Firearms compensation program for businesses closes — Amnesty period extended due to the Supreme Court of Canada process - Canada.ca
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The Government of Canada continues to move forward with a comprehensive approach to strengthen community safety and address firearms violence and crime.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/61575277

Important update for PAL holders.

Amnesty Orders Extension Amnesty Orders for the 2020, 2024, and 2025 prohibitions are in place to protect businesses and individual owners from criminal liability while they take steps to comply with the law, such as participating in the compensation program or disposing of their prohibited firearms without compensation.

In March 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada agreed to hear an appeal challenging the May 2020 prohibition of assault-style firearms. In light of this, the Amnesty Orders have been extended and set to expire 90 days following the date the Supreme Court of Canada renders its decision, which is expected next year. By extending the amnesty period, the Government is providing certainty to individual owners and businesses that they will continue to be protected from criminal liability while the Supreme Court hears the appeal and renders its decision.

The Government of Canada is confident in the decision to prohibit assault-style firearms due to the risk they pose to public safety. The new expiry date for the Amnesty Orders does not impact the ASFCP, which is expected to be completed by October 2026. The program remains the only opportunity for firearm owners to receive compensation for their prohibited firearms.

  • cecilkorik@lemmy.caEnglish
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    21 days ago

    I have strong feelings about this but I would be preaching to the choir here so I’m not sure there’s any real point getting into it. For the uninformed: We already have a relatively strict (and remarkably effective, considering the amount of illegal guns being transported across the border by criminals for criminals) licensing program, maybe the effort would be better spent on those issues instead of telling licensed, responsible, law-abiding gun owners what they can and can’t do with the license privileges they have already proven themselves trustworthy with. Maybe try to stop the guns that are already illegal, and illegally entering the country, before you go making EVEN more of them illegal, when you can’t even stop that, and then enforcing it only on legal license-holders. We are not the source of the illegal guns being used by dangerous people in this country.