Quebec Firearms Registrations

The initial meeting between CTA’s representatives and the Ministère de la Sécurité publique (MSP) du Québec took place on February 7, 2018, in Québec City.

It was made clear from the start that the CTA does not oppose Bill 64, the Firearms Registration Act. We explained the concerns that Crees have about the application of the registration process and with eventual impacts, should a firearm be seized for not being duly registered.

The objective of this Cree-MSP table is to find solutions to these concerns we have in Eeyou Istchee’ context.

The intent of this first session was to demonstrate our openness and collaboration, and to evaluate the MSP’s, in finding useful solutions for implementing Bill 64 in Eeyou Istchee, without impacting our rights as Cree hunters, who rely on firearms to harvest.

We have already suggested that CTA employees be trained to provide firearm registration services.

We also recommended the implementation of an awareness campaign with material in Cree, such as posters, ads in The Nation, radio announcements, etc. that would ensure that all our members are notified.