Governor in Council (GIC) making regulations prohibiting firearms which had previously been legal for licensed ownership and use — Applicants challenging regulations as ultra vires the GIC and infringing rights under theCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — Whether Governor in Council’s authority to make regulations under Criminal Code, s. 117.15, sufficiently broad to address the Code’s general public protection purpose in an overriding manner without considering the express restriction on the scope of its law-making authority regarding firearms with reasonable utility for hunting and sport shooting — In contemplating potential criminal proceedings and for purposes of determining unconstitutional vagueness, what are the hallmarks or factors of an intelligible standard delineating a clear zone of risk for interpreting undefined terms in legislation, when those terms have such broad ordinary meanings that they require additional references for context? — granted 03/19/2026 — Supreme Advocacy acted as agent for the Applicant.
Read the lower court decision from the FCA here.