81-PAGE RCMP ATIP RESPONSE – DUAL-USE MAGAZINES
MAXIMUM PERMITTED MAGAZINE CAPACITY – “DUAL USE” MAGAZINES
RCMP Access To Information Act Response ATIP File: A-2017-03782
Summary of Contents prepared by Dennis R. Young – October 27, 2019
GLOBAL NEWS INTERVIEW WITH DENNIS YOUNG ON HIGH RIVER RCMP FORCED ENTRIES
GLOBAL NEWS RADIO: PRIVACY COMMISSIONER TO INVESTIGATE HIGH RIVER GUN GRAB
We spoke with firearms researcher Dennis Young – Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge, 770 CHQR – Oct 21, 2019
ALBERTA INFORMATION COMMISSIONER APPROVES INQUIRY TO OBTAIN HIGH RIVER RCMP FORCED ENTRIES ‘LEGAL AUTHORITIES PAPER’
Letter from Jill Clayton dated October 8, 2019 – Received by Dennis R. Young October 15, 2019
APPROVED: 2ND INQUIRY INTO MISSING HIGH RIVER DOCUMENTATION
ALBERTA INFORMATION COMMISSIONER APPROVES 2ND INQUIRY INTO MISSING HIGH RIVER DOCUMENTATION
Letter from Jill Clayton dated October 8, 2019 – Received by Dennis R. Young October 15, 2019. Alberta Justice and Solicitor General FOIP File 2014-G-0335 – Inquiry to Examine claims of: (1) Inadequate Searches, (2) Missing Meeting Minutes on Damage Claims, (3) Missing Meeting Minutes on Rights Violations, (4) Missing Correspondence and Legal Opinions, (5) Withholding of a Record on Disclosure Harmful to Law Enforcement.
APPROVED: INQUIRY INTO HIGH RIVER RCMP FORCED ENTRIES
ALBERTA INFORMATION COMMISSIONER APPROVES INQUIRY TO OBTAIN HIGH RIVER RCMP FORCED ENTRIES ‘LEGAL AUTHORITIES PAPER’
Letter from Jill Clayton dated October 8, 2019 – Received by Dennis R. Young October 15, 2019
AUGUST 20, 2019 – OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: HIGH RIVER FORCED ENTRIES
Waiving Solicitor-Client Privilege on High River Forced Entries Records Being Withheld By Dennis R. Young – August 20, 2019
EXCERPT: You can start to repair this broken trust by making public the hundreds and hundreds of pages of records on the High River Forced Entries and rights violations withheld by your government using the solicitor-client privilege exemption. Please give the authority to your Ministers of Justice and Attorney General, Public Safety and Defence and the Judge Advocate General to waive privilege on these records. I would also ask you to direct the Minister of Public Safety to expedite the processing and release of 2,280 pages of High River rights violations records I requested from the RCMP in 2016. See the details regarding the records being withheld and updates on my Access to Information Act requests attached.
JUNE 21, 2019 – LETTER TO PREMIER KENNEY ON HIGH RIVER FORCED ENTRIES
Premier of Alberta asked to waive privilege on hidden High River ‘legal authorities paper’
Letter dated June 21, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
OTTAWA CITY POLICE SAY O.P.P. KEEP THEIR STATISTICS ON ‘CRIME GUNS’
“After consultation with our Guns and Gangs unit, we were informed that the desired statistics/records should be requested from the OPP Crime Gun Analysis Team (CGAT) in Toronto. They are responsible for compiling this information.” Ottawa Police Service FOIP Response dated October 4, 2019 – Received October 15, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 – O.P.P. REVEAL VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE CRIME GUNS THEY SEIZE
Firearms seized, surrendered, found, destroyed, and reported stolen: 2008-2018
Ontario Solicitor General FOIP response dated Sept 17, 2019 Received Sept 19, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
EXCERPT: “The ministry is unable to provide the information relating to numbers 7 to 19 on your list as the information is not collected in the manner in which you have requested it.”
FIREARMS PROGRAM 2017/2018 COST $49.6 MILLION AND EMPLOYED 378.97
RCMP ATIP Response dated September 17, 2019 – Received October 8, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
NOTE #1: I will be filing a complaint with the Office of the Information Commissioner to try and obtain the missing financial and staffing information.
NOTE #2: Notice much of the missing information was provided in the RCMP ATIP response for fiscal year 2016/2017
TORONTO POLICE DENY MY REQUEST TO WAIVE $300 FOIP FEE
Complaint filed with Ontario Information Commissioner dated October 4, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
EXCERPT: “All I am requesting is the updated ‘crime gun’ statistics for the year 2018. If Mr. McGee has a case make that there is no public health and safety reasons that would justify releasing these statistics and his refusal to waive these fees, then he should provide me and you with his rationale. The federal government doesn’t collect these data on crime guns I requested so the public has no where else to turn except to local police services for the information. The federal government no longer charges search and processing fees but that hardly matters if they don’t collect the statistics the public needs regarding the sources of crime guns to make better decisions about how best to combat the criminal use of firearms and protect both public and police safety. Given the problems expressed most recently by your Chief of Police, the Mayor and the Prime Minister regarding the criminal use of guns in Toronto, I believe the release of this information would be considered a most beneficial public service.”
PUBLIC SAFETY DELAYS ATIP RESPONSE ON THE SOURCES OF CRIME GUNS UNTIL AFTER ELECTION
“The revised date for responding to your request is December 30, 2019. The Department will endeavour to respond to you before this date if possible.”
Public Safety Canada ATIP File: A-2019-00184 -Letter dated September 25, 2019 received October 2, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
O.P.P. REVEAL VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE CRIME GUNS THEY SEIZE
O.P.P. Firearms seized, surrendered, found, destroyed, and reported stolen: 2008-2018
Ontario Solicitor General FOIP response dated Sept 17, 2019 Received Sept 19, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
EXCERPT: “The ministry is unable to provide the information relating to numbers 7 to 19 on your list as the information is not collected in the manner in which you have requested it.”
REGINA POLICE CHIEF’S STATEMENT ON THE SOURCE OF CRIME GUNS
Regina Police Chief Evan Bray and Chair of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Special Purpose Committee (SPC) on Firearms: “This committee is working towards being able to produce a report outlining the national situation and trends of criminal gun sourcing, gun-related issues hampering police investigations, and offer potential options to be considered further by the Board of Directors. The focus of this work is not on law abiding firearms owners who have a lawful, legal purpose and right to their firearms.” Excerpt from an email received from the Regina City Police Access and Privacy Team dated September 16, 2019 in response to my Freedom of Information request dated August 10, 2019 – FOIP FILE #19-0119.