The Liberal authorities is anticipated to announce the renewal of its multimillion-dollar federal gun and gang violence program Monday.
Ottawa says Marco Mendicino, federal Minister of Public Safety, will make an announcement at 9:30 a.m. in regards to the authorities’s work to stop gun and gang violence.
In November 2017, the federal authorities introduced roughly $327.6 million in new federal funding over 5 years to sort out a rise in gun violence and gang exercise in Canada, with funds set to start flowing in 2018-19.
The authorities says the initiative concerned federal, provincial and territorial efforts to assist “community-level prevention and enforcement efforts.”
It says this additionally included efforts to “build and leverage unique federal expertise and resources to advance intelligence related to the illegal trafficking of firearms, and invest in border security to interdict illicit goods including guns and drugs.”
The authorities says firearm-related homicides in Canada have been steadily rising, reaching a complete of 277 in 2020 _ 16 greater than the earlier yr _ whereas gang-related homicides have additionally been on the rise.
