Background
The government of Canada amended the Criminal Code of Canada in 1995 to include the controversial Firearms Act, which required gun owners to have them registered and to obtain licences for them.
The government of Alberta submitted a reference question to the Alberta Court of Appeal to determine whether the Act was in relation to matters under the jurisdiction of the federal government. The government of Alberta argued that the law was in relation to personal property and thus was a matter in the jurisdiction of the province. The federal government, however, argued that the law was in the realm of criminal law, which is under federal jurisdiction.
Read more about this topic: Reference Re Firearms Act
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