Update On Ontario Restricted Transfer Times

Called Ontario CFO today and they told me they are working on March 3rd right now for retail purchases. Individual-to-individual transfers are on hold right now, whatever that means :/
 
Called Ontario CFO today and they told me they are working on March 3rd right now for retail purchases. Individual-to-individual transfers are on hold right now, whatever that means :/

I'm simply guesstimating a lot here, so don't you all take this to heart.
Let's assume due to extra demand, CFO is seeing 200 purchases per day. With 5 employees, assuming they do some deep dives on the PAL, they could get through 30 per day per employee. And again guesstimating, but a minimum of a month will need to pass before they get to the purchases made about 30 days in the past?

Oh boy. I guess I'm looking at another couple weeks before they approve my purchase. And another couple weeks before Tenda puts in the mail. And another week before CP delivers it to me. And all this without any complications during COVID. So mid-May?

Excuse me while I go cry.
 
Personally, what's the point of the license or the daily "background" checks, if someone STILL has to go and verify the info etc. It's REALLY all about control and nothing at all to do with public safety. I'm at the 2 week mark and having to wait longer than a few days for a retail purchase transfer to complete is BS, virus or no virus.
 
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Called Ontario CFO today and they told me they are working on March 3rd right now for retail purchases. Individual-to-individual transfers are on hold right now, whatever that means :/

Wow, what a $hit Show. I don't agree with excuses on approving transfers. the Ontario CFO/s have never had it together.
 
I called the RCMP(firearm tranfer) today. Office is closed due to the current situation. Not sure for how long. No timeframe identified in their message. Hope it isnt too long. I would really love to get my new pistol sooner than later
 
Called Ontario CFO today and they told me they are working on March 3rd right now for retail purchases. Individual-to-individual transfers are on hold right now, whatever that means :/

This is what's really annoying right now, so much conflicting info. Some people have gotten them done. Some people say they're on hold. I would **LOVE** if I could get a solid answer.
 
This is what's really annoying right now, so much conflicting info. Some people have gotten them done. Some people say they're on hold. I would **LOVE** if I could get a solid answer.

The most probable explanation is that the office is closed, but some employees are working remotely using a VPN, so some transfers still go through, as long as it's all electronic.
 
I'm simply guesstimating a lot here, so don't you all take this to heart.
Let's assume due to extra demand, CFO is seeing 200 purchases per day. With 5 employees, assuming they do some deep dives on the PAL, they could get through 30 per day per employee. And again guesstimating, but a minimum of a month will need to pass before they get to the purchases made about 30 days in the past?

Oh boy. I guess I'm looking at another couple weeks before they approve my purchase. And another couple weeks before Tenda puts in the mail. And another week before CP delivers it to me. And all this without any complications during COVID. So mid-May?

Excuse me while I go cry.

Your calculations are slightly inaccurate. You will get the transfer notification too so you can call Tenda to have them ship your gun.
 
I love in Ontario and sold a restricted to a fellow CGN in Manitoba two weeks ago. Called in on a Friday and transfer was completed the next Monday. Had it been Ontario to Ontario...I would still be waiting on transfer

So... Inter-Provincial transfers have the potential to go faster than 'local' ones?

NS transfer times usually take about a week under normal circumstances.
 
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I love in Ontario and sold a restricted to a fellow CGN in Manitoba two weeks ago. Called in on a Friday and transfer was completed the next Monday. Had it been Ontario to Ontario...I would still be waiting on transfer

To love in Ontario is the best way not to spread Covid 19 to other provinces.
 
So... Inter-Provincial transfers have the potential to go faster than 'local' ones?

NS transfer times usually take about a week under normal circumstances.

The transfer time is determined by the CFO of the destination province. You start a transfer to a buyer in ON or AB, the transfer time will be determined by the ON or AB CFO.
 
I just received this e-mail from the Ontario CFO.....

"Please note, only emails pertaining to Authorizations to Transport for the purpose of a change of residence or temporary storage will be responded to at this time.
The Government of Ontario has declared a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Effective March 18, 2020, The Chief Firearms Office will have minimal staff working to address essential business.

Le gouvernement de l'Ontario a déclaré l'état d'urgence en réponse à l’épidémie de COVID-19. À compter du 18 mars 2020, le Bureau du contrôleur des armes à feu disposera d'un personnel minimal qui s'occupera des affaires essentielles.
Veuillez noter que seulement les courriels pour les demandes des autorisations de transport pour le déménagement ou l'entreposage temporaire vont être acheminé.
 
I was told today by the RCMP firearms center that there is currently no timeline for restricted transfers to Ontario. She said if the transfer was not approved by the END OF MAY! I should call back for an update. 10 weeks for a transfer? I mean I think the average literate person could probably approve thousands of these a day so is there a million gun backlog or something?

It was already at 5-6 weeks before covid so what are we looking at 2-3 months min for a transfer? Something needs to change here this is a completely unacceptable level of service to be getting.

nothing will change until YOU do something to change it. Call your MPP. Call the ministers office. Call the Ontario Ombudsmen. Call a lawyer.

THe service delivery standard for transfers is 30 days. FIle a complaint.

The reason why the ontario CFO has gotten away with brutal transfer times for the last 10 years is because gun owners simply accept this sorry state of affairs and wait.

If Gun owners filed 1,000 complaints a year against the CFOs office and CC'd Doug Ford asking him to explain if Ontario taxpayers are getting their money's worth out of the Ontario CFO, he might just hand the whole thing back to the FEDS, which would be a win for Ontario gun owners, a win for Ontario taxpayers, and a F YOU to Justin Trudeau and the RCMP. Ontario has been subsidizing the Canadian Firearms Program workload for 20 years and it needs to stop.
 
nothing will change until YOU do something to change it. Call your MPP. Call the ministers office. Call the Ontario Ombudsmen. Call a lawyer.

THe service delivery standard for transfers is 30 days. FIle a complaint.

The reason why the ontario CFO has gotten away with brutal transfer times for the last 10 years is because gun owners simply accept this sorry state of affairs and wait.

If Gun owners filed 1,000 complaints a year against the CFOs office and CC'd Doug Ford asking him to explain if Ontario taxpayers are getting their money's worth out of the Ontario CFO, he might just hand the whole thing back to the FEDS, which would be a win for Ontario gun owners, a win for Ontario taxpayers, and a F YOU to Justin Trudeau and the RCMP. Ontario has been subsidizing the Canadian Firearms Program workload for 20 years and it needs to stop.

Well said.

Although there should be some understanding given the current state of the World due to COVID-19.
 
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