UPDATE: WEAPONS POSSESSION CONTRARY TO AN ORDER, BY PROVINCE AND TERRITORY
UPDATE ON THE NUMBER OF ‘ACTUAL INCIDENTS’ OF WEAPONS POSSESSION CONTRARY TO AN ORDER, BY PROVINCE AND TERRITORY, 2014-2018
Statistics Canada Reports 5,550 Total ‘Actual Incidents’ in Canada for the five years, 2014-2018 – By Dennis R. Young – December 18, 2019
Ontario 1,522
Alberta 1,272
Quebec 786
Manitoba 587
Saskatchewan 574
British Columbia 565
Nova Scotia 114
New Brunswick 55
Nfld & Labrador 33
NWT 15
PEI 9
Yukon 9
Nunavut 9
RCMP MEMBER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS RESULTING IN FATALITIES 2007-2017
EXCERPT: “The RCMP examined member-involved shootings that resulted in fatalities over a 10 year period (2007 to 2017). ln total, there were 61 fatalities, with 22 (36%) being Indigenous, 37 (61%) Caucasian, one (1.6%) middle eastern and one (1.6%) of mixed ethnicity. Of the Indigenous fatalities, 12 occurred on a reserve or Indigenous community (55%). Of the 61 fatalities, 46 were determined to be justified in using lethal force, 13 are still under investigation and two incidents were forwarded to the Crown for charge assessment. A list of the fatalities and the circumstances is listed in Annex A.” RCMP Briefing Note to the Minister of Public Safety dated December 7, 2017 – Public Safety ATIP Response File: A-2018-00372
RCMP FALL FAR SHORT IN EVALUATING FIREARMS PROGRAM
RCMP FAIL TO COMPLY WITH TREASURY BOARD REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO EVALUATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT’S FIREARMS PROGRAMS AND POLICIES – RCMP did one evaluation when at least 11 were required in accordance with Treasury Board Regulations
RCMP Access to Information Act response File: A-2017-11130 received December 11, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
RCMP REPORT: ANTI-TERRORISM ACT ‘ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT’ PROVISIONS NEVER USED
RCMP Response to Access to Information Act request (File: AI-2019-08479) Annual Report to the Minister dated January 8, 2019
KEY POINTS IN ANNUAL REPORT (July 15, 2017 – July 14, 2018):
• Cover Letter to Minister of Public Safety by Brenda Lucki, Commissioner: “In fact, the RCMP has not used this provision since its introduction in 2001.”
• Background (page 1, section 3): “Criminal Code section 83.3 was established to assist in disrupting plans to care out a terrorist activity.” (Anti-Terrorism Act 2001)
• Amendments by the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015 (page 2, section 4): “The most substantive amendment was to lower the threshold to obtain a recognizance with conditions.”
• Proposed Amendments, Bill C-59, National Security Act, 2017 (page 2, section 5): “The Act proposes restoring the second of two primary thresholds amending in 2015 to the original wording of the ATA, 2001.”
• Expiration of Measure (page 3, section 6): “As such, there has been no renewal of s. 83.3 recognizance, and the provision expired on October 25, 2018. Therefor, the s.83.3 recognizance with provision is not longer in effect and cannot be used.”
RCMP: UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFER OF FIREARMS BY LICENSED GUN OWNERS
RCMP ‘UNABLE TO LOCATE RECORDS’ ON UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFER OF FIREARMS BY LICENSED GUN OWNERS
BILL BLAIR: “…reports show that domestic crime guns have been illegally diverted (straw purchases).” RCMP ATIP RESPONSE: “The Canadian Firearms Program does not hold such records.” RCMP Response to Access to Information Act File: A-2019-06359 dated Nov 26, 2019 received Dec 3, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
OCTOBER 13, 2018 – FACTSCAN: BILL BLAIR: ON CRIME GUNS
By Nojan Kamoosi on October 13, 2018: Bill Blair, Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction and MP for Scarborough Southwest, on CBC’s The House on July 28, 2018: ‘While the data on this topic is limited and somewhat flawed, experts agree that historically, most crime guns in Canada have arrived unlawfully from the US. Some new reports contradict this view and imply that a higher rate of crime guns are domestically sourced, however, these reports show that domestic crime guns have been illegally diverted (straw purchases), as opposed to being legally owned by the perpetrators.” FactsCan Score: True
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 – RCMP HAVE NO RECORDS TO SUPPORT CLAIMS OF ‘STRAW PURCHASES’
CBC NEWS June 14, 2018: “It’s the main source of how firearms are being purchased and how they come into people’s hands on the streets nowadays,” said Sgt. Eric Stewart, head of the Guns and Gangs unit for the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT).” RCMP ATIP RESPONSE: “Based on the information provided, a search for records was conducted in Edmonton, Alberta and Ottawa, Ontario. Unfortunately, we were unable to locate records which respond to your request.”
FEDERAL FIREARM HAZARDOUS OCCURRENCE INVESTIGATION REPORTS – 2008-2018
Employment Canada ATIP Response dated November 5, 2019 – Received November 12, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
• 8 Firearm Fatalities Reported (see list and spreadsheet for details)
• 198 Disabling Injuries by Firearm Reported (See spreadsheet for details)
– 51 by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
– 40 by Canada Border Services Agency
– 45 by the Correctional Service of Canada
– 6 by National Defence
RCMP REFUSE TO RELEASE THE NAME OF PROVINCE WITH THE ONE ‘PROTECTION OF LIFE’ CARRY PERMIT
RCMP INSIST PROVIDING THE NAME OF THE PROVINCE WITH THE ONE PROTECTION OF LIFE CARRY PERMIT WILL ‘SERIOUSLY THREATEN THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL’ – The Director of Investigations with the Office of the Information Commissioner supports the RCMP decision to withhold the name of the province and found my complaint to ‘not well-founded’. Letter from the Office of the Information Commissioner dated November 5, 2019 EXCERPT: “In addition to the information above, the RCMP provided our Office with examples of incidents where aggressive behaviour was directed at a specific person or persons under the witness protection program (and to whom a 20(a) ATC might apply). This information, in our view, established a reasonable basis for believing that the safety of a 20(a) ATC holder could be threatened (physically or psychologically) should the holder be rendered identifiable.”
EXCERPT FROM MY COMPLAINT LETTER: “I fail to understand how releasing the number of ‘Protection of Life’ carry permits could ‘reasonably be expected to threaten the safety of individuals.’ There is no way a number can be connected to an actual individual with a carry permit so how could it possibly threaten anyone’s safety?”
MAY 2, 2019 – RCMP REPORT ISSUING ONE PROTECTION OF LIFE CARRY PERMIT
RCMP ONLINE DATABASES PROBED AND/OR ATTACKED THOUSANDS OF TIMES PER DAY
RCMP’s ONLINE DATABASES WERE PROBED AND/OR ATTACKED THOUSANDS OF TIMES PER DAY – NO EVIDENCE OF A SPECIFIC DATABASE BEING TARGETED – Office of the Information Commissioner rules my complaint as ‘not well-founded’ supporting RCMP April 2017 ATIP response claiming that these three major databases (CPIC, CFRO and CFIS) only had two ‘Clickjacking’ incidents. See Report of Investigation by the Office of the Information Commissioner dated November 1, 2019 and my original complaint letter dated May 13, 2017
PORT OF VANCOUVER: ‘NO RECORDS EXIST’ OF ILLEGAL SHIPMENTS OR THEFT OF FIREARMS
Port of Vancouver ATIP Response dated and received by Dennis R. Young November 5, 2019
‘NO RECORDS EXIST’ – Reference is being made to a number of anecdotal reports of: (1) Illegal shipments of firearms, ammunition and explosives found in ships or containers leaving Canada and/or destined for Canada, and (2) Firearms, ammunition and explosives reported stolen from ships or containers at the Port of Vancouver.
REQUESTED: FULL DISCLOSURE OF RCMP FIREARMS PROGRAM SPENDING & STAFFING
Complaint to Information Commissioner RCMP ATIP File: A-2019-03933 by Dennis R. Young – November 3, 2019
EXCERPT: Unfortunately, none of these costs and staffing requirements are reported to Parliament so MPs and Senators are operating in the dark when trying to determine if the Canadian Firearms Program is operating cost-effectively and if it is improving public and police safety.
OCTOBER 15, 2019 – LETTER TO PBO AND AUDITOR GENERAL ON FIREARMS PROGRAM SPENDING DISCREPANCIES
Parliamentary Budget Officer and Auditor General asked to resolve discrepancies in amounts reported to Parliament and verify estimates of ‘major additional costs’ still unreported to Parliament. Dennis R. Young October 15, 2019