What is Bill C-17?
(With permission from the ctg.faq, see further reading for location) Bill C-17 was introduced and passed in 1991 by the Kim Campbell Conservatives. It created expanded powers for the minister of justice to restrict any firearm and prohibit those not “commonly used in Canada for hunting or sporting purposes”. Other sections included new powers for police to search the homes of certain types of “gun collectors”, and placed limits on magazine sizes (10 rounds for semi-auto pistols and 5 for centre-fire semi-auto rifles and shotguns, but there are a few exceptions). Some of C-17 is illegal, much is unnecessary, and some of the OICs (Orders in Council) have been thrown out. Bill C-17 was preceded by Bill C-80 which died on the Order Paper.
