The Federal Court on Monday dismissed a legal challenge to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s May, 2020, regulations banning some 1,500 styles of firearms.
Justice Catherine Kane says in a decision released yesterday that the applicants raised issues around the matter of guns and public safety but the court only explored the question of whether Mr. Trudeau’s cabinet went beyond its powers in passing the regulations.
A few weeks after a gunman in Nova Scotia killed 22 people in April, 2020, the Liberals announced they were banning 1,500 models of firearms that it considered too dangerous to be society.
The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights and other gun organizations challenged the regulations in court arguing the government lacked the authority to enact the order-in-council that banned the weapons including the AR-15 and Ruger Mini-14.
In her decision Justice Kane says issuing the order-in-council and subsequent regulations did not exceed the power of Mr. Trudeau and his cabinet.
She also says the regulations do not infringe on sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as well as the Canadian Bill of Rights.