r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • May 25 '26

Recurring Canadaguns Politics and Debate Thread

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u/Dill_Pickle_Tears May 25 '26

Haven’t heard much about the ASFCP in a while, anyone have any of-note news on this? Spring budget was promising in that they don’t seem to be committing anything to this portfolio on the go-forward. Hoping we get updates from the CCFR soon on the court case.

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u/FunkyFrunkle May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

Nothing.

Nobody is likely getting paid outside of Quebec.

They slashed the compensation budget from over $200,000,000 to $64,000,000. Meanwhile, they’re laying off a huge number of people in government with Public Safety having the largest number of layoffs.

Safe to say they’re laying off most of the people who are working on this program, because the buyback program is responsible for most of the hiring in Public Safety to begin with.

The likelihood of anyone getting paid in the next two years is slim. The likelihood of anyone getting paid even half of what they’re owed is even slimmer.

Anyone who participated fucked up big time. All they did was give the government a list of guns they have and they’ll likely get ripped off and fucked over for their trouble.

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u/Dill_Pickle_Tears May 28 '26

Well that’s good in some ways. No news is good news - I was just worried we won’t hear any big updates until after parliament returns from summer break.

It feels too quiet, but that may be a good sign that things are sputtering and spiralling on their end with respect to starting up the implementation phase