Poilievre Pledges New Law to Block Arbitrary Gun Bans Via OIC by TheGunBlog.ca, 26 January 2024TheGunBlog.ca — Pierre Poilievre, the leading candidate to become Canada’s next prime minister, pledged to pass a new law to prevent politicians from ordering arbitrary firearm prohibitions that criminalize honest citizens.
The leader of the Conservative Party, should he win the next election, said he aims to block politicians from using an executive decree known as an “order in council” (OIC).
He also said he would change Canada’s system of arbitrary and made-up firearm categories.
Justin Trudeau, the current Liberal prime minister, has used a series of OICs to arbitrarily and suddenly criminalize hundreds of thousands of honest Canadians and wipe out billions of dollars in personal and family wealth.‘Take Away the OIC Power’
“In fact, we’re going to take away the OIC power altogether so that ministers can no longer arbitrarily designate a firearm as illegal,” Poilievre said in a video published today on his personal account on the X website.
He was responding to an audience question at what appears to be a public meeting.
The video doesn’t mention a date, location, or context.Why It Matters
This is the first time TheGunBlog.ca is aware of Poilievre saying he intends to change important sections of Canada’s anti-gun legislation.
Poilievre is consistently and repeatedly speaking up for gun users, in contrast to Trudeau who consistently and repeatedly acts to suppress, harass, and criminalize them.
Today’s video suggests Poilievre might change Criminal Code Section 84(1), which defines the three arbitrary firearm categories, and Section 117.15, which the Liberals use for their arbitrary crackdowns.New ‘Empirical’ Gun Classifications
Poilievre said in his video he would amend Canada’s arbitrary categories for firearms. He wants “empirical standards” to make the labels clear, consistent and predictable, and no longer subject to the changing whims of politicians and regulators.
The arbitrary, made-up, and misleading gun categories currently in law are:
“Prohibited”
“Restricted”
“Non-Restricted”Hoping for Overhaul
Although many gun users hope a future Poilievre government will scrap the anti-gun regime entirely and restore justice for firearm users, he hasn’t said he intends an overhaul.
It’s also early in the process, and Poilievre may wait to present more complete plans until an election is called.
The current authoritarian Liberal administration could remain in office until October 2025 as the most-hostile political force against honest Canadians.Poilievre’s Full Comment
Source: Pierre Poilievre on X
Transcription: TheGunBlog.ca
In fact, we’re going to take away the OIC power altogether so that ministers can no longer arbitrarily designate a firearm as illegal.
In fact, what we’re going to do is create empirical standards that determine which firearms are “Restricted,” “Unrestricted,” and “Prohibited” based on what the gun does, not on how it looks.
Then we’re going to embed that in the law, and that law will be frozen in, crystallized, so that when you buy a firearm you don’t risk that the next day, some political pollster or propagandist is going to tell the minister that it would be good politics to ban such-and-such firearm because it looks scary, which is effectively what happened.
They banned a bunch of firearms for no reason, unrelated to what the gun does, but because it looked like a Hollywood G.I. Joe gun, and therefore it looked like good politics to ban it.
But what I’m going to do is, we’re going to create a task force — First Nations hunters, farmers, border guards, police officers, military veterans — to define which firearms would be “Prohibited,” like the machine guns that have been “Prohibited” since the 70s, which should be “Restricted,” like handguns, which should be “Unrestricted,” .22 rifles and other similar weapons and tools.
That’s a common-sense approach. We’re going to put it into law so you don’t have to worry about an OIC coming along to confiscate your value and turn your property into a worthless piece of government-confiscated machinery.
That’s what they’ve done. And they’ve turned honest people into criminals, while allowing criminals to run rampant in our street.
—Pierre Poilievre, X, 26 January 2023J Hunter @MrJoKeR604:
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Pierre Poilievre courts Quebec pro firearms militants by the Canadian press on January 13 at 20, Radio Canada
The conservative chief Pierre Poilievre took advantage of his visit to the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, this weekend, to court Quebec proarms militants by granting a “interview” to a figurehead of their movement.
“I think I broke all the rules of speed. […] Quebec security has not caught me,” laughs at the outset Mr. Poilievre, a fierce defender of the law and of the order, on the sidelines of a snowmobile excursion.
The activist Proarmes Guy Morin, who is about to start what he himself calls “little interview”, reassures him immediately. “You have a pass. You have the right to do business because you are well surrounded now,” he sends.
In the extract of about five minutes, shared in particular on the social networks of Mr. Morin and on the Facebook page of the collective all against a register of firearms he presides, the chief hairy repeats his promise to “protect the Hunters and sports shooters by repealing C-21 “. Elsewhere on info: four Israeli hostages released in Gaza by Hamas who arrived in Israel
The objective of law C-21 is to protect victims of domestic violence. It includes a definition of assault weapons which aims to prevent manufacturers from bypassing the ban on these weapons. The legislation also provides for measures which would reinforce the freezing of restrictions with handguns.
Mr. Poilievre also says that he will tackle “all the stupidity” of the laws he attributes to the “liberal block”. The block – which declined an invitation to react to the content of the video – “blocks things for Quebec”, says the conservative chief in passing.
“You know that, I am a firearm owner,” continues Guy Morin in the filmed interview. There are many people [who] trust. We want something to happen. “
Guy Morin is president of the collective all against a Quebec firearm register.
Mr. Morin, who is de facto the main spokesperson for the arms lobby in Quebec, recalls that “frost, we do not accept that, us”. “It’s stupid!” Returns from the tac to the tac stone hairy.
The activist then declares that it is necessary to “absolutely” abolish the C-21 law, but also C-71, which tightened the checks during the sale of rifles and rifles.
I opposed it. I voted against these laws. I will repeal these laws. I will ban criminals. We’re going to put criminals in prison. We will respect sports shooters and hunters. A quote from Pierre Hairyvre, conservative chief
Mr. Poilievre then mentions that 82 % of the weapons used for crimes come from smuggling or is tampered with, data from the Toronto police, according to his office. The Canadian press has not been able to validate this information.
“Let’s reinforce our borders instead of putting hunters in prison,” he said.
Words “lie” and “fallacious”
For the survivor of the killing of the Montreal Polytechnic School, Nathalie Provost, the words of Mr. Hairy who, if he becomes Prime Minister, would protect hunters and sports shooters by eliminating C-21 and C-71 simply constitute “lying”.
“There is not a hunter who has lost a hunting weapon in Canada. […] There is not a hunter who will go to prison because of C-71. All hunting weapons are legal.
She finds that the conservative chief takes up the arguments of the firearms lobby wanting that he does not have to tackle honest owners when it comes to fighting crime.
What is it for an honest owner, an assault weapon? A quote from Nathalie Provost, survivor of the killing of the Polytechnique de Montréal school
Not cheating on her words, Ms. Provost accuses him of defeating laws that protect Canadians and promoting very dangerous weapons “under false pretexts”.
For the professor of political science at the University of Montreal Catherine Ouellet, it is clear that the Conservative Party tries with this type of video to join voters for whom the issue of weapons is “salient, important personally”.
“The objective is to touch people who would not necessarily have voted for the conservative party or who would not have voted, she summed up. Sometimes it is cynical people, disillusioned .
Professor Ouellet explained that “BRICHE POLICY”, the idea of looking for more divisive issues to make gains, is increasingly practiced with the sophistication of political marketing. “The parties have no other choice, to win, than to pretend to bring everyone together, but in the end, it is to divide to reign,” she said.
Ms. Ouellet noted that the messages relating to these breach challenges are foamed by the “echo chambers” created by social networks algorithms, the species of bubbles that are often exposed to visions in accordance with ours And people who think like us.
Victories can be done by a few votes in the constituencies qualified as “battlefields” by political parties, noted Ms. Ouellet. “So this kind of tactics there, at the end, can play a decisive role in the number of seats, even on the winner, especially in the current system.”
Pierre Poilievre courtise les militants proarmes québécois by La Presse canadienne, le 13 janvier à 20, Radio Canada
Le chef conservateur Pierre Poilievre a profité de son passage au Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, cette fin de semaine, pour courtiser les militants proarmes québécois en accordant une « entrevue » à une figure de proue de leur mouvement.
Je pense que j’ai brisé toutes les règles de vitesse. […] La Sûreté du Québec ne m’a pas attrapé
, s’amuse d’entrée de jeu M. Poilievre, un farouche défenseur de la loi et de l’ordre, en marge d’une excursion en motoneige.
Le militant proarmes Guy Morin, qui s’apprête à commencer ce qu’il qualifie lui-même de petite entrevue
, le rassure immédiatement. T’as un passe-droit. T’as le droit de faire ben des affaires parce que tu es bien entouré présentement
, envoie-t-il.
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Dans l’extrait d’environ cinq minutes, partagé notamment sur les réseaux sociaux de M. Morin et sur la page Facebook du collectif Tous contre un registre des armes à feu qu’il préside, le chef Poilievre répète sa promesse de protéger les chasseurs et les tireurs sportifs en abrogeant C-21
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La loi C-21 a pour objectif de protéger les victimes de violence conjugale. Elle inclut une définition des armes d’assaut qui vise à empêcher les fabricants de contourner l’interdiction de ces armes. La législation prévoit aussi des mesures qui renforceraient le gel des restrictions aux armes de poing.
M. Poilievre dit aussi qu’il s’attaquera à toute la stupidité
des lois qu’il attribue au Bloc-Libéral
. Le Bloc – qui a décliné une invitation à réagir au contenu de la vidéo – bloque les choses pour le Québec
, affirme le chef conservateur au passage.
Tu sais que, moi, je suis un propriétaire d’armes à feu, poursuit Guy Morin dans l’entretien filmé. Il y a bien des gens [qui] ont confiance. On veut qu’il se passe quelque chose.
Guy Morin est président du collectif Tous contre un registre québécois des armes à feu.
Photo : La Presse canadienne / Jacques Boissinot
M. Morin, qui est de facto le principal porte-parole du lobby des armes au Québec, rappelle que le gel, on n’accepte pas ça, nous autres
. C’est stupide!
lui renvoie du tac au tac Pierre Poilievre.
Le militant déclare alors qu’il faut absolument
abolir la loi C-21, mais également C-71, qui resserrait les vérifications lors de la vente des fusils et des carabines.
Je me suis opposé. J’ai voté contre ces lois. Je vais abroger ces lois. Je vais bannir des criminels. On va mettre des criminels en prison. On va respecter les tireurs sportifs et les chasseurs.Une citation de Pierre Poilievre, chef conservateur
M. Poilievre mentionne ensuite que 82 % des armes servant à des crimes viennent de la contrebande ou sont trafiquées, des données qui sont issues de la police de Toronto, selon son bureau. La Presse canadienne n’a pas été en mesure de valider cette information.
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Renforçons nos frontières au lieu de mettre les chasseurs en prison
, dit-il.
Propos « mensongers » et « fallacieux »
Pour la survivante de la tuerie de l’École polytechnique de Montréal, Nathalie Provost, les propos de M. Poilievre voulant que, s’il devient premier ministre, il protégerait les chasseurs et les tireurs sportifs en éliminant C-21 et C-71 constituent tout simplement du mensonge
.
Il n’y a pas un chasseur qui a perdu une arme de chasse au Canada. […] Il n’y a pas un chasseur qui va aller en prison à cause de C-71. Toutes les armes de chasse sont légales. Les seules affaires qui sont détruites, ce sont les armes de style d’assaut
, a déclaré Mme Provost en entrevue avec La Presse canadienne.
Elle constate que le chef conservateur reprend les arguments du lobby des armes à feu voulant qu’il ne faille pas s’attaquer aux propriétaires honnêtes lorsqu’il est question de lutter contre le crime.
À quoi ça sert pour un propriétaire honnête, une arme de style assaut?Une citation de Nathalie Provost, survivante de la tuerie de l’École polytechnique de Montréal
Ne mâchant pas ses mots, Mme Provost l’accuse de défaire des lois qui protègent les Canadiens et de favoriser des armes très dangereuses sous des prétextes fallacieux
.
Pour la professeure de science politique à l’Université de Montréal Catherine Ouellet, il est clair que le Parti conservateur tente avec ce type de vidéo de rejoindre des électeurs pour qui l’enjeu des armes est saillant, important personnellement
.
L’objectif, c’est de toucher des gens qui n’auraient pas nécessairement voté pour le Parti conservateur ou qui n’auraient juste pas voté, a-t-elle résumé. Des fois, c’est des gens cyniques, désabusés. On veut seulement les mobiliser. Puis, finalement, ces gens voient cette vidéo-là. Ça peut permettre un gain électoral.
La professeure Ouellet a expliqué que la politique de brèche
, soit l’idée de chercher des enjeux plus divisifs pour faire des gains, est de plus en plus pratiquée avec la sophistication du marketing politique. Les partis n’ont d’autre choix, pour gagner, que de prétendre rassembler tout le monde, mais au final, c’est diviser pour régner
, a-t-elle dit.
Mme Ouellet a noté que les messages relatifs à ces enjeux de brèche sont moussés par les chambres d’écho
que créent les algorithmes des réseaux sociaux, soit les espèces de bulles qui font qu’on est souvent exposés à des visions conformes aux nôtres et à des gens qui pensent comme nous.
Les victoires peuvent se faire par quelques voix dans les circonscriptions qualifiées de champs de bataille
par les partis politiques, a noté Mme Ouellet. Donc, ce genre de tactiques là, à la fin, peut jouer un rôle décisif sur le nombre de sièges, voire sur le gagnant, surtout dans le système actuel.
