r/canadaguns • u/RetroRenew4l • Jun 07 '26

News / Politics / Activism ASFCP: new page showing collection schedule by province; AB and SK excluded

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/campaigns/firearms-buyback/firearm-collection-timeline.html

From the beginning, the "ASFCP" has included two ominous footnotes alluding to how they're going to violate gun owners that declare their property.

- "Compensation is not guaranteed"

And, should you reside in AB or SK

- "Individuals who live in Alberta or Saskatchewan should consult their provincial government for laws or regulations put in place that may impede or limit their participation in the program."

Now, we know there is a licensing scheme for potential private collection agents in the Alberta legislation. I have not looked into SK.

Should you contact the AB CFO, you will learn the Federal government has not applied for any confiscation agent licensing.

So, the very obvious indication here is that they intend to wash their hands of responsibility in these two provinces and leave any owners who declared property to face the end of the amnesty with no option but to deactivate or surrender their property.

Absolutely shameful how this program has been handled.

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u/Lumindan Jun 07 '26

Mass non compliance is the only way.

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u/boozefiend3000 Jun 07 '26

Still blows my mind they got 67,000 turned in. Extremely disappointing

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u/Remarkable_Vanilla34 Jun 07 '26

They haven't got 67k turned in, just declared. People have with drawn since then, plus the guns the program won't collect in AB and Sask.

Then remember thar this program is done by appointment, so people have to actually bother to make an appointment and show up. Given that most people work Monday to Friday, it means the program will effectively mostly be done on evenings and weekends, assuming the program has the volunteers to run. Its quickly running out of time.

And there is also the 2+ million guns that weren't declared. The government hasn't publicly declared their plans to collect those, and even though the window for compensation has closed, presumably hundreds of thousands of people will have to hand them in by october 31st (i know they won't but the government should be planning for it and their not).

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u/boozefiend3000 Jun 07 '26

Ya, meant to say declared