Gun Buyback

• Rally against federal gun prohibitions, buyback planned for Saturday in Quebec City

  People opposed to the government's firearms ban are planning a rally Saturday in Quebec City to accuse Ottawa of unfairly singling out law-abiding gun owners.

  Canada

  Feb 24
  
• Halifax Regional Police taking part in federal gun buyback program

  Chief Don MacLean said the force is joining the program in part due to the province's high rate of intimate partner violence and to 'reduce the presence of firearms.'

  Canada

  Feb 3
  
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• Gun buyback not hurt by some provinces, police refusal to help: minister

  Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said he doesn't foresee logistical challenges to the program despite the refusal of several provinces and police forces to help.

  Politics

  Jan 29
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• Peterborough police won’t participate in federal assault-style firearms buyback program

  The Peterborough Police Service is the latest to announce it will not be participating in the federal government's Assault-Style Federal Compensation Program launched Jan. 19.

  Canada

  Jan 29
• Ottawa’s gun buyback pilot was ‘successful,’ destroyed 25 guns: minister

  'The pilot was never to test the quantitative aspect of the program,' Anandasangaree told reporters Monday. 'As an overall pilot, I believe it is successful.'

  Canada

  Jan 12
• Long-delayed rules to help gun tracing not needed ‘at this time’: minister

  The rules, set to come into force on Monday, sought to require domestic manufacturers to label all new firearms to help law enforcement with tracing weapons used in crime.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2025
• Alberta government asks prosecutors to reconsider laying charges in self-defence cases

  Premier Danielle Smith's government is urging Crown prosecutors to reconsider charging someone who acts to defend themselves or others in their own homes.

  Politics

  Dec 2, 2025
• Next phase of Ottawa’s gun buyback program to begin in Nova Scotia

  The federal government says it will begin a buyback of assault-style firearms from individual owners with a pilot project in Nova Scotia.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2025
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• Minister calls gun buyback ‘important’ after questioning it in leaked audio

  Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said in the House of Commons that it was a 'good thing' his comments were caught on leaked audio obtained by Global News.

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2025
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• Feds say these banned firearms are for battlefields, and may go to Ukraine

  The move follows the May 2020 ban of 1,500 makes and models of firearms, a number that grew to more than 2,000 by November of this year as new variants were identified.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2024