SCC Rules 5-4 to Scrap Gun Registry data

Well, a good first step. The SCC ruled in favor of the federal government. If Quebec wants a gun registry they will have to fund it themselves.

Did they yet determine if provinces can legally start registries? This is a bigger question than who pays, Quebec has the largest debt of any province, they could care less about money.

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Originally Posted by Fox

Did they yet determine if provinces can legally start registries? This is a bigger question than who pays, Quebec has the largest debt of any province, they could care less about money.

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I am pretty sure that was not on the table wrt the decision. Though there is strong support in Quebec for a registry that is not the case across the rest of Canada. I think any Premier that tried to institute a registry would run stiff opposition. Having said that, remember the registry in Quebec was a good idea as long as they could keep the data. If they have to fund it themselves I am willing to believe the support will nose-dive

I wonder how a Quebec provincial registry would work WRT transporting rifles from Ontario to NB, NFLD, and back through Quebec.

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Originally Posted by DGearyFTE

I am pretty sure that was not on the table wrt the decision. Though there is strong support in Quebec for a registry that is not the case across the rest of Canada. I think any Premier that tried to institute a registry would run stiff opposition. Having said that, remember the registry in Quebec was a good idea as long as they could keep the data. If they have to fund it themselves I am willing to believe the support will nose-dive

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Ontario is run by Toronto, and we do not have any say once the elected officials get in.

I could see this group of Liberals putting in a registry if they legally could.

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Originally Posted by Fox

Ontario is run by Toronto, and we do not have any say once the elected officials get in.

I could see this group of Liberals putting in a registry if they legally could.

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ESPECIALLY if they're able to turn it into one more money-grab. Only 1.5 more years till that budget has to be balanced afterall.

Though not a legal expect, in reading the ruling by the SCC it seems to me that what they are saying is that legally Parliament is within its right to establish policy and laws for gun control including wresting those decisions from the provinces.
Here is the issue I see.
If you are a gun owner in Quebec and want to sell it outside the province then the new owner is going to become part of that registry. For me personally I would state that violates my right of privacy and possession.

I always thought firearms were a federal responsibility, I seem to remember that being used when the registry was created and some provinces suggested opting out

In 2000, Alberta went to the SCC to protest Chetien's move to impose the gun registry. They lost. So I am thinking that there was a connection between being allowed to keep the data and the federal legality of imposing a provincial registry.
This should prove interesting. Again, I just don't see Quebecers wanting to pay for this. Of course I could be wrong but there are a lot of hunters in Quebec.

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Originally Posted by DGearyFTE

In 2000, Alberta went to the SCC to protest Chetien's move to impose the gun registry. They lost. So I am thinking that there was a connection between being allowed to keep the data and the federal legality of imposing a provincial registry.
This should prove interesting. Again, I just don't see Quebecers wanting to pay for this. Of course I could be wrong but there are a lot of hunters in Quebec.

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I wonder where they'll get the money to pay for one, should they pursue. Quebec receives more equalization payments than any other province in the country and have a huge debt.

FishFrenzy