Well this was just announced
In March 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada agreed to hear an appeal challenging the May 2020 prohibition of assault-style firearms. In light of this, the Amnesty Orders have been extended and set to expire 90 days following the date the Supreme Court of Canada renders its decision, which is expected next year. By extending the amnesty period, the Government is providing certainty to individual owners and businesses that they will continue to be protected from criminal liability while the Supreme Court hears the appeal and renders its decision"
Our statement on this important development:
"The CCFR welcomes the news that the federal government is extending the amnesty protecting gun owners and businesses from prosecutions associated with their ill-fated gun bans and compensation program.
We suspect that the government realized that a defeat at the Supreme Court of Canada after collecting guns and or prosecuting those in non-compliance would be an untenable position for the Mark Carney's Liberals.
We look forward to presenting our case to Canada's Supreme Court and achieving justice for law-abiding property owners and businesses"
It's very rare for the Supreme court to hear a case like this in that the appeal court supported a court ruling on the ban. The main focus on this challange is that the government was wrong and did not follow the law and procedures when enacting the gun ban.
This will be the 4th time the gun ban ammensty has been extended. What's interesting is that it was the government proactivly extending the ban, not to say they aren't still asking people to turn in their guns. I suspect if the government was confident of a win they'd carry on and not extend the Oct 2026 ammensty end.
The government is running into push back from police chiefs of major departments and The Canadian Taxpayers Association telling their members it's a waste of money and resources and does nothing to deal with criminal firearm use. This could actually be the excuse the lieberals can use to drop the whole thing and walk away saying hey we tried, I don't think they counted on the amount of push back and lack of compliance.