TREASURY BOARD: THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF BILL C-68 THE FIREARMS ACT
TREASURY BOARD ATIP RESPONSE: “A review of your request indicates that Treasury Board Secretariat does not hold the information you are seeking.” See wording of request below. Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Access to Information Act File A-2019-00891 dated January 17, 2020 Received by Dennis R. Young January 27, 2020
For the period from January 1, 1994 to present, please provide copies of all records, documents, reports, studies, and correspondence, presentations that quantify and qualify the projected impact and actual impact the implementation of Bill C-68, an Act respecting firearms and other weapons, Statutes of Canada 1995 Chapter 39, on the economy of Canada, including but not limited to:
• the impact on the number of jobs, the number of businesses, their sales and operations
• the impact on firearms importers, exporters, manufacturers, dealers, their sales and operations
• the impact on number of visitors to and from Canada and tourist dollars spent in Canada
• the impact on aboriginal guiding and outfitting jobs and businesses
• the impact on sporting goods sales and manufacturers
• the impact on the sales and manufacturing of recreational vehicles
• the impact on trade between Canada and the U.S.A. and other foreign countries
• the impact on the gun clubs and shooting ranges and the economic spin-offs in their communities
• the impact on firearms collectors and museums
• the impact on hunting and shooting sports
• the impact on the number of hunters and the consequential effect on wildlife populations
• the impact on the number of firearms collectors and museums
• the impact on gun shows and economic spin-offs in the communities that host them
• the impact on the number of violent crimes and related costs
• the impact on government operations, personnel, expenditures and revenue
• the impact on customs and excise operations, personnel and expenditures
• the impact on police operations, enforcement, personnel and expenditures
• the impact on the court system and the corrections and parole system.
• the impact on and costs to federal government departments and agencies
• the impact on and costs to provincial governments
• the mpact on and costs to municipal governments
HOW MANY SEMI-AUTOS WILL BILL BLAIR BAN?
In 2006, RCMP reported there were 990,297 Non-Restricted and Restricted Semi-Autos
RCMP Response to Breitkreuz ATIP Request File: GA-3451-02714/06 dated November 6, 2006
ALBERTA RCMP ADOPT NEW POLICY BASED ON HIGH RIVER FORCED ENTRIES
RCMP Response to Access to Information Act File: A-2019-04738 dated December 31, 2019
EXCERPT: “1. 5. The Emergency Management Act(RSA 2000) has significant emergency powers in sections 19(1) (b) to (k) that can be accessed through section 21(1) (Declaration of state of Local emergency) which may be used to prevent, respond to or alleviate the effects of an emergency/ disaster within a local authority’s jurisdiction. 1. 5. 1. These powers cannot be utilized unless a declaration of a state of local emergency is formally made and, as such, it is important the RCMP be involved in the development of a declaration of a state of local emergency and any subsequent operational / evacuation plans. 1.5.2. The powers include: • Authorize the entry into any building or land by any person in the course of implementing an emergency plan or program: authorize the entry into any building or on any land, without warrant, by any person in the course of implementing an emergency plan or program;” [Emphasis added]
QUESTION #1: How does a provincial law take precedence over each person’s rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
QUESTION #2: How does this policy prevent another door-kicking spree that cost taxpayers $2.45 million in damage claims against the RCMP?
BLAIR: GUNS TO BE BANNED USING AN ORDER IN COUNCIL (OIC)
https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/video?clipId=1848702&playlistId=1.4718728&binId=1
In a scrum, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair stated that the government will bring forward a list of guns to be banned using an Order in Council (OIC) “It will be clearly articulated in the order in council that we bring forward the principles that were applied in determining what weapons will be included.”
CTV News Videos | December 6, 2019
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
OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER: HIGH RIVER FORCED ENTRIES
RE: 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.”
ALBERTA GOV’T SAYS BROKEN TRUST IN HIGH RIVER IS AN RCMP RESPONSIBILITY
Municipal Affairs FOIP Response – Missing Information Complaint by Dennis R. Young – August 5, 2019
EXCERPT #1: “In addressing the following part of your scope: “whether or not the corrective action restored trust in the RCMP among the High River residents who suffered the consequences of those mistakes”, the ministry did not locate any responsive records in their custody and/or control as the ministry would not undertake an assessment of the relationship between the RCMP and residents of High River. The actions taken by the RCMP in High River during the flood response and any resulting corrective actions that the RCMP may have taken in response to those actions would be under their jurisdiction and records relating to this matter should be requested from the RCMP.”
EXCERPT #1: Below is the link to the response I received from the Commissioner of the RCMP stating the Force is not interested in taking the steps necessary to rebuild trust in the RCMP among High River residents.
https://dennisryoung.ca/2018/05/20/high-river-luckis-letter-shows-lack-concern-rebuilding-trust-rcmp/