MINISTER’S FIREARMS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADVICE STILL SECRET
Two years later, Public Safety Canada still keeping important Committee deliberations and advice secret
- May 14, 2017 – ATIP Request Filed
- June 9, 2017 – 44-day extension imposed – response due Aug 8, 2017
- August 8, 2017 – Incomplete response received – 315 pages
- August 22, 2017 – Missing Records Complaint with Information Commissioner
- May 13, 2019 – Received second release of 117 pages dated May 6, 2019
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE: FIREARMS POLICIES AND STATISTICS
O.P.P. FOIP Response dated May 14, 2019 Received May 15, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
- Accidental Discharges 2009-2018 = 48
- Unsafe Acts 2009-2018 = 2
- Careless Storage Incidents 2009-2018 = 53
- Number of Lost or Stolen Firearms 2009-2018 = 5
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE CRIME GUN STATISTICS FOR 2018
O.P.P. FOIP response dated May 8, 2019 Received on May 13, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
RCMP VIOLENT CRIME INVESTIGATIONS, BY TYPE OF FIREARM – 2013 TO 2017
RCMP Response to Access to Information request dated May 6, 2019 Received May 13, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
HIGH RIVER FOIP FILE PLACED ON INACTIVE CASELOAD
REQUEST FOR REVIEW: HIGH RIVER FOIP FILE PLACED ON INACTIVE CASELOAD: “This means the file will not be actively worked on. To provide my office and the parties involved adequate time to complete this review, I am extending the anticipated date of completion to February 3, 2020.” Letter from Alberta Information Commissioner dated May 1, 2019 – OPIC File #:011448 – Alberta Justice FOIP File #: 2019-G-0005 – Dennis R. Young FOIP File #019
HOW BORDER SERVICES DETERMINES THE VALUE OF FIREARMS THEY SEIZE
CBSA ATIP response dated April 29, 2019 received May 7, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
- ATIP Request filed: December 30, 2017
- Delay Complaint filed May 8, 2018
- Received incomplete CBSA response dated Sept 27, 2018
- Filed Complaint about missing records on Oct 12, 2018
CBSA REPORTS – DETAILED STATISTICS FOR ALL FIREARMS SEIZURES 2011 to 2016
RCMP ATIP – POLICE DESTROYED 328,975 FIREARMS SINCE OCTOBER 2008
RCMP REPORT – NATIONAL COST FIGURES ON 328,975 FIREARMS DESTROYED BY POLICE NOT AVAILABLE
LETTER: STORIES THE MEDIA CHOOSES NOT TO COVER
PUBLIC CYNICISM AS RESULT OF THE STORIES THE MEDIA CHOOSES NOT TO COVER – A short list of the missing news coverage on the RCMP Charter violations in High River, Alberta. Letter to the Editor of the Globe and Mail by Dennis R. Young
LIBERAL RESPONSES PROVIDE VERY FEW ANSWERS
MP BRAD TROST’S FOUR GUN CONTROL QUESTIONS: LIBERAL RESPONSES PROVIDE VERY FEW ANSWERS – Analysis, Commentary and Supporting Documentation by Dennis R. Young – May 3, 2019
LIBERAL RESPONSE TO Q-2319: Firearms Interest Police (FIP) Database Deficiencies
LIBERAL RESPONSE TO Q-2320: Auditor General Firearms Program ‘major additional costs
LIBERAL RESPONSE TO Q-2321: Benefits of Firearms Ownership
LIBERAL RESPONSE TO Q-2322: Effectiveness of Firearms Interest Police (FIP) Database
RCMP REPORT ISSUING ONE PROTECTION OF LIFE CARRY PERMIT
NOVEMBER 18, 2018 – Filed ATIP request for the current number of Authorization to Carry Permits issued by Province
FEBRUARY 20, 2019 – RCMP responds but withholds the number of Protection of Life Carry Permits issued advising that release of that number ‘could reasonably be expected to threaten the safety of individuals’.
MARCH 22, 2019 – Filed a complaint with the Information Commissioner of Canada about the exemption used by the RCMP to withhold the number of ATCs issued for Protection of Life.
MAY 2, 2019 – Received the RCMP reply dated April 25, 2019 with the current number of ATCs issued for Protection of Life = ONE.
FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE NEEDED TO REBUILD TRUST IN HIGH RIVER
Summary prepared by Dennis R. Young – April 26, 2019