Etiket: C21
Bill C-21 is not the only solution to organized crime, says LeBlanc
(Ottawa) The Minister of Public Safety, Dominic LeBlanc, maintains that the government is fully aware that the fight against organized crime and gun violence does not only involve Bill C-21.…
Gun Control | The great mosque of Quebec asks the Senate to adopt C-21 quickly
(Ottawa) The co-founder of the great mosque of Quebec, Boufeldja Benabdallah, recently sent a letter to some fifteen senators urging them to pass Bill C-21 on gun control. The legislative…
Gun Control | House of Commons passes Bill C-21
(Ottawa) The Liberals won the support of the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Bloc Québécois for the adoption of their gun control bill. Unsurprisingly, the Conservatives who opposed it…
List of prohibited assault weapons will be removed from controversial amendments to C-21
There will be no list of prohibited assault-type weapons in the definition that Ottawa wants to enshrine in its Bill C-21, through new amendments following up on those that were…
Ban on assault-type weapons | The NDP will present new amendments to Bill C-21
(OTTAWA) New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will introduce amendments this week to ban assault-type weapons to replace those scrapped by Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government amid public outcry.…
[Éditorial de Marie-Andrée Chouinard] Is Bill C-21 deadlocked?
The heartbreaking slippage of Bill C-21 on gun control is the result of poor planning and botched consultation by Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. By announcing a few days ago that C-21…
Bill C-21 | Categorize firearms effectively
The withdrawal of the two amendments aimed at banning “military-style assault weapons” is not surprising. The government made two mistakes. He first tabled them at the end of second reading…
Bill C-21 | Liberals withdraw controversial assault weapons amendments
(OTTAWA) The Trudeau government caused a surprise Friday by withdrawing the two amendments to add the ban on assault weapons to Bill C-21. The gesture was well received by all…
Liberals withdraw controversial amendment to Bill C-21 on weapons
The Trudeau government is backtracking and has just withdrawn two important controversial amendments that would have banned dozens of models of assault weapons but also hunting weapons. These proposals had…
[Opinion] Update on C-21 and prohibited hunting weapons
The debate on Bill C-21, quite involuntarily revived by goaltender Carey Price, highlights two interesting phenomena: the lack of seriousness and the inconsistency of the preparation of amendments to the…
[Éditorial de Marie-Andrée Chouinard] 33 years after Poly, C-21 as a hope
It took more than thirty years for the survivors and relatives of the victims of the Polytechnique tragedy to see in Bill C-21 the hope that a complete and permanent…
Justin Trudeau says he doesn’t want to attack hunters with Bill C-21
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday his government is “listening” to Canadians following the release of a definition of “assault-type firearms” that would be prohibited under a proposed legislation currently…
Pro-gun lobby opposes Bill C-21
Ottawa’s proposed tighter control of rifles, rifles and handguns is holding gun owners in check. We must “aim elsewhere” than on the hunters, ask the latter, while the supporters of…
Pro-gun lobby opposes Bill C-21
Ottawa’s proposed tighter control of rifles, rifles and handguns is holding gun owners back. We must “aim elsewhere” than on the hunters, plead the latter, while the supporters of legislative…
Gun Control | Carey Price calls Bill C-21 ‘unfair’
In a rare public outing, Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price took a stand against the federal government’s new bill for greater gun control. Posted at 3:53 p.m. “I love my…
Federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino defends his Bill C-21
Federal Public Security Minister Marco Mendicino says his government does not want to attack farmers and hunters who own guns in its latest bill on the issue. And he accuses…
Bill C-21 | Gun lobby urges Ottawa to back down
(Ottawa) Bill C-21 goes too far, says the Canadian Coalition for Gun Rights. She denounces an amendment tabled last week that would constitute “the largest firearms ban in Canadian history”…
Bill C-21: A measure to protect women… worries them
A measure in federal Bill C-21 on firearms, aimed at protecting women at risk of violence, is raising fears among… groups of women. Bill C-21 has received a lot of…
C-21 facing the many faces of violence
Bill C-21, which aims to severely limit legal access to firearms, is strongly criticized by gun owners and the pro-gun lobby. Many say the law will have no impact on…
Handgun sales: “We are trying to speed up the passage” of C-21, says Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assures that his government is trying to “accelerate the passage” of his bill to impose a national freeze on the purchase, sale, transfer and import of…