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TORONTO, Nov. 19, 2012 /CNW/ - PEN Canada today voiced concerns that current law and policy on partisan activities by charitable organizations muzzles political dissent and stifles public debate within Canada. PEN was responding to a caution the Canada Revenue Authority (CRA) recently issued to the Canadian Mennonite Publishing Service (CMPS). On July 23, CRA sent CMPS a letter warning that it was in danger of having its charitable status revoked because certain articles it had...

Records from failed long gun registry are history PETERBOROUGH, ON, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Earlier today, the Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, announced that the records associated with the badly flawed long gun registry have been destroyed, with the exception of those in Quebec. "The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) is pleased that the government has followed through on its commitment to the outdoor community across Canada, and completed...

Regulation prevents collection of data for backdoor registry PETERBOROUGH, ON, July 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Once again, the Harper government has demonstrated its support for the legal, law abiding firearms community by enacting a regulation that eliminates the need for retailers to collect specific data as a condition of their licence, as mandated in Ontario and other jurisdictions by the Chief Firearms Officer. "The OFAH applauds the move by the government to close an...

Regulatory change will eliminate possibility of 'backdoor' long gun registry PETERBOROUGH, ON, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Regulations introduced in the House of Commons this afternoon by Public Safety Minister Vic Towes will ensure that decisions made by Chief Firearms Officers (CFOs) cannot create another form of long gun registry. "The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) is pleased that the Minister of Public Safety and the Harper government have acted...

Irrational call for outright ban will do nothing to stem gang violence TORONTO, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - The call for a complete ban on all guns and ammunition in the City of Toronto by Toronto City Councillor Adam Vaughan is another naïve and misdirected attempt to address the issue of gun violence by gangs in that city. "Once again, we see an urban politician seeking to demonize all legal law-abiding firearms owners and portray them as part of the problem, when the...

Natural health product review site HealthNaturalProduct.net will be reorganizing its website in an attempt to optimize its functionality. Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) June 05, 2012 Natural health product review site HealthNaturalProducts.net will be reworking its website with the possibility of a complete overhaul of features and design and layout. The website is about a year old and has already collected a healthy amount of product reviews and general content, including news and...

Public Safety Minister makes it clear that Firearms Act being used incorrectly by CFOs PETERBOROUGH, ON, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Earlier today, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews released a letter responding to recent concerns on the part of the outdoor community. Toews was definitive in his response to complaints that provincial Chief Firearms Officers (CFO's) in some jurisdictions have been using a section of the Firearms Act to collect firearms data, a requirement that was...

Injunction means "status quo" for long gun registry in Quebec PETERBOROUGH, ON, April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Bill C-19, the Act to Amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act, has received royal assent but is on hold in Quebec, pending the outcome of the court case brought forward by the Quebec government this week. The province is seeking to force the federal government to retain the records contained in the long gun registry, some of which it hopes to use to populate a new...

Bill C-19 given Royal Assent, officially ending badly flawed system PETERBOROUGH, ON, April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Bill C-19, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act, (Repeal of the Long Gun Registry) was passed by the Senate on a vote of 50 to 27 and will be given Royal Assent later today by the Governor General. "This is the culmination of many years of work on the part of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, our colleagues in the firearms community...

RICHMOND, BC, April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Catalyst Paper will seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, following dismissal of its appeal concerning the North Cowichan 2009 tax bylaw by the Court of Appeal for British Columbia. In its April 22nd decision, the Appeal Court declined to strike down the tax bylaw while calling the "extreme imbalance" perpetuated by the District of North Cowichan a political problem requiring a policy decision by elected officials. While keeping...