r/canadaguns • u/Gonky69 • Apr 21 '26

News / Politics / Activism Goodbye GNG 😢

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u/GoingBallistik Apr 21 '26

How does checking a PAL increase costs? The time it takes to check it?

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u/SpectreBallistics Spectre Ballistics International (Verified) Apr 21 '26

So for us it takes about 2 minutes to check a PAL for parts and accessories, and about 5 minutes for a firearm due to the C-71 paperwork.

Before this bullshit it was about 30s.

That adds up and slows down shipping. It also requires the CFP site to actually work, which often it doesn't.

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u/SpectreBallistics Spectre Ballistics International (Verified) Apr 21 '26

Before we only needed to verify the license for firearms, which took a couple of minutes. Just type in the PAL info and it says valid / invalid and we would verify the name and address on file matched the order.

Now we need to do this for certain components, and for firearms also generate a "reference number" on the CFP site, record it along with the shipping info and firearm info, and keep that log for 20 years.

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u/tnetskniv Apr 21 '26

I'm curious, is there specific criteria for the format of the logs? This information is stored only by the retailer as I understand.

Say if a court were to subpoena the logs from retailers, are electronic ledgers in a certain format mandated by the government or can retailers use paper versions for example?