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
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
PEOPLE’S PARTY OF CANADA FIREARMS POLICY
FIREARMS: RESPECTING LEGAL FIREARMS OWNERS AND TARGETING CRIMINALS – E-Mail from Leader Maxime Bernier – May 5, 2019
TOWHEY: Really want to end gun violence? Try these 7 things to save lives
TOWHEY: Really want to end gun violence? Try these 7 things to save lives
EXCERPT: So, when that politician starts talking about banning guns, ask them if they understand while they beat that drum, criminal thugs continue to shoot and kill people. They’re part of the problem. Suggest they stop wasting time talking about things that won’t work – and start doing things that will. By Mark Towhey, Toronto Sun – May 4, 2019 https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/towhey-really-want-to-end-gun-violence-try-these-7-things-to-save-lives
- Keep gun violence in perspective.
- Collect better data.
- Track offenders prohibited from owning firearms.
- Eliminate the gangs – eliminate the crimes.
- Enforce our existing laws.
- Create gang courts
- Get serious about the border.
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
ALBERTA JUSTICE FOIP: “MISTAKES WERE MADE DURING THE FLOOD”
ALBERTA JUSTICE FOIP: “MISTAKES WERE MADE DURING THE FLOOD” – EXCERPT: “Your government claims they didn’t give the order to smash up High River. Somebody did. That’s why Doug Griffiths stood up in the legislature the first day of the fall sitting and admitted “mistakes were made during the flood”. He couldn’t come right out and admit who gave the order could be?” Alberta Justice and Solicitor General FOIP Response dated April 12, 2019 received on April 17, 2019 by Dennis R. Young. MY COMMENT: Wonder why they have been hiding these pages for four and a half years?
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: THIRD REQUEST FOR INQUIRY: HIGH RIVER FORCED ENTRIES AND RIGHTS VIOLATIONS – Submitted to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta dated April 9, 2019 – OPIC File: 004947 – Alberta Justice and Solicitor General File: 2014-G-0335 https://dennisryoung.ca/2019/04/11/third-high-river-request-for-inquiry-submitted/
- Inadequate Searches for Records
- Missing Meeting Minutes on $2.45 Million in Damage Claims
- Missing Meeting Minutes on Rights Violations
- Failed to Provide all Correspondence, E-Mails, Reports, Advice and Legal Opinions
- Disclosure Harmful to Law Enforcement
RCMP RELEASE CN POLICE FIREARMS REPORT
The CN Police Service declared their firearms information was protected by the Privacy Act. RCMP Access to Information Act response dated April 8, 2019 received on April 15, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
OCTOBER 12, 2018 – CN POLICE REFUSE TO PROVIDE FIREARMS STATISTICS
NFA – SENATOR’S ATTEMPT TO BAN HANDGUNS FAILS
SENATOR MCPHEDRAN TO MOVE BILL C-71 AMENDMENT TO “PROHIBIT” HANDGUNS IN CANADA – News Release – Ottawa, April 8, 2019 – Today at the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence’s (SECD) clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms, Senator Marilou McPhedran, an independent Senator for Manitoba, will move to amend clause 16 that already proposes to amend subsection 84(1) of the Criminal Code – exactly the subsection that could also be amended to add handguns to the “prohibited firearm” list in the Code. CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST