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Libs announced they are finally getting around to implementing some of the legislation they've been delaying on with the C71 stuff, background checks, ATT's, on July 7th, and will be implementing the transfer registration and store records shortly. Lot of new owners may not be aware of this having been waiting in the rafters for the last two yrs, CCFR found it necessary to put out a vid to quell the hue and cry over it today of people thinking it was something new.

I have no knowledge if they have any agreements or understandings or policies in place with the medical profession on the background checks, they didn't even have a plan for it when they passed C71, and some of the medical practitioners said they likely would not participate in supplying info to the RCMP during the couse of the hearings. Haven't heard of anything requiring them to provide info being passed in HOC, pretty sure we would have heard about that.

And with this, calling in on a transfer will be much the same as the registry was, without supplying details on the gun other than with restricted stuff. For a while, as Ralphie's promise isn't actually in the legislation.



Re: Is the "Lifetime Review" Applicable on PAL/RPAL Renewals?
It certainly appears so.
The amendment in C-71 replaces subsection 2 to section 5 so as to remove the 5 year limit on the qualification to hold the licence at all in favour of a lifetime review, and that means a review on a lifetime criteria could happen literally at any time.
Here's the law including the part that C-71 removed bolded and in italics (so that part is gone):
Public safety
5 (1) A person is not eligible to hold a licence if it is desirable, in the interests of the safety of that or any other person, that the person not possess a firearm, a cross-bow, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, ammunition or prohibited ammunition.

Criteria
(2) In determining whether a person is eligible to hold a licence under subsection (1), a chief firearms officer or, on a reference under section 74, a provincial court judge shall have regard to whether the person, within the previous five years, [deleted part]

Criteria
(2) In determining whether a person is eligible to hold a licence under subsection (1), a chief firearms officer or, on a reference under section 74, a provincial court judge shall have regard to whether the person

(a) has been convicted or discharged under section 730 of the Criminal Code of
(i) an offence in the commission of which violence against another person was used, threatened or attempted,
(ii) an offence under this Act or Part III of the Criminal Code,
(iii) an offence under section 264 of the Criminal Code (criminal harassment), or
(iv) an offence relating to the contravention of subsection 5(1) or (2), 6(1) or (2) or 7(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;

(b) has been treated for a mental illness, whether in a hospital, mental institute, psychiatric clinic or otherwise and whether or not the person was confined to such a hospital, institute or clinic, that was associated with violence or threatened or attempted violence on the part of the person against any person; or

(c) has a history of behaviour that includes violence or threatened or attempted violence on the part of the person against any person.
This defines the eligibility to have a licence at all and extends the review period criteria to your whole life. Based on this, renewing your licence should include a pass through this "lifetime review" filter.