Bill C-19 (Historical)

Ending the Long-gun Registry Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act

This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2013.

Sponsor

Vic Toews  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act to remove the requirement to register firearms that are neither prohibited nor restricted. It also provides for the destruction of existing records, held in the Canadian Firearms Registry and under the control of chief firearms officers, that relate to the registration of such firearms.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Votes

Feb. 15, 2012 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
Feb. 7, 2012 Passed That Bill C-19, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act, {as amended}, be concurred in at report stage [with a further amendment/with further amendments] .
Feb. 7, 2012 Failed That Bill C-19 be amended by deleting Clause 29.
Feb. 7, 2012 Failed That Bill C-19 be amended by deleting Clause 28.
Feb. 7, 2012 Failed That Bill C-19 be amended by deleting Clause 24.
Feb. 7, 2012 Failed That Bill C-19 be amended by deleting Clause 23.
Feb. 7, 2012 Failed That Bill C-19 be amended by deleting Clause 19.
Feb. 7, 2012 Failed That Bill C-19 be amended by deleting Clause 11.
Feb. 7, 2012 Failed That Bill C-19 be amended by deleting Clause 4.
Feb. 7, 2012 Failed That Bill C-19 be amended by deleting Clause 3.
Feb. 7, 2012 Failed That Bill C-19 be amended by deleting Clause 2.
Feb. 7, 2012 Failed That Bill C-19 be amended by deleting Clause 1.
Feb. 7, 2012 Passed That, in relation to Bill C-19, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act, not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration at report stage of the Bill and two sitting days shall be allotted to the consideration at third reading stage of the said Bill; and that, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the day allotted to the consideration at report stage and on the second day allotted to the consideration at third reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and in turn every question necessary for the disposal of the stage of the Bill then under consideration shall be put forthwith and successively without further debate or amendment.
Nov. 1, 2011 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.
Nov. 1, 2011 Failed That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: “the House decline to give second reading to Bill C-19, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act, because it: ( a) destroys existing data that is of public safety value for provinces that wish to establish their own system of long-gun registration, which may lead to significant and entirely unnecessary expenditure of public funds; (b) fails to respond to the specific request from the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police for use of existing data in the interest of public safety; and (c) fails to strike a balance between the legitimate concerns of rural and Aboriginal Canadians and the need for police to have appropriate tools to enhance public safety”.
Oct. 27, 2011 Passed That, in relation to Bill C-19, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act, not more than three further sitting days shall be allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the Bill; and That, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the third day allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the Bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Nov. 15, 2011

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Nov. 17, 2011

  • Robert Dutil, Minister of Public Security, Government of Quebec
  • Mario Harel, Vice-President, Chief of Police, Gatineau Police Service, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
  • Matthew Torigian, Chief of Police, Waterloo Regional Police Service, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
  • Hélène Larente, Volunteer, Coordinator, Women's Hunting Program, Fédération québécoise des chasseurs et pêcheurs
  • Diana Cabrera, Administration Manager, Canadian Shooting Sports Association
  • Tony Bernardo, Executive Director, Canadian Shooting Sports Association
  • Wendy Cukier, President, Coalition for Gun Control
  • Barbara Kane, Psychiatrist, Coalition for Gun Control
  • Audrey Deveault, Chairperson, Dawson Student Union
  • Mathieu Murphy-Perron, Executive Director, Dawson Student Union
  • Randall Kuntz, As an Individual
  • Donald Weltz, As an Individual

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Nov. 22, 2011

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Nov. 24, 2011

  • Étienne Blais, Associate Professor, School of Criminology, University of Montreal, As an Individual
  • Gary Mauser, Professor Emeritus, Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies, Simon Fraser University, As an Individual
  • Greg Illerbrun, Firearms Chairman, Past-President, Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation
  • Nathalie Provost, Students and Graduates of Polytechnique for Gun Control
  • Heidi Rathjen, Spokesperson, Students and Graduates of Polytechnique for Gun Control
  • Caillin Langmann, Emergency Medicine Resident, Fellowship Program of the Royal College of Physicians Canada, Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, As an Individual
  • Duane Rutledge, Sergeant, K-9 Unit, New Glasgow Police Service, As an Individual
  • Bruno Marchand, Director General, Association québécoise de prévention du suicide
  • Eve-Marie Lacasse, Main Coordinator, Fédération des femmes du Québec
  • Manon Monastesse, Managing Director, Fédération de ressources d'hébergement pour femmes violentées et en difficulté du Québec, Fédération des femmes du Québec

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Nov. 29, 2011