r/canadaguns • u/BonaFideDueDiligence • 4h ago

News / Politics / Activism Feds Won't Block Supreme Court Interveners

Post image

The Attorney General of Canada just informed the SCC it won't oppose the groups asking to join CCFR v. Canada as interveners, thereby allowing them to participate in the case.

This isn't a ruling on the merits, just the AGC declining to block their entry. Intervener status itself doesn't declare a side, but based on what these orgs publicly stand for, it's not hard to guess. To keep it simple, 11 of the 12 interveners are likely to side with the CCFR, against 1 which is explicitly on the government's side.

179 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

41 comments sorted by

View all comments

19

u/PA-Rugby-Fan 4h ago

Interesting that the NFA just signed up as an intervener after saying the CCFR taking this to the Supreme Court was a waste on time. (Photo for reference)

30

u/BonaFideDueDiligence 4h ago

They never said going to the Supreme Court was pointless. They said appealing themselves wasn't worth the cost/risk. Now that CCFR already won leave to appeal, the risk is way lower. Being an intervener is a far smaller commitment than leading an appeal. You file a factum and make limited arguments, you're not bankrolling the whole case or bearing the same financial risk they were worried about. Different bet, not a flip-flop.