How Canada's largest gun control effort in decades is missing the mark
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“Heidi Rathjen has been calling for a ban on assault-style rifles since 1989, when a gunman opened fire on her classmates at Montreal's École Polytechnique.”
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“The shooting at École Polytechnique, in which 14 women were killed and more than a dozen injured, was a turning point for Canada, changing how the country viewed gun violence.”
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“Ottawa did roll out a ban on some 2,500 models of such 'assault-style' weapons after another deadly mass shooting in 2020.”
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“A scheme designed to buy back these now-prohibited guns from their owners has had a bumpy roll out, and the programme looks likely to miss the mark.”
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“Two provinces have refused to take part in the programme.”
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“Australia's measures in 1996 largely worked because they were part of a broad suite of measures implemented 'very quickly' after the massacre.”
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“Australia's programme was also well-funded thanks to a short-term levy that was placed on taxpayers.”
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“Canada's plan is for gun owners to be reimbursed by the government when they turn in their weapons, similar to measures in Australia and New Zealand.”
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“More than C$215m ($155m; £117m) has been set aside for the effort.”
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“Alberta and Saskatchewan, two conservative provinces in western Canada, have refused to participate in the programme.”
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“In Alberta it won't be enforced and in Saskatchewan, owners will be shielded from criminal liability until they receive what the province says is a guarantee of fair compensation for their guns.”
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“A number of police forces in Canada have said they will not assist the government in the programme, calling it a 'significant operational burden' and saying it may not align with their priority of focusing on illegal gun smuggling instead.”
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“Data from Ontario, Canada's most populous province, shows that the majority of handguns recovered from crimes in 2024 - about 91% - originate from the US.”
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“The country's most recent deadly mass shooting, in the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia in February, at least one gun was a 'modified rifle'.”
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“The Canadian government has said it intends to go ahead fully with the buy-back scheme despite criticism around their policy.”
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“More than 67,000 firearms have been voluntarily declared by more than 37,000 Canadians across the country.”
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“The government had set aside money to buy back a total of 136,000 guns.”
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“The Supreme Court of Canada recently agreed to hear a challenge to the gun ban by the Canadian Coalition of Firearm Rights, after two lower courts upheld it.”
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“She called the government's willingness to compensate current owners without banning new purchases of all rifle models 'a nightmare scenario'.”
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