r/canadaguns • u/AgreeablePanda9805 • Mar 23 '26

News / Politics / Activism Anyone writing to their Premiere?

The CCFR suggested people write to their Premiere to speak out against the gun grab and to encourage them to do what Manitoba has done.

CCFR has templates for email or snail mail letter. I thought a snail mail letter may be taken more seriously by the Premiere’s office since letters take more effort than an email.

But the template letter they posted follows the typical written letter format. ie your name and address listed at the top of the page.

As soon as I saw that, it made me not want to write a letter for fear that anyone who speaks against the gun grab and puts their name and address to it, can be used to create an unofficial registry.

Does anyone else have similar concerns? I feel slightly paranoid about this but then again, how can one not be paranoid when you look at the way the govt has treated its citizens.

I’m considering sending a letter but not including my address and possibly using a pseudonym. There’s a chance they won’t take it seriously without name and address but that’s beyond my control. All I can do is write a letter or not.

Interested in others’ opinions.

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u/RDasher3333 Mar 23 '26

The provincial government has nothing to do with the gun grab and they have no reason to have a list of people writing to them. Many people write to public offices and CFOs and they’ve never been bothered

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u/Spider-King-270 Mar 23 '26

It’s more to do what Saskatchewan has done which is throw a massive wrench in the buyback by giving citizens exemption certificates and forcing the Feds to pump more money into a failed program that is already facing budget cuts

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u/__phil1001__ Mar 23 '26

But you still can't use the prohibited firearms. So we still lose.

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u/prosper_0 Mar 23 '26

It's at least something. Better than just whining, or making statements. Their power is somewhat limited in what they can accomplish, but I give them props for actually finding things they can do.

If we just do nothing and sit around, rejecting even the smallest actions because they're not a 'perfect' solution, then we are all going to get screwed. But if enough provinces throw up enough little roadblocks.... well, little things add up.

If all they do is chest beating and hot air, then nothing's going to change. Stop tent pissing about steps in the right direction.