Instead of repealing their soft-on-crime bail laws, stiffening weak sentencing guidelines and ending revolving-door justice, the federal Liberal government is spending $742 million (expected to climb to $1 billion) on a gun confiscation scheme that won't make Canadians safer.
The recently-launched federal Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program (ASFCP) offers eligible businesses and individuals who may own certain prohibited firearms to receive federal compensation (subject to availability of program funds) in exchange for turning in their guns.
Under this scheme, law-abiding firearms owners and businesses must declare an "interest" in receiving compensation on or before March 31, 2026. They'll be required to dispose of, or permanently deactivate, so-called "assault-style" firearms before the amnesty period ends on October 30, 2026 – or risk criminal liability for the illegal possession of a prohibited firearm. (More details here.)
Like several other provincial premiers and law enforcement agencies such as the Ontario Provincial Police, Manitoba's NDP premier Wab Kinew recently announced that his province won't participate in the program. A law-abiding firearms owner himself, Kinew called the confiscation scheme a "program that doesn't appear to be very efficient, doesn't appear to be well-run. And so…why would we want to take on that whole headache?"
In fall 2025, the federal government undertook a six-week voluntary pilot project on Cape Breton Island to test how the ASFCP would work. Though officials were confident they'd gather about 200 firearms, only 25 were collected and destroyed – with just 16 individuals participating, according to Nova Scotia's Department of Public Safety.
In fact, Liberal Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree was caught on tape in late 2025 admitting that his government's program is nothing more than politically-motivated bad policy.
The Liberals have chosen to target law-abiding Canadians rather than the criminals smuggling illegal guns into Canada from the U.S.
Public safety experts, police forces and several provincial premiers agree: No criminals will voluntarily turn in their illegally-obtained guns.
Wouldn't taxpayers’ funds be better spent on securing Canada's borders, supporting law enforcement and making our streets safer?
If you agree that it’s time to end this punitive and wasteful program, add your name below.
Our Petition
Whereas the Liberal government will spend $742 million on a firearms buyback program that won't make Canadians any safer;
Whereas the government's Public Safety Minister was caught on tape admitting that his program is politically-motivated bad policy; and,
Whereas this boondoggle targets law-abiding Canadian firearms owners instead of stopping the flow of illegal guns smuggled into Canada across the U.S. border,
Therefore we, the undersigned, call on the Prime Minister and his government to immediately scrap this wasteful gun confiscation scheme.
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