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October 30, 2023

Federal Court upholds OIC Gun Ban

In a decision announced today by Justice Kane of the Federal Court, she ruled the OIC is upheld. Read the decision here [695] To reiterate, for the detailed reasons set out above, the Court finds as follows: The Order in Council and Regulations are not ultra vires. The Governor in Council did not exceed the […]

Courtroom Tweets from Wilson

The 8 day hearing in the Federal Court of Canada in Ottawa concluded today. Due to the rules of the court, we can not record or broadcast it. We did provide a link for people to register to watch the livestream, but we recognize it wasn't possible for everyone to tune in to due to […]

CCFR vs Canada web stream

We are just days away from the CCFR's historic federal court challenge against the Liberal government and their May 2020 OIC gun ban. Many of our members and supporters have been asking how they can follow along and we've got the answers here. The web stream link is open for registration NOW, so make sure […]

September 12, 2022

Cukier, CGC denied intervenor status

CCFR General Counsel Michael Loberg reported today that Associate Chief Justice Jocelyne Gagne has ruled on the application of the Coalition for Gun Control to intervene in CCFR v Canada. The Associate Chief Justice ruled that Wendy Cukier and the Coalition for Gun Control would add nothing to the proceedings, and they were denied intervenor […]

November 25, 2021

IBM Gun Confiscation Report Revealed

Thanks to an ATIP filed by the Canadian Taxpayer Federation, Canadians are getting a peek in to the Liberal plan to confiscate legal guns from licensed gun owners across the country. The program report, prepared by IBM to help the Liberals carry out the mass confiscations, comes as taxpayers find out that $8.8M has already […]

September 22, 2021

Court Update - Schedule Set

Re: CCFR v Canada - 22 Sept Case Management Conference The Court ordered the following deadlines to get the case to a hearing: CCFR and other Applicant’s file and serve all remaining Affidavits by October 1, 2021 All Respondents’ Affidavits to be filed and served by December 10, 2021 Next Case Management Conference in early December Cross-examination […]

Liberals invoke S.39, refuse to provide evidence

Today, Bruce Hughson of the Department of Justice forwarded a notice to the Federal Court concerning our case against the Attorney General of Canada. The notice is to inform the court that the government has invoked Section 39 of the Canada Evidence Act. This is an action that the Clerk of the Privy Council can […]

A win for Team CCFR in federal court

Re CCFR v Canada - Rule 317 Order The CCFR received a favorable decision from Associate Chief Justice Gagné on the Rule 317/Cabinet Privilege issue. Justice Gagné agreed with our argument that the AGC had not properly complied with the Canada Evidence Act and therefore could not benefit from its blanket protection. Instead, the common […]

February 9, 2021

Injunction Dismissed

We are disappointed but not surprised at the Federal Court's decision. We understand that the burden of proof in injunction applications are considerably higher than in the main application. We look forward to representing the interests of gun owners in CCFR vs Canada. As we've said, it's very rare to get an injunction against legislation […]

February 1, 2021

CCFR vs CGC - Showdown

As you are aware, the CCFR has filed the largest, most comprehensive federal court challenge on behalf of Canadian gun owners in history. Thanks to our members and supporters, we've been able to take the fight against the gun ban right to the government's front yard. The CCFR also filed and argued an injunction motion, […]

January 19, 2021

CCFR Injunction - History in the books

We are in strange times. During any other time we would have seen a courtroom packed solid with interested parties. Instead, we took part in "zoom court", perhaps a small blessing because we were well over capacity with 1000- 1300 viewers at any one time. We would never have fit the 2300 registrants who wanted […]

January 13, 2021

CCFR Injunction Application - Murray Smith Testimony

The CCFR has filed an injunction (court file number T-577-20) application with the federal court to "stay" the May 1 OIC gun ban until the main case can be heard and decided by the judge. CCFR v Canada. Notice of Motion - Injunction (00047724xD5450) (1) In addition to the CCFR leading the injunction, both Arkadi […]

December 30, 2020

IBM to study, develop gun confiscation program

Ottawa, December 30, 2020 Public Safety Canada has announced the awarding of a contract to IBM Canada to develop and study "Compensation Models and Program Design Options for a <Potential> Buyback Program for Recently Prohibited Firearms." The tender, which was listed October 16, 2020 came with an almost $2,000,000 price tag, keeping in mind this […]

December 16, 2020

Are Some Gun Owners Not Covered By The Amnesty?

There’s some confusion in the firearms community around the issue of whether there are some gun owners that are not covered by the amnesty. The answer is yes, for a few, but not the ones being discussed in recent articles. Let’s dive in (best get a coffee first). The History On May 1, 2020 the […]

December 7, 2020

UPDATED: Contract Cancelled-Liberal gun confiscation

~Ottawa, December 7, 2020 UPDATE: In a series of e-mails, and a lengthy phone call between the CCFR's Tracey Wilson and Altis Founder Kathryn Tremblay, it has been revealed that the Project Manager contract for the 'Buy Back" has been cancelled by Altis. Original story: In a government response to Order Paper Questions from MP […]

November 30, 2020

CCFR files Injunction Motion - Gun Ban

Re CCFR v Canada - Injunction Application We promised you the largest and most complete case in favour of Canadian firearm owners that has ever been done, and we meant it. On November 27, 2020 we served on the government our Motion Record in support of our application for an injunction against the government and […]

November 19, 2020

CCFR files objection to biased witness

CCFR v Canada - UPDATE As you may know, longtime RCMP firearms lab and prohibition planner Murray Smith has been proposed by the government to be a key witness in the federal court case the CCFR has filed to stop the May 1 OIC gun ban. In objection to this witness being proposed, the CCFR […]

September 28, 2020

CCFR Legal Update; Injunction Filed

From the head of our legal team, CCFR General Counsel Michael Loberg; CCFR et al v Canada Update I owe you an update, and here it is. The CCFR legal team has been incredibly busy and very productive. On the other hand, the Government of Canada has been obstructive and generally "less than completely genuine". […]

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