Public Safety Canada has given $48,720 to Divergenres, a Quebec City trans advocacy group, for a project called "Transphobia and Red Flag Laws". The contribution, listed in the federal grants database under the department's Policy Development Contribution Program (PDCP), runs from April 20, 2026 to March 31, 2027, in the riding of Beauport-Limoilou.

The record says: "The project aims to take stock of transphobic hate crimes and victims of gun crimes. They plan to inform professionals (risk, screening and intervention) with a guide, and the trans and non-binary community with tools to raise awareness of their legal recourses (Red Flag Laws). This project aims to make these laws visible and accessible, so that everyone is informed of their rights." Among the expected results, the department lists "recommendations aimed at informing policy and legislative changes" and "Increased public awareness and greater public confidence in Canada's criminal justice system".

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The "red flag" provisions came in with Bill C-21, which received Royal Assent on December 15, 2023. Public Safety Canada's own page says "Anyone may apply to a court" for an emergency prohibition order that removes a person's firearms "for up to 30 days", with hearings possible for a prohibition of up to five years. The application "is ex parte, meaning it is made without the knowledge of the person against whom the order is sought", and "A judge may also seal court documents or remove any information that might identify the person applying."

Divergenres describes itself in French as a feminist, intersectional community organization run by and for binary and non-binary trans people in the Capitale-Nationale region, with a mission to educate the public on the plurality of genders. Its website thanks its financial partners with the logos of the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec. No staff or directors are named on the site.

Statistics Canada reported on March 30, 2026, that police recorded 4,882 hate crimes in 2024, that hate crimes targeting sexual orientation "declined 26% to 658 incidents", and that those targeting gender identity or expression rose "8% from 2023 to 139 incidents in 2024". Statistics Canada publishes no count of gun crimes against transgender people, which is one of the things the project says it will take stock of.

The department running the gun buyback is now paying an activist group to teach people how to get someone else's guns taken away without their knowledge.