{"id":230332,"date":"2026-01-29T13:38:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=230332"},"modified":"2026-01-29T13:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:46:17","slug":"canadian-balk-ottawa-buyback-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/canadian-balk-ottawa-buyback-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Provinces Balk at Ottawa\u2019s &#8216;Buyback&#8217; Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">3<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada\u2019s long-running experiment with compensated gun confiscation is running headfirst into a wall\u2014and this time, it\u2019s coming from inside the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Canadian media reports highlighted by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, fully half of Canada\u2019s provinces\u2014along with the Northwest Territories and Yukon\u2014are refusing to participate in the federal government\u2019s much-touted gun \u201cbuyback\u201d program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Federal gun buyback program not operating in Sask.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/atww4eeWc8o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In short: Ottawa wants provinces to help collect <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/canada-expands-firearm-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"canadian-balk-ottawa-buyback-scheme\" title=\"Canadian Provinces Balk at Ottawa\u2019s 'Buyback' Scheme\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"3095\">banned firearms<\/a>, and a growing number of them are saying, <em>no thanks<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ccrkba-easier-to-get-a-gun-than-a-burger-your-fries-arent-cooked\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"canadian-balk-ottawa-buyback-scheme\" title=\"Canadian Provinces Balk at Ottawa\u2019s 'Buyback' Scheme\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"3092\">CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb<\/a> shot straight, calling the provincial pushback \u201clong overdue\u201d and describing the buyback for what it actually is: compensated confiscation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That distinction matters. The Canadian government didn\u2019t previously own these firearms. They were legally purchased, legally possessed, and later banned by bureaucratic decree. Calling the forced surrender of <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hunt365-iowa-goose-hunting-private-property\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"canadian-balk-ottawa-buyback-scheme\" title=\"Canadian Provinces Balk at Ottawa\u2019s 'Buyback' Scheme\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"3096\">private property<\/a> a \u201cbuyback\u201d may sound softer, but it doesn\u2019t change the reality on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-third-echelon-makes-a-suppressed-derringer-shot-show-2026\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/third-echelon-suppressed-derringer-shot-show-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"canadian-balk-ottawa-buyback-scheme\" title=\"Canadian Provinces Balk at Ottawa\u2019s 'Buyback' Scheme\">Third Echelon Makes A Suppressed Derringer? \u2014 SHOT Show 2026<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Newfoundland and Labrador is the latest province to reject the plan, joining Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, an enormous portion of Canada\u2019s landmass and a significant share of its population. Add in the Northwest Territories and Yukon, and the message becomes hard to ignore: this program isn\u2019t just unpopular, it\u2019s unworkable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ottawa reportedly earmarked roughly $250 million for compensation, but critics argue that money would be far better spent targeting actual drivers of crime (drug trafficking, repeat violent offenders, and gang activity) rather than focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/bidens-pardon-of-hunter-a-slap-in-the-face-to-every-law-abiding-gun-owner\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"canadian-balk-ottawa-buyback-scheme\" title=\"Canadian Provinces Balk at Ottawa\u2019s 'Buyback' Scheme\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"3093\">law-abiding gun owners<\/a> who aren\u2019t the source of Canada\u2019s rising violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s also a practical reality that urban policymakers often overlook. In large parts of Canada, firearms aren\u2019t political symbols; they\u2019re tools for survival. Rural and northern communities rely on them for hunting, predator defense, and basic safety. Provinces representing those citizens are now drawing a hard line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike the United States, Canada lacks a <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/alabama-to-consider-constitutional-carry-second-amendment-sanctuary-bills-in-upcoming-session\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"canadian-balk-ottawa-buyback-scheme\" title=\"Canadian Provinces Balk at Ottawa\u2019s 'Buyback' Scheme\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"3094\">constitutional backstop like the Second Amendment<\/a>. Even so, provincial resistance shows that political limits still exist when policy crosses into absurdity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The federal government may try to spin this as a temporary setback, but the trend is clear. When half the country refuses to help enforce a policy, the problem isn\u2019t messaging.  It\u2019s the policy itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Gottlieb put it, freedom has a way of spreading once people get a taste of it. 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