Gun Buyback

• 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
  
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• 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
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• Ottawa picks IBM to help design gun buyback program

  The contract is worth almost $1.2 million, according to an award notice posted on a federal information portal.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2020
• Toronto gun buyback program is most successful in city’s history, nets 2,700 firearms

  In a news release Saturday morning, police said they collected over 1,900 long guns and over 800 handguns during the program, which began on April 26 and lasted until Friday. 

  Canada

  May 18, 2019
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• More than 1,500 guns collected so far in Toronto’s gun buyback program, could cost $750,000: report

  Toronto's gun buyback program has resulted in the collection of more than 1,500 firearms in its first two weeks, but could end up costing taxpayers potentially up to $750,000.

  Canada

  May 13, 2019