Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro says the federal government has failed to prepare the RCMP for administering firearms transfers and licence applications following their “radical change” in handgun legislation in recent months.
In a press release on July 21, the Alberta government criticized the Liberal government for doing nothing to ensure that the RCMP has the resources to handle the “deluge” of licence and transfer applications after their announcements in May that introduced new rules on how handguns will be controlled.
