Printing of Licence Cards for Firearms Licences
Date: June 3, 2020
Classification: unclassified
Branch/Agency: RCMP
Issue:
The Canadian Firearms Program (CFP) printing of Firearms Licences
Proposed Response:
- Due to measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Canadian Firearms Program is experiencing significant impacts to our services, like many other service providers in Canada.
- The production of Firearms Licence cards, which are produced at our processing site located in Miramichi, NB, cannot be performed remotely
- which resulted in our inability to produce them for a period of time. This was identified on the Canadian Firearms Program's web site.
- The Canadian Firearms Program has recently initiated the production of licence cards, however, clients may still experience delays due to reduced capacity in our processing site as a result of COVID-19.
- The Canadian Firearms Program is working diligently to address workloads that may have been impacted as the result of COVID-19.
Background:
The Canadian Firearms Program prints an estimated 10,000 Firearms Licence cards per week.
Due to measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Canadian Firearms Program is experiencing significant impacts to our services, like many other service providers in Canada.
The production of Firearms Licence cards was stopped on Monday March 16, 2020 as a result of the closure of our processing site located in Miramichi, NB.
The production of Firearms Licence cards, which are produced at our processing site located in Miramichi, NB, cannot be performed remotely.
The Canadian Firearms Program has recently initiated the production of licence cards, however, clients may still experience delays due to reduced capacity in our processing site as a result of COVID-19.
This is now reflected on the Canadian Firearms Program's website.
The Canadian Firearms Program is working diligently to address workloads that may have been impacted as the result of COVID-19.
Contacts:
Prepared by: Rob Mackinnon, Director, Firearms Business Improvement, 613-843-5444
Approved by: Stephen White, Deputy Commissioner, Specialized Policing Services, 613-843-4631 (still waiting for Deputy's approval).
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