**PAL is required for buying propellant powders**:
Propellant powders (Part 14)
The amendments will update the requirements for propellant powders, including black powder and smokeless powder, by
adding the number and expiry date of a buyer’s fireworks operator certificate — pyrotechnician, if applicable, to the information sellers must keep a record of for two years after the date of each sale of propellant powder.”
clarifying that a mass of propellant powder does not include propellant powder that is in a small arms cartridge, percussion cap or primer;
adding a requirement that black powder must be stored in its original container in amounts no greater than 500 g of black powder per container;
clarifying that smokeless powder must be stored in its original container;
reducing the maximum quantity of black powder that may be stored at any one time in storage units that are not attached to a dwelling, whether in a single unit or in several, from 75 kg to 25 kg;
clarifying that the maximum quantity of smokeless powder that may be stored at any one time in storage units that are not attached to a dwelling, whether in a single unit or in several, is 75 kg;
adding a requirement that a seller, before selling propellant powder to a buyer, must require the buyer to provide the buyer’s valid fireworks operator certificate — pyrotechnician or the buyer’s valid PAL issued under the Firearms Act or the buyer’s Public Agents Identification Number (PAIN); and
adding the number and expiry date of a buyer’s fireworks operator certificate — pyrotechnician, if applicable, to the information sellers must keep a record of for two years after the date of each sale of propellant powder.
Please see the original Gazette link for detailed information:
Regulations Amending the Explosives Regulations, 2013: SOR/2024-77, Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 158, Number 11
https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2024/2024-05-22/html/sor-dors77-eng.html