MPs said they’re being thrust into playing the role of firearms analysts for Canadians bombarding them with technical questions about the proposed new gun restrictions.
OTTAWA—Liberal members of Parliament are now adding their voices to a growing chorus of people demanding a fix to the government’s efforts to further restrict firearms.
The amendments in question are proposed changes to Bill C-21, which was introduced in May and would freeze the sale of handguns and give police more powers to investigate firearms offences, as well as other public safety measures. Among the high-profile voices calling on the government to solve the issue was NHL superstar goalie Carey Price, whose decision to criticize the changes drew much more attention to the issue than the government was anticipating.
Some of the guns listed in the amendment have actually been prohibited for years, but the government is moving to legislate those prohibitions to make it harder for a future government to repeal the restrictions. “But those that are appropriate for use in hunting and recreational sports shooting should be classified accordingly.”
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Trudeau, ministers emerge from Rouleau Commission testimony 'relatively unscathed,' say insidersPrime Minster Justin Trudeau, cabinet members, and high-level government officials who testified before the Public Order Emergency Commission emerged without too much political damage, say insiders and experts, as critics were hard-pressed to find successful lines of attack on the government. According to a document tabled on Nov. 25, a Feb. 14 first ministers’ conference call surrounding the Emergencies Act was convened prior to a final decision being made, with the prime minister concluding that he was “confident we can find a resolution to the situation,” and that he was conscious of concerns around inflaming the protest. Trudeau also said his recollection was that the use of the Emergencies Act would be “step by step, proportional, and not overreaching.” The prime minister invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canada’s history later that day to bring an end to the weeks-long occupation by protesters railing against pandemic restrictions. Police required two days to clear protesters out of downtown Ottawa before the declaration was revoked on Feb. 23. Pollster Nik Nanos said a lot of the testimony heard throughout the inquiry reinforced what most Canadians already knew, which was that there was a “hot mess” between different law enforcement agencies, and between the federal government and provinces such as Ontario and Alberta. “That said, all Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) had to do was not make a mistake, and he got through it without making a mistake, so from a public opinion perspective, that’s a win,” said Nanos of the prime minister’s highly anticipated appearance on the final day of the commission’s hearings. There are “inherent risks” in having any prime minister testify before an inquiry, but Nanos called it “very unusual” for a prime minister to gain support as a result of testifying before an inquiry. Pollster Nik Nanos says there are ‘inherent risks’ in having any prime minister testify before an inquiry, but that Trudeau got through witho
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‘Rock and a hard place’: party insiders say managing internal divisions on gun control Singh’s ‘biggest test’ as left-leaning hunters set sights on rural, northern MPsAlthough the Liberals say they’re willing to review controversial changes to their gun-control legislation to avoid targeting common firearms used by hunters, the pressure is already mounting on the NDP to speak out as “left-leaning” hunters set their sights on MPs representing the party’s substantial rural, northwestern, and Indigenous constituencies. Following the Nov. 17 introduction of amendments to Bill C-21 by Liberal MP Paul Chiang (Markham–Unionville, Ont.) at the House Public Safety and National Security Committee, Reddit users began posting on forums like r/canadaguns, and r/CanadaHunting that they had received information from their local NDP MPs indicating that the party opposed the amendments. Chiang’s amendment would, among other things, ban “rifles and shotguns” that are “capable of discharging centre-fire ammunition in a semi-automatic manner,” guns firing with more than 10,000 joules of energy, and those with “a bore diameter of 20 mm” or greater. “We just put forward a list and we’re consulting with Canadians on that,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) said on Dec. 5. “That’s what we’re listening to: feedback on how to make sure that we’re not capturing weapons that are primarily hunting weapons.” Screenshot of The_Phaedron’s Reddit post encouraging ‘left-wing’ hunters to contact NDP MPs to encourage them to opposed the amendments to Bill C-21. Screenshot courtesy of Reddit In a post pinned to the top of r/CanadaHunting, a user by the name of “The_Phaedron,” who identified himself as a member of a riding executive in a midsize city who has worked on campaigns for the NDP in rural ridings, encouraged other “left-leaning” hunters to email NDP MP Alistair MacGregor (Cowichan–Malahat–Langford, B.C.), the party’s public safety critic, to pressure him to vote against the amendments at committee. Further down in the comments, Phaedron provides a list of email addresses and phone numbers for NDP MPs, including MacGregor, ranking them from lo
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