The Ontario government is joining a Supreme Court challenge by a firearms rights advocacy group against the federal government’s ban on approximately 2,500 types of what it calls “assault-style” weapons.
Alberta and Saskatchewan have also joined the legal challenge by filing notices of intervention before the Supreme Court on May 19.
The Supreme Court of Canada granted leave on March 19 to hear an appeal challenging the federal ban on firearms, which Ottawa classifies as suitable only for military use.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is joining the legal challenge as the federal government begins collecting prohibited firearms from Canadian gun owners as part of its Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program, which is opposed by several provinces and police jurisdictions….