Bill C-21 being reviewed to ensure it doesn’t affect hunting rifles, shotguns, says Trudeau | 24CA News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to reassure gun homeowners Monday by promising his authorities’s gun management laws is being reviewed to make sure it doesn’t goal reputable gun use.
Speaking in Ingersoll, Ont., Trudeau stated that the record of firearms that might be banned if Bill C-21 passes in its present kind is being reviewed to make sure the laws does not go after searching rifles or shotguns.
“We just put forward a list and we’re consulting with Canadians on that,” Trudeau stated.
“That’s what we’re listening to, feedback on how to make sure that we’re not capturing weapons that are primarily hunting weapons.”
Trudeau promised his authorities shouldn’t be “going after hunting rifles or shotguns.”
WATCH: ‘We’re not going after searching rifles or shotguns,’ PM says
In response to criticism of Bill C-21, Trudeau reaffirms dedication to go after ‘the most dangerous weapons’ and says the federal government is listening to suggestions to make sure it’s ‘not capturing weapons that are primarily hunting weapons.’
Trudeau made the feedback in response to widespread pushback in opposition to vital amendments made to Bill C-21, a invoice crafted initially to ban handguns that the Liberals are trying to amend with a brand new record of lengthy weapons to be banned.
In a video posted to Instagram over the weekend, Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price objects to the brand new invoice, insists that he’s not a legal or a “threat to society” and says he desires to maintain his “hunting tools.”
The Conservatives have been joined in opposition to the invoice by Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, who lamented on Twitter that the invoice had satisfied Price “and so many others that gun control’s goal or effect is to hurt hunting.”
“The amendment came out of nowhere,” stated NDP MP Charlie Angus, whose driving covers an enormous swath of northern Ontario that features many distant First Nations.
“This was a handgun bill. We suddenly saw this other legislation that has a lot of people who are legitimate gun owners worried. I think they overreached.”
Trudeau stated Monday that the main target of Bill C-21 is on weapons designed to “kill the largest amount of people as quickly as possible.”
“We made a commitment to continue to move forward with strong, smart gun control in this country, to keep communities safe, to keep Canadians safe, and we’re going to continue to do that,” he stated.
WATCH | ‘There is a course of and we’re listening’: Minister Mendicino
If “weapons are commonly used for hunting then they will be exempted” stated Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino about firearms listed in an modification to the federal government’s proposed gun laws, Bill C-21.
In an interview with 24CA News Network’s Power & Politics, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino additionally tried to allay fears that the federal government is concentrating on hunters.
Mendicino famous that the invoice continues to be being thought-about at committee and hasn’t been finalized. He additionally stated banning searching fashions could be a “red line” for the federal government.
“We’re not going after guns that are commonly used for hunting. We are after the guns that exert the most lethal force in the shortest period of time,” Mendicino advised host David Cochrane.
WATCH | Opposition MPs talk about Bill C-21
Conservative public security critic Raquel Dancho and NDP House Leader Peter Julian joined Power & Politics Monday to debate the controversial modification to Bill C-21.
