-intensive and unpredictable phase.
Check out the article here, which includes sources for the figures cited: https://calibremag.ca/...
IronNoggin
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According to Treasury Board documents, the total amount of compensation available to participants of the Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program has been heavily reduced, from $250M promised in January of this year to just $64.8M for the 2026 fiscal year - which, coincidentally, begins the day after the ASFCP's declaration window closes and the process of confiscation, verification, destruction, disposal and processing payments begins in earnest.
In other words, the amount of compensation available to firearms owners has been quietly reduced by 74% before the process of issuing payments to individuals has even properly begun, and may have ramifications for those firearms owners who declared their firearms early in the hopes of having their claim processed before the previously claimed $250M fund was exhausted, as well as firearms owners who may have been considering declaring their firearms to the ASFCP before the declaration period ends on March 31.
In other words, the amount of compensation available to firearms owners has been quietly reduced by 74% before the process of issuing payments to individuals has even properly begun, and may have ramifications for those firearms owners who declared their firearms early in the hopes of having their claim processed before the previously claimed $250M fund was exhausted, as well as firearms owners who may have been considering declaring their firearms to the ASFCP before the declaration period ends on March 31.
seachicken
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And you really have to wonder how many of these declared firearms are from people that have inherited firearms and have no clue what to do with them but offer them up assuming they will get $2 for them. Maybe on the "list", maybe not.
IronNoggin
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It rather appears they are getting Desperate.
Two weeks after they issued their Reminder to Cooperate or else email, they just sent around a new one titled FINAL REMINDER NOTICE TO INDIVIDUAL FIREARMS OWNERS REGARDING THE ASSAULT-STYLE FIREARMS COMPENSATION PROGRAM
In that they actually become somewhat threatening stating:
Illegal firearm possession in Canada is a serious criminal offence with potentially severe consequences under the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act. The penalties can include prison sentences, permanent criminal records, and restrictions on future firearm ownership.
Given the CCFR's Appeal to the SCC has been accepted, they very much are jumping the gun here.
The amnesty will have to be pushed back (again) while that Appeal is being heard.
If they fail to do so and they lose, it opens up the avenue for insurmountable lawsuits.
So for now... HOLD!
Two weeks after they issued their Reminder to Cooperate or else email, they just sent around a new one titled FINAL REMINDER NOTICE TO INDIVIDUAL FIREARMS OWNERS REGARDING THE ASSAULT-STYLE FIREARMS COMPENSATION PROGRAM
In that they actually become somewhat threatening stating:
Illegal firearm possession in Canada is a serious criminal offence with potentially severe consequences under the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act. The penalties can include prison sentences, permanent criminal records, and restrictions on future firearm ownership.
Given the CCFR's Appeal to the SCC has been accepted, they very much are jumping the gun here.
The amnesty will have to be pushed back (again) while that Appeal is being heard.
If they fail to do so and they lose, it opens up the avenue for insurmountable lawsuits.
So for now... HOLD!
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IronNoggin
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^^^ LOL! ^^^
My father moved to Idaho upon retirement quite some time ago.
He has been getting these same notices as I have.
He CC'd me on his reply on this latest.
Come And Get Them was what he sent!
Love that Man!
Cheers
My father moved to Idaho upon retirement quite some time ago.
He has been getting these same notices as I have.
He CC'd me on his reply on this latest.
Come And Get Them was what he sent!
Love that Man!
Cheers
wildmanyeah
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I held off on this comment as I did not want to fear monger but one of my coworkers 13 years ago had a mix up with an old non/registered gun, was banned from international travel and took a lawyer years to work though and reverse. He did have the RCMP show up at his door about it.
Probably won’t happen here as you guys seem to have strength in numbers and different circumstances.
Probably won’t happen here as you guys seem to have strength in numbers and different circumstances.
IronNoggin
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Vernon MP calls Liberal buyback 'biggest political frauds in Canadian history'
Scott Anderson is continuing his opposition to the Liberal government's ban of more than 1,500 models of firearm calling it "one of the biggest political frauds in Canadian history."In his run for federal political office in April 2025, Anderson told Castanet the gun ban was one of the top issues for the Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee riding candidate.
"I would like to see them stop. I think that firearms hurt people only when they're used by bad people. I collect firearms, and my firearms are in my basement, and they will hurt nobody,” Anderson said at the time.
Anderson went on to win the riding and continues to be vocal about the gun buyback and the $1-billion spent on it so far.
“This ridiculous firearm confiscation is one of the biggest political frauds in Canadian history,” Anderson posted on his Facebook page this week. “The stated goal is safety, which right out of the gate renders it useless, since police forces, firearms experts, CBSA and stark reality all make it quite clear that confiscating legally owned and lawfully stored firearms saves no one."
“Crime is committed by criminals, not firearms. Confiscating legal firearms because they can be dangerous and people don't 'need' them is like confiscating downhill skis because they can be dangerous and no one 'needs' them. In fact more people are hurt in our mountains by skis than by firearms.”
The government banned the use, sale and importation of the "assault-style" weapons in May 2020, signalling they considered them fit only for the battlefield, not for hunting or sport shooting.
The move was generally applauded by gun control advocates as a first step toward removing firearms used in mass shootings from circulation.
In October 2023, a Federal Court judge dismissed a request to strike down the ban as unlawful and beyond the scope of the powers delegated to the federal cabinet.
A not-for-profit advocacy organization, firearm owners, businesses, hunters and recreational and sport shooters appealed the ruling.
In April 2025, the Federal Court of Appeal rejected that challenge, saying the Federal Court delivered "thorough and persuasive" reasons.
The Supreme Court of Canada will now hear a challenge of the ban.
Vernon MP calls Liberal buyback 'biggest political frauds in Canadian history'
Scott Anderson is continuing his opposition to the Liberal government's ban on more than 1,500 firearms models and variants. In his run for federal political office in April 2025, Anderson told Cas
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GUN GRAB FAIL: Firearms program flops as deadline looms
CALGARY — Public Safety Canada announced on Thursday that more than 47,000 prohibited firearms have been declared across Canada after two months of the federal government’s gun grab program for individuals — a number critics say represents a minuscule fraction of affected firearms.The program, which opened on January 19, requires eligible firearm owners to declare newly prohibited firearms through an online portal or by mail before a March 31 deadline in order to receive compensation.
While Ottawa has not released a definitive number of how many firearms are eligible under the program, widely circulated figures have ranged from roughly 150,000 to more than 500,000.
At the program’s launch, officials announced they had allocated $248.6 million in compensation for individual owners, with internal estimates suggesting that amount would cover approximately 136,000 firearms.
With just 11 days remaining before the declaration deadline, participation levels appear to have fallen far short of the Liberal government’s expectations and projections.
Data published by Public Safety Canada shows Ontario leading the country with 19,176 firearms declared as of March 19.
BC follows in second with 10,962, while Quebec is third with 7,386 declarations recorded.
No other province or territory has surpassed 5,000 declared guns, with Alberta reporting 4,519 and Saskatchewan 793.
The lowest totals were reported in the Northwest Territories, with 64 declarations, and Nunavut, with fewer than 10.
Since its rollout, the program has also faced stiff resistance from several provinces.
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Yukon have all indicated they will not assist in administering the program through their provincial or municipal police services.
Some major municipal forces, including the Toronto Police Service and Hamilton Police Service, have also signalled that same intent.
Online commentators were quick to pounce on the statistics and the lack of mass compliance by Canadian gun owners, with the Gun Owners of Canada responding on X by saying, “You cut the budget to try and cause panic, again. What a sneaky move.”
“Thanks for admitting your immoral confiscation scheme is a total failure,” said one X user.
“Was 2% the target? What will you do to stop the massive black market the government is creating? Will you start raiding houses immediately? Or let it sit for a few years so you don't look like the raids and subsequent murders were planned,” another online commentator said.
Tom Mavin, director of Canada’s National Firearms Association said it was “unclear” if Public Safety was framing the numbers as “a success or as a desperate effort to persuade firearm owners to comply.”
“The reported figure of 47,000 registrations represents just 2% of the banned firearms,” he said.
Despite the pushback, Public Safety Canada has said that participating in the program is “voluntary, compliance with the law is not.”
As it currently stands, firearm owners must dispose of or permanently deactivate prohibited firearms before the amnesty period expires on October 30, 2026, or face potential criminal liability for illegal possession.
Ottawa has banned more than 2,500 makes and models of firearms since May 2020 as part of its evolving gun control framework.
GUN GRAB FAIL: Firearms program flops as deadline looms
Public Safety Canada announced on Thursday that more than 47,000 prohibited firearms have been declared across Canada after two months of the federal government’s gun grab program for individuals — a number critics say represents a minuscule fraction of affected firearms.
