Gun Buyback

• 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
  
• 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
  
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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
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• Ottawa considers allowing banned guns to be mailed to disposal facilities

  Ottawa is looking to modify the rules for the retail assault-style weapon buyback by allowing restricted firearms to be shipped through the mail or professional couriers.

  Canada

  May 23, 2024
• Liberals quietly extend ‘assault-style’ firearms amnesty to Oct. 2025

  Ottawa has once again extended the Criminal Code amnesty period for people who already own banned weapons by two more years to Oct. 30, 2025.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2023
• Still no date for Canada’s retail gun buyback as amnesty deadline nears

  CSAAA president Wes Winkel says his organization has had monthly meetings with public safety officials he believes underestimated the complexity of a gun buyback.

  Canada

  Sep 15, 2023
• Police chiefs urge Ottawa not to rely on forces to oversee gun buyback program

  Two years ago, the government announced a ban on over 1,500 models and variants of what it considers assault-style firearms, such as the AR-15.

  Canada

  Oct 27, 2022
• Alberta’s resistance to federal gun buyback program politicizes police: critics

  Two different professors in Calgary and Edmonton say the provincial announcement resisting the federal gun buyback program will politicize police.

  Politics

  Sep 27, 2022
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• Firearm buyback program cost could hit $756M, says budget watchdog

  Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux said he couldn't provide a detailed estimate because of the number of unknowns in the program, including unregistered guns.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2021
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• Trudeau ‘a traitor’ unless gun bill overhauled, say families of Polytechnique victims

  In a letter to Trudeau made public Thursday, relatives of victims, survivors of the shooting and witnesses say the "dismal" Bill C-21 will not make society safer.

  Canada

  Mar 18, 2021