Alberta has used its new Firearms Act for the first time in order to restrict municipalities and police from entering into agreements with the federal government, the province announced on April 5.
In a news release, the province said it had moved to use the first regulation under the Alberta Firearms Act since it was introduced on March 7.
The regulation requires that municipalities, police services, and police commissions receive written approval from Alberta’s minister of justice and attorney general before signing funding agreements or accepting funding from the federal government to take part in the federal firearms confiscation program.
This will allow Minister of Justice and Attorney General Tyler Shandro to review the agreements, said the province, to “ensure they are consistent with safe delivery of firearms programming.”…