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Mr. President, I am Sheldon Clare, president of Canada’s National Firearms Association. The NFA is the largest advocacy organization representing the rights of firearms owners and users in Canada. I would like to make four brief points regarding the ATT and civil ownership of firearms. First, Mr. President, The ATT should have excluded civilian firearms, […] Read more

Canada’s National Firearms Association announces that elections will be held for the Board of Directors. Interested parties should submit a nomination form and a short (200 words) biography and statement of intent to the National office no later than October 1, 2016. Nomination forms are available for download here (NFA_NominationForm_2016_EN), you will also find the […] Read more

UN BMS 6-10 June, 2016 World Forum on Shooting Activities Sheldon Clare – Board Member Mr. Chairman, I am Sheldon Clare, a director of the WFSA and president of Canada’s National Firearms Association. The NFA is the largest advocacy organization representing the rights of firearms owners and users in Canada and it is a member […] Read more

On April 12, 2016, Liberal Senator Céline Hervieux Payette has introduced Bill S-223 in the Canadian Senate.  This bill is the most serious threat to the firearms owners’ community since Bill C-68.  Here is a link to it: http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&DocId=8177232 The main features of Bill S-223 are as follows: Current firearms categories are replaced with: Hunting […] Read more

by Guy Lavergne, Attorney at Law* April 6, 2016 There is ongoing confusion about this topic, further to declarations made in the media by spokespersons for “PolyRemembers”, namely Ms. Nathalie Provost and Heidi Rathjen, as well as to the declarations of TV host Guy A. Lepage, seemingly validating the statements that Ms. Provost made on […] Read more

As most of you are aware of, the NFA is currently involved in corporate litigation before the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench (the “Court”). In view of the fact that the rights and claims of the respective parties have yet to be adjudicated by the Court, on October 20th, 2015, the Court issued an order […] Read more

Comme la plupart d’entre vous le savent déjà, l’ACAF est présentement impliquée dans un litige corporatif devant la Cour du Banc de la Reine de l’Alberta (la « Cour »).   Étant donné que la Cour n’est pas en mesure de se prononcer sur les droits et prétentions des parties, une ordonnance a été émise le 20 octobre […] Read more