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Foreign. Big legal decision this Thursday in the fight against the Liberals. Gun grab and then Saskatchewan pulls the Saskatchew on the Federal government when it comes to protecting law abiding firearms owners from from criminality. I'm Sheila Gunn Reed and you're watching the Gun Show.
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I'm pleased to offer opening remarks for Bill 42, the Saskatchewan Firearms Amendment Act 2025. This act is about both public safety and recognizing the rights of Saskatchewan's lawful firearms owners. This bill contains two sets of amendments. First, the amendments provide legal firearm owners a right to fair compensation for lawfully owned firearms that are rendered valueless by the federal government's recent firearms laws. Under these amendments, a firearm is deemed to be seized by the federal government if firstly, the firearm is subject to the new federal firearms laws and secondly, the owner does not receive full fair market value compensation under the act within 12 months after the federal law comes into effect. If the firearm is deemed to be seized, the owner may submit a request for valuation by the Saskatchewan Firearms Commissioner and the Government of Canada is required to pay the owner the full fair market value of the firearms. If the Government of Canada refuses to pay fair market value compensation to the owner, the owner could choose to bring a claim against the Government of Canada for recovery of that compensation. These compensation rules apply to handguns that were impacted by the former federal Bill C. 21 and firearms that have been impacted by Federal orders in council. Mr. Chair, additional house amendments will also be moved today respecting these changes. Section 117.08 of the Criminal Code exempts individuals from certain federal firearms laws when they are acting on behalf of a provincial government. These House amendments allow Saskatchewan's Firearms Commissioner to designate individuals who are acting on behalf of the Government of Saskatchewan for the purposes of section 117.08. Under this change, owners who request evaluation by Saskatchewan's Commissioner may be authorized to store their firearm on behalf of the province until the completion of the evaluation process and until they have received fair compensation from the federal government. To be eligible for this process, owners will be required to comply with applicable firearms storage and safety laws by storing their firearms on behalf of the province. These owners will be acting directly on behalf of and for the benefit of the province. Under this approach, the Saskatchewan Firearms Office will avoid the requirement of collecting and storing these firearms in its own facilities pending compensation from the federal government.
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So Saskatchewan is pulling a bit of a Saskatcheroo on the federal government allowing law abiding firearms owners to make maintain possession of their firearms while the fight against Mark Carney's expensive and undoable gun grab continues. And then this Thursday, a federal court will be deciding if it will hear a case brought by the Canadian Coalition for Firearms Rights against the legality of the gun grab. It's nothing but huge news in the firearms community this week. And so I'm bringing on my friend, my buddy, my lover of Charlie, one horse cowboy hats just like me, Tracy Wilson from the Canadian Coalition for Firearms Rights to break down these two issues, plus a bunch more. Here's our interview. Take a listen. Joining me now is good friend of the show, my good friend and good friend to firearms owners everywhere, Tracy Wilson of the Canadian Coalition for Firearms Rights. And boy, do we have a ton of things to talk about since I talked to you last. First, Tracy, the old saskatchew, Scott Moe came out once again with an incredible plan to insulate law abiding Saskatchewan firearms owners from potential criminality while also allowing them to keep their own firearms in their own homes. Tell us all about this.
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Good morning, Sheila. This is a crazy story, actually, and I've got to say it almost feels like some sort of really great competition between Alberta and Saskatchewan. And I'm by great. I mean it benefits gun owners in both provinces, but it's like a competition to see who can do the best job. And Saskatchewan definitely pulled ahead with this one.
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I know.
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Yeah. They have made amendments to the Saskatchewan Firearms act that protects gun owners, first of all, from criminality because as you know, there's this looming threat of the amnesty expiring in October. And if you're still in possession of those affected firearms, then you'll be exposed to criminality. So these amendments actually enable Saskatchewan firearms owners to apply for an exemption certificate and be protected against criminality. And this would basically allow them to be storing their own firearms on behalf of the Saskatchewan government while they seek out complete and fair payment. This is a process, of course, that could take years. And that's the point. It's to keep the guns in your home for years and years while maybe we try and work on other things, a new government, court action, whatever. So Scott Moe was very clear that this is meant to keep the guns in people's gun cabinets where they've been stored safely this whole time. And he's at the same time pressuring the feds to pull back this ban entirely. So this was a really great move. We got a little warning that it was coming and it was exciting to sort of watch it unfold. But yeah, I think Saskatchewan is definitely pulled ahead in the fight for for gun owners with this one. But I think applying pressure to premieres, especially Alberta's lovely Danielle Smith, is a great way to see if we can get some other provinces to adopt a similar stance.
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I mean, when I heard the announcement basically licensing firearms owners as agents of the state to store their own firearms, I just thought that is just a brilliant turn of events. And yes, Alberta, this is me asking you to do something cheeky and creative similarly to protect firearms owners here. Although you know, we said we're not going to participate in the firearms buyback buyback whatsoever. But also, you know, the, the pressure from Scottmo on the federal government to actually fairly compensate people for the firearms. If you are going to sell, snatch them from law abiding firearms owners, you can't give them pennies on the dollar. Which I thought was it something sort of missing in all of this because people are not being fairly compensated?
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No. In fact, the government and public safety minister Gary Nandis, angry has been completely clear that you are going to get ripped off. So you know, they've set the program up for failure anyways and I think they know that. They know people aren't going to participate. And a lot of people have had criticism even about Saskatchewan's moves saying, well, you know, it's still losing our guns. And I'm like, no, no, you've got to be able to read between the lines of legislation. And what it's doing is enabling you to keep your guns in your home without facing criminality while you're seeking out compensation. We know that that's never going to happen. I mean if the feds were going to actually properly, fully compensate people for everything. And of course the Saskatchewan stuff actually applies to accessories and ammunition and goes well beyond what was originally even discussed. This would of course cost probably tens of billions of dollars. It's never going to happen. But in the meantime, while we're having this, you know, this kind of epic battle between the provinces and, and the feds and gun owners and feds and police and feds, you have to be protected from going to prison. Right? So yeah, it's, it's actually a totally brilliant plan. And we had Bob Freeberg, the Saskatchewan firearms Commissioner on our show this week as well. So you can check that out. And he had some stuff to talk about it. In other news, he's actually retiring. He announced his retirement. This is a sad day actually for gun owners, but I do wish him well on his retirement. And Blaine Beavan, the I think the lawyer who worked on this is going to be Taking his place. So.
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Oh, so they'll be fine.
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Yeah.
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Now I want to just pivot a little bit before we come back to things that the CCFR is doing. The Federal Conservatives are introducing stand your ground style legislation in the House of Commons because for many people who are faced with the explosion of violent crime in this country under the Liberals, many of these offenders are catch and release offenders. Our bail system is out of control, so homeowners are left to defend themselves and in, in that the process becomes the punishment. The Federal Conservatives are trying to fix that and focus on the victim without the victim being forced to assume the benevolence of the home invader. Oh, he's just here to steal my TV and not take my life. And yet the Liberals are not going to support this common sense measure.
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Yeah, this is wild actually. And this has been a long time in the works. So I think Polly have had this in his platform during the last election. It was well received at the CPC policy convention. You and I were there. And what this does, this is Bill C270 introduced by rookie MP Sandra Kabina, who we should keep an eye on her. Yeah, she's going to do big things. But basically what it would do, it would amend section 34 of the Criminal code. And there's some things the Liberals are saying that's true, we do already have the right to defend our life against grievous bodily harm or death. Right. We already have that right. And that is true. However, this would, instead of presuming that the, that that you are guilty of an offense by defending your life, you would presume to be justified in your actions. The goal here is actually to reduce the costly long term legislate or legal battles that individuals would find themselves caught up in should they defend their lives. And it's actually, it's actually sad that we even need this. It's sort of an indictment of how the Canadian public safety sphere has come full circle right between bills like C5 and C75 that really soften the sentences for some very serious violent crimes even committed with guns. We've got repeat violent offenders, you know, in a revolving door coming back out onto the street. Violent crimes up by 55%. Gun crimes up by 130%. Extortion is out of control. 330% increase in extortion. We have to do something to, in order to protect the law abiding citizens of this country. I think this is perfectly reasonable but would actually be unnecessary if we didn't have liberal soft on crime policies. So A conversation that was actually totally taboo 10 years ago now is completely mainstream. And you've got soccer moms in urban Ottawa here looking for, hey, how do I get armed up and be able to defend my life? It's just kind of a sad indictment of where we are on public safety. But that's the way the Liberals wanted it.
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Well, and the statistics show it out that, you know, the. The sort of young soccer mom demographic that's the largest demographic of gun ownership in this country. And there's a good reason for that, obviously. It's the great equalizer.
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Yeah. Well, you see, there's comments by Sean Fraser, the Justice Minister, and Ruby Sahota, you know, where they're kind of scoffing at the idea how ridiculous it is that, you know, plebs like you and I would even consider defending our lives. And you have to remember these people are surrounded by other folks with guns to protect them. Right. They're worthy of that. We are not. And just how out of touch it is. Sure, the majority of Canadians are probably never going to experience a violent armed home invasion. However, far more are than they were back in 2015.
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Right.
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So something has changed. And if we're not going to do anything about that, then unfortunately, it's the Liberals who have Americanized the public safety conversation in Canada by just letting it be the Wild West. I think it is absolutely your most basic human right to be able to defend your life if somebody's trying to kill you.
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Right?
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Yeah. Yeah. That's not rocket science.
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But the Liberals don't seem to think so. I want to talk to you about something that is causing me great anxiety, and that is Thursday's pending legal decision for the CCFR in your latest battle. Now, you guys have battles all over the place. This is just one battleground. But you're fighting on all fronts, be it public relations, giving the public a voice to speak truth to power through rallies. But in the courts, we have a potential decision on Thursday. Tell us about it.
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Yeah, you and I are both. I have lost a lot of sleep over this already, and, you know, Thursday seems like a million miles away at this point. But we've been waiting since June of 2025 to hear if the Supreme Court will hear our case. And it works very differently in the Supreme Court than it does in the lower courts, like the federal court or the appeals court. And we've been through both of those. We're the only ones still fighting this thing. So we applied for leave to the Supreme Court. Now they're not obligated to hear you. In fact, they only hear about 10% of cases brought before them. And there's a couple of qualifiers there. It's got to be within the national interest and it's got to be answer an important legal question. Well, considering the amount of media and interest and conversation and debate going on in this country with law enforcement agencies speaking out and you know, rallies across the country and just the whole debate over this gun grab, it's undeniable. It is absolutely within the national interest and it does answer a very important legal question. Can the government step into your home although you've done nothing wrong, you don't deserve it, you've done nothing to warrant it, come into your home and take your stuff without compensation or put you in prison if you don't comply? Yeah, I think aside from the topic of guns, I think all Canadians should want to know the answer to that question. So yeah, Thursday morning at 9:45am Ottawa time, they will be delivering. There's a panel that has to decide if they take our case and they'll be delivering the news or whether or not they're going to take it. Yeah, I, I think this, it would be ideal for them to hear the case for the reasons I've already outlined, but also it would give Carney kind of an out to save some face.
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I know, an off ramp.
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Yeah, yeah man. Because this is one of those divisive Trudeau era policies that it was not his idea. The public safety minister said right in that leaked audio that I leaked out earlier last year that if they were to do it over again, they would do something totally different. They wouldn't do this gun grab. It is an absolute embarrassment, a mess, a failure. Six years in and they still don't have it figured out. Compliance is almost nil. Like this is a mess. But I know he's under a lot of pressure from the Quebec caucus and you know, in particular the Secretary of State for nature and the anti gun lobby, you know, they're all one in the same. But this would be a great off round for him. He could say, look I tried. And then the benefit to him if the court takes our case and we win is he could use that for election fodder again down the road. He could say reelect us, you know, we'll have to go the right way this time. We'll have to do it through legislation. We'll have not through orders and council to make it stick. So reelect a liberal Carney government and we'll do it the right time. This time. So as horrible as that sounds, that would, of course, kick that can down the road for years and years. And a win in the Supreme Court would mean the OICs would be deemed under, you know, illegal, and they would be nullified and everything would go back to the way it was before.
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Yeah. I mean, you're so right to point out that this is going on six years. Like, if we were the problem, someone would know by now.
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Yes. Yeah. I mean, we've been storing our guns without incident for six years, so it's pretty obvious that this isn't an issue for us. Right, right. And we used them for decades, if not generations before that without issues. So, you know, between having to be forced to pay full compensation to every Canadian affected, which would be, I don't know, tens of billions of dollars, the social and public appetite for that, it's not there. Nobody wants to spend money on this anymore.
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So it's hard to make the pressing public safety case for something that you've kicked down the road for six years. It's real hard to make that case. I want to talk to you also about. So an upcoming rally in Halifax. You had a very successful rally in Quebec. We sent out our Alexa Lavoie.
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Yeah, she was great.
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I love hearing from Quebec gun owners, because I need the reminder as an Albertan that there is a strong, healthy gun culture there and not everybody is a Montreal crazy person. It's good for me to see those things. And you on the back of that. You're planning one in Halifax. Tell us about it.
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Yeah, that's right. So I think the idea here is we're trying to target jurisdictions. I mean, I know everybody wants a rally in their town, and I know, and I would love to do that, too. But we're. We're starting off with, you know, we've been doing this since Cape Breton with the pilot program, and we've been to New Brunswick, we've been to pei, and we're just keep going. And yeah, Quebec was amazing. Thousands of people showed up. But Halifax, the city of Halifax has already signed a deal with the feds to help them with their gun grab. So that's why we're targeting that jurisdiction. So we're going to gather on Friday, April 10, between 4 and 7pm in the Grand Parade, which is basically a big square in front of City Hall. And we're going to oppose that. Of course. We've got Shadow Minister for Hunting, Fishing and Conservation Blaine Culkin's coming. SCI Canada has sort of partnered with us on this They've got an event on the Saturday, so they've got all kinds of people descending upon Halifax at that perfect time, which is why we kind of planned it around that. So we need big numbers there to show that the good people of Halifax don't deserve what their municipal government is doing to them. They don't deserve it at all. Nova Scotia says they're not participating yet. Halifax signed a deal. So I think it's incumbent on us to impress upon both the Halifax Police Service and Halifax City Council that this is not something that their people support. And of course, eventually we'll have to get out to Winnipeg as well, because they've done.
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I was just gonna say. I was just. Are you watching?
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I was just sort of avoiding Winnipeg in the middle of January.
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Sure.
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I mean, you know, tropical ice minus 18 and, you know, a fresh foot of snow here, but.
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Yep.
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Yeah, I mean, it's not great here either, but yeah, it doesn't matter. Whatever. We'll do all the things all the time, all the way. So.
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Yeah, and that's the thing. You got to fight in every single battleground.
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Yeah. Because lots of people have opinions about, you know, well, you guys should be doing this or don't bother doing that. It might be a waste of time. And our attitude is, I don't know, man, we're just gonna do all of. All the way, all the time. Yes, that's it.
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And even if it is to show the firearms owning community that there's a bunch of us, because, you know, sometimes you feel a little bit isolated because once you start talking about your guns, the gun, the government comes to grab them. And so it's, it's nice to have the moral support, you know, when I just talked about it now, great for me to see those Quebec firearms owners out on the streets. It's going to be great for me to see thousands in Halifax. I'm going to love seeing the numbers in Winnipeg. It's good. And, and it also shows the local police force. Maybe we shouldn't be doing this.
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Yeah, that's right. Maybe instead of climbing into the pocket of the federal government for some scrap money, you know, maybe you should be working for the constituents that you represent and that you serve in your community. So, you know, that's kind of been the message. And I, I honestly have heard some conversation out of Winnipeg that they signed early. They were the first ones to sign up and I think they misunderstood the environment and I think they just thought all municipalities are going to sign up. This is just what's Happening, you know, let's get ours not realizing that, wait a minute, you actually had a choice. So I think there's some buyer's remorse over there and that's okay. Maybe they just need a little bit of pressure to do whatever they have to do to get out of that deal and reject this gun grab and support their citizens.
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You know, one of the good things about Alberta, one of the many good things about Alberta is that our municipalities can't sign deals with the federal government behind the province's back. And so we won't have this problem here. But is good for you to give a voice to the residents of these communities who are doing these deals with the federal government that it's being done without their consent.
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Yeah, well, and that's exactly it there. You know, there was no vote amongst the community to see if they wanted this. And it's just a decision made by a bunch of suits in a room with no consideration of how it impacts the very people who are your neighbors and pay the taxes that pay your salary. So, yeah, I think it's a great opportunity for people to speak their mind and make it heard. You know, you don't have to just sit back while people are doing bad things to you.
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Now it's Bowdoin Sportsman Show. It's the most wonderful time of the year. And ccfr, you guys are at so many of them, huge presence. Tell us about the upcoming one.
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Yeah. Toronto Sportsman show is coming up. This. It starts this Thursday, March 19th and runs through Sunday, March 22nd, at the International center in Mississauga. And I always find it interesting that the largest outdoor lifestyle show is in Toronto.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. I don't know. It's kind of weird, but it is. So, yeah, we were. We're going to be there. The CCFR is the. This. Okay. This show is huge. It's like five halls long. You know, you've got a boat hall, you've got a hall full of ATVs and camping stuff, you know, a fishing hall. And then you've got the hunting hall. And that's where all the gun folks are and all the organizations and the outfitters and all kinds of great stuff, gadgets and gear and I love that stuff.
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Me too.
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Yeah. I spend so much money.
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It's like me in a rodeo. A rodeo trade show. Take my money.
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I know. It's just. It's so fun. It's all my favorite things under one roof. I know, but the CCFR sponsors that whole hunting hall, so shout out to all the exhibitors who. Who are also going to be there. It's great. And then we're the bag sponsor as well. So when you arrive and you come through the door, security guards will be handing you CCFR bags because of course you get all kinds of little literature and goodies as you go along the aisles. Stickers and lanyards and people are handing out all kinds of stuff. Stuff. So everybody loves swag, so you'll need somewhere to put it all. And then we've also got the CCFR laser range powered by strike mitten. So this is, this is a lot of fun and everybody loves it. So it's like going to the gun range, but, you know, you can do it inside at these major events. Kids love it. We get the cops lined up to shoot against the kids and it's just so great.
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Yeah, it's.
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Yeah, it's really fun. And it even makes the sound like you hear the sound of the gun firing and the, the casings hitting the floor. Like it's all imaginary, but it just makes it feel real. And you start hearing that gunfire and everything from across the hall and running to see what's going on. But there will be prizes going on there. We've also partnered with SCI Canada. They do a great kids passport and it's, it's a little card and it's got a whole bunch of different booths and exhibitors on it. And it's like a scavenger hunt. The kids have to go around and, and get stamps at all these different places and there's something to do there so they can catch a fish in the fish pond, then go shoot at the laser range, like, you know, and so on and so on. And once they get their card all stamped, they put their information on the back and it goes into a draw. And there's prizes that SEI is giving, like packages where it's like my first hunt, my first fishing trip, my first camping trip. And they get the trip and all the gear and stuff they'll need. Like, it's so fun. So I personally go crazy for stuff like that. So we've donated a whole bunch of cookware and stuff for the kids to go on their first camping trip. But aside from that, we're gonna have the calendar girls there. Always really popular especially.
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I imagine so. Yeah. Yes.
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And we've got tons of swag merchandise, memberships, rods flying in from B.C. so the whole crew will be there. And. Yeah, it's just a great time to kind of put the politics away and just really celebrate the outdoor sports.
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Yeah. Remember why you love it.
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Yes, exactly.
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Yes. Tracy, it's been too long since you've been on the show. And that's a me problem, not you problem. Tell us how people can get involved in the important work that the CCFR does. Because fighting with the government requires a substantial war chest. The government has all of your money to fight you and organize. Organizations like yours are just grassroots, doing ab. Like, quite literally, as you say, everything you can to fight back. So how do people help?
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Yeah, I mean, we don't take any government funding for obvious reasons. Right. I wouldn't take their money even if they offered it. But you can help us out by being a member. It's the very best way to help us out. You can go to ccfr, ca, become a member. But you'll notice when you go to the website, this window will pop up and it's got our contest on there. It's raining guns. So we have this crazy contest. We're literally giving away 100 guns.
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Nice.
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When Rod told me the idea for this project, I was like, are you crazy? And then immediately fell in love with the idea. So, yeah, it's raining guns over here at the CCFR. So, yeah, every 20 bucks gets you an entry. We these guns got to go to somebody. Why not you? So that's another great way to help us out. We spent upwards of. I don't know, we're well over $3 million fighting in court for your guns. So. And hopefully we'll find out Thursday. Hopefully, we're going to spend a whole bunch more at the Supreme Court. So, yeah, we need all the help we can get. And of course, you can follow our podcast everywhere you watch your regular podcast, CCFR Radio. And if you've got cable tv, we're on Wild tv. And the show is CCFR Radio on the air.
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Tracy, thank you so much for taking the time today. And thank you so much for just the hard work that you do on behalf of families just like mine, because I know it affects your family, too. And this is a deeply personal issue for all of us, so many of us in the Canadian firearms rights community. So just thank you for everything you do for us.
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Well, we'll keep at it. We promised you we'd do everything we can and we meant it.
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Well, as always, the last portion of the show belongs to you, our beloved viewers, because without you, there is no Rebel News. So if you want to leave me viewer feedback, send it right to my personal email inbox. Sheila. Rebel news.com put gun show letters in the subject line so I know why you're emailing me and who knows, you might just see your email read on air. There's another way you can get in touch with me and if you love the show and you want it to grow, encourage your friends when you share clips of the show with them, the clips that you might find on YouTube or on Rumble, encourage them to leave comments because I go over there looking for viewer feedback too. And if you share those clips, clips, who knows, we might just convert those one time or two time viewers into behind the Paywall subscribers and that helps Rebel News fight on another day. So this viewer feedback, this set of your feedback comes on my video calling on Lori Idlout, the formerly NDP MP from Nunavut to resign and go to a by election. After crossing the floor to the Liberal Party of Canada, the people of Nunavut elected an NDP mp for better or for worse. I mean I wouldn't do it, but it's their decision and they just lost their vote because Laurie Idlout was engaged in some backroom dealing obviously and decided to cross the floor to the Carney Liberals, something she denied she was going to do in a bit of a mat generous move just two short months ago. What changed? Well, a bunch of funding announcements for Nunavut and you know, in the background Lori Idlot was also a federal contractor, which actually makes her the perfect Liberal. If you remember Randy Bossenau, Liberal MP from Edmonton. No longer, but he did the same thing with his Pandemic Era PPE company So I mean maybe she is a Liberal.
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Who knew?
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Anyway, let's go to the viewer comments. Kevin Armstrong 751 says it is an unholy alliance. Switching parties in the middle of the year between elections is fraudulent and criminal. At the very least it's unethical and and it should trigger an instant by election. Like if you think your constituents agree with this and why don't you ask them, there's a reason they aren't. I don't know how this is tolerated or even legal. It's defrauding the voters. I mean it's legal, but it is definitely unethical. Especially if there's no one issue that they can point to. For example, if it was an issue of a matter of conscience. So let's say and this is a wild hypothetical because I know there's there aren't really pro life Liberals left. But if there was a piece of legislation being advanced that was okay with post birth abortion by the Liberals, I. E. Infanticide and so I could understand if that piece of legislation was announced and a liberal said, whoa, that's a bridge too far. I'm not on Team Infanticide. I'm going to cross the floor, join the Conservatives. Okay, okay, I get it. I still don't like that they didn't run a by election, but this didn't happen on an issue. Same with Matt Gennaro. There was no issue. He said it was the World Economic Forum speech. That really moved me. Moved you to what? What was in that speech? Like, could you point to the one thing. There's no issue here. They just crossed the floor to give Mark Carney a majority. S. Noble V6J says this is not a democracy. Well, it isn't when your vote doesn't count and your vote belongs to you, it doesn't belong to the mp. The writing belongs to you. It doesn't actually belong to the mp. You just let them sit there. Mar Chadwick says, el bozos must be so proud of this country sliding into a communist country. I mean, where's the lie, Rob? W4E 4W says forced liberalism. That's exactly what this is, right? They just force liberalism on the voters of Nunavut the same way Mark Genaru forced it on the voters of Edmonton Riverbend. They didn't vote Liberal, but they got liberal anyway. Legend 1958 says greed the best motivator.
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M.M.
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e. Parker, 1987 says she got 1 billion for a territory that has maybe 50,000 people. That is very true. Once Mark Carney started romancing her, they just dumped money into her riding, including an outrageous amount for housing. Or at least they sort of reannounced a housing amount. I mean, you could house hundreds of thousands of people for the amount of money they're dumping in that riding for housing. So where's the money going? Federal contractors would take a little piece for themselves or a big piece for themselves along the way before the help actually gets to the people. Naturally, dsmbro3 says people shouldn't be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of the people. From V. The movie V for Vendetta, I think. Yeah. Yeah. But instead, in Canada, we live in constant fear of our government stripping us from our rights, imprisoning us and making us destitute by locking us out of our bank accounts. And then no matter how we vote, we still end up with the Liberal government. Ask me why Alberta wants to separate from this godforsaken mess. All right, that's the show for today, guys. Thank you so much for tuning in. I'll see everybody back here in the same time, in the same place next week. And as always, don't let the government tell you that you've had too much to think.
Episode: "SHEILA GUNN REID | Tracey Wilson: Saskatchewan moves to shield gun owners from Ottawa’s gun grab"
Date: March 18, 2026
Guests: Tracey Wilson (Canadian Coalition for Firearms Rights)
Theme: Saskatchewan’s legislative moves to protect gun owners from federal firearms legislation, judicial developments, and grassroots firearms rights activism.
This episode delves deeply into Saskatchewan’s bold legislative steps to shield lawful gun owners from federal confiscation efforts—colloquially termed Ottawa’s "gun grab." Host Sheila Gunn Reid welcomes Tracey Wilson from the Canadian Coalition for Firearms Rights (CCFR) to analyze Saskatchewan’s new law, discuss federal court challenges and Conservative legislative efforts, and highlight ongoing grassroots activism across Canada. The discussion is framed as a defiant, creative resistance to what is widely perceived among guests and host as Ottawa’s overreach and mishandling of firearms policy.
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New Amendments in Saskatchewan:
Provincial/Federal Tension:
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Significance:
Criticism & Realpolitik:
Financial Reality:
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Bill C-270:
Public Safety Crisis:
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Judicial Milestone:
Political Calculus:
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Upcoming & Past Rallies:
Goals:
Broader Movement:
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Toronto Sportsman Show (March 19–22):
Fundraising & Membership:
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“It's to keep the guns in your home for years and years while maybe we try and work on other things, a new government, court action, whatever.”
— Tracey Wilson [05:58]
“The feds were going to actually properly, fully compensate people for everything … cost probably tens of billions of dollars. It's never going to happen.”
— Tracey Wilson [08:56]
“A conversation that was actually totally taboo 10 years ago now is completely mainstream. And you've got soccer moms in urban Ottawa … looking for, hey, how do I get armed up and be able to defend my life?”
— Tracey Wilson [11:57]
“If we were the problem, someone would know by now.”
— Sheila Gunn Reid [18:16]
| Timestamp | Segment/Topic | |------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:00–00:49| Opening overview; intro to Bill 42 and legal news | | 00:49–05:29| Overview of Saskatchewan Firearms Act amendments (legislative details) | | 05:09–09:43| CCFR’s Tracey Wilson analysis; implications for owners, other provinces | | 09:43–14:17| Federal Conservative “Stand Your Ground” bill & critiques of Liberal policy | | 14:54–18:16| CCFR’s Supreme Court case and what’s at stake | | 19:21–22:38| Rallies, activism, and municipal government collaboration | | 24:24–27:55| Sportsman show, community culture, CCFR’s fundraising & outreach |
The episode’s tone is defiant, passionate, and laced with sardonic humor and frustration at Ottawa’s policies. It foregrounds the voices of grassroots activists, provincial politicians, and ordinary gun owners, while urging listeners to get involved and support both advocacy and community-building.
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Closing Note (Sheila):
This summary presents the most important discussions, analysis, and quotes from the episode, retaining the tone and style of the hosts while being accessible to those who have not listened to the full broadcast.