Provincial justice minister says Alberta will not agree to having RCMP officers act as confiscation agents
The Canadian Press · Posted: Sep 26, 2022
Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro says he received a letter from the minister of public safety asking for police resources to begin confiscating firearms this fall.
(Government of Alberta)
The Alberta government is taking steps to oppose federal firearms prohibition legislation and the potential seizure of thousands of assault-style weapons.
Since May of 2020, Ottawa has prohibited more than 1,500 different models of assault-style firearms from being used or sold in Canada.
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It has committed to establishing a buyback program to remove those firearms from communities.
Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro says he received a letter from the minister of public safety asking for police resources to begin confiscating firearms starting this fall.
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He says Alberta will not agree to having RCMP officers act as confiscation agents and will protest any such move under the provincial-federal agreement that governs policing.
"Alberta taxpayers pay over $750 million per year for the RCMP and we will not tolerate taking officers off the streets in order to confiscate the property of law-abiding firearms owners," said Shandro, speaking at a news conference in Calgary.
Doug King, a professor of justice studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary, pushed back against Shandro's portrayal of the buyback program.
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While officers might seize weapons in the course of their duties, no one should worry "that, in rural Alberta, that the RCMP are going to be busting down their doors looking for illegal firearms," he said.
"That's not going to happen," King said. "I mean, let's be real."
As for telling the RCMP not to enforce a federal law, King said that would be "extraordinarily unusual," and not likely very effective.
Alberta also plans to seek intervener status in six ongoing judicial review applications challenging the constitutionality of the legislation.
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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The Alberta government is taking steps to oppose federal firearms prohibition legislation and the potential seizure of thousands of assault-style weapons.
Since May of 2020, Ottawa has prohibited more than 1,500 different models of assault-style firearms from being used or sold in Canada.
Gun ownership laws in Canada are about to change. Here's what is happening in Alberta
It has committed to establishing a buyback program to remove those firearms from communities.
Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro says he received a letter from the minister of public safety asking for police resources to begin confiscating firearms starting this fall.
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He says Alberta will not agree to having RCMP officers act as confiscation agents and will protest any such move under the provincial-federal agreement that governs policing.
"Alberta taxpayers pay over $750 million per year for the RCMP and we will not tolerate taking officers off the streets in order to confiscate the property of law-abiding firearms owners," said Shandro, speaking at a news conference in Calgary.
Doug King, a professor of justice studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary, pushed back against Shandro's portrayal of the buyback program.
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While officers might seize weapons in the course of their duties, no one should worry "that, in rural Alberta, that the RCMP are going to be busting down their doors looking for illegal firearms," he said.
"That's not going to happen," King said. "I mean, let's be real."
As for telling the RCMP not to enforce a federal law, King said that would be "extraordinarily unusual," and not likely very effective.
Alberta also plans to seek intervener status in six ongoing judicial review applications challenging the constitutionality of the legislation.
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
KLEIN DID THIS IN THE NINTIES WHICH LED TO THE FAILURE IN PART, OF THE LIBERALS FEDERAL GUN REGISTRY, SEE MY; BILLION DOLLAR BOONDOGGLE
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Canada’s Billion Dollar P3 Boondoggle
What the Liberals and Conservatives Don’t Want You To Know
The real story behind the cost overruns at the Canadian Firearms Centre
"Just read your piece on the firearms P3 – quite a revelation. I am amazed we have never heard this before – congratulations for bringing it to light." Murray Dobbin, author of Paul Martin Canada's CEO
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