r/canadaguns • u/GhostProtocolGaming • Mar 12 '26

News / Politics / Activism Stand on Guard - Conservative Party of Canada

https://www.conservative.ca/stand-on-guard-2/

The bill makes important changes to Section 34 of the Criminal Code so that force is presumed to be justified if used against an illegal intruder. Conservatives first announced the ‘Stand on Guard’ principle back in August, asking the government to introduce legislation in the fall session.

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u/mischling2543 Mar 12 '26

Genuinely where was this rhetoric before the election? I'm a solid Conservative voter and even I was having second thoughts back in April with how dogshit that campaign was.

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u/The_King_of_Canada mb Mar 12 '26

Its like 2 years to an election. The Cpc gives us token shit like this when they dont have to worry about politics. This will never be apart of a platform of anyone serious.

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u/Lumindan Mar 13 '26

Its like 2 years to an election. The Cpc gives us token shit like this when they dont have to worry about politics. This will never be apart of a platform of anyone serious.

Misinformation. The conservatives have been pushing for self defence and home defence for long time.

Poilievre calls for more legal protection for Canadians defending homes from intruders - August 2025

Plenty of people even criticized their election campaign regarding it

Also Harper's government pushed self defense laws with the safe communities act back in 2013, or are we purposely omitting information for the 'conservatives bad' narrative?

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u/The_King_of_Canada mb Mar 13 '26

You're kind of proving my point here. When he called for defence of homes protections he did it in August after the election. When there was nothing to campaign for. It was token shit.

He was criticized for saying he was going to use the Notwithstanding Clause for the first time on the federal level to reinstate Mandatory Minimums which was a large part of the Safe Communities Act of 2013 which the Supreme Court deemed illegal and unconstitutional.

And the Safe Communities Act created the reasonable force doctrine that Pierre criticized back in August.

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u/Lumindan Mar 13 '26

You're kind of proving my point here. When he called for defence of homes protections he did it in August after the election. When there was nothing to campaign for. It was token shit.

Except that it was brought up in his election too. CTV and CBC ran quite a few articles saying Pierre was going to far with it. Also saying he raised the issue in after doesn’t even invalidate the position. Politicians continue to advocate for policy changes between elections all the time especially when reacting to court rulings or public safety debates. Raising a policy outside an election cycle doesn’t make it meaningless; it often means they’re trying to build support before the next legislative window, but you refuse to acknowledge that because PP bad.

He was criticized for saying he was going to use the Notwithstanding Clause for the first time on the federal level to reinstate Mandatory Minimums which was a large part of the Safe Communities Act of 2013 which the Supreme Court deemed illegal and unconstitutional.

And the Safe Communities Act created the reasonable force doctrine that Pierre criticized back in August.

You might not remember this but it went through quite a few changes in the house, the criticisms laid are what had to given up to get it passed.

Do you honestly think self defence laws are in a good place in Canada right now? That's a bold take.

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u/The_King_of_Canada mb Mar 13 '26

Except that it was brought up in his election too.

Nothing in the article that you posted that predates the election mentions self defence.

You might not remember this but it went through quite a few changes in the house, the criticisms laid are what had to given up to get it passed.

And I don't understand why Harper didn't change them with his majority. Unless... what was my point again? Oh yea. They don't actually care.

Do you honestly think self defence laws are in a good place in Canada right now?

No. But deadly force for an unarmed nonthreatening person on your property is not the way to change.

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u/Lumindan Mar 13 '26

And I don't understand why Harper didn't change them with his majority. Unless... what was my point again? Oh yea. They don't actually care.

Wrong again. Politicians don't revisit old ground for a reason.

No. But deadly force for an unarmed nonthreatening person on your property is not the way to change.

Arm chair reddit energy strikes again, playing it up to protect those oh so poor home invaders. Also if someone is breaking into your home, calling them non-threatening is pretty out there. It's like you didn't even read the article or the original post, you just jumped right in conservatives bad mode.

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u/The_King_of_Canada mb Mar 13 '26

The post is a nothing burger to stoke the masses and the article is the same thing with more words and sensationalism.

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u/Lumindan Mar 13 '26

The post is a nothing burger to stoke the masses and the article is the same thing with more words and sensationalism.

So you refuse to engage with the actual content of the thread but you'll rapidly push how bad the conservatives are?

Glad to see where you stand.

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u/The_King_of_Canada mb Mar 13 '26

Show me actual content. This bill is fear mongering and doomed to fail.