Liberals seek to fast-track gun control bill, sparking Conservative outcry
legislation makes its way through committee soon by asking the House of Commons for the green light to limit debate and expand the bill’s scope to cover new elements.
The motion would also limit the time devoted to consideration of each clause or amendment, and ensure additional committee time during the evening to scrutinize the bill.Progress on the legislation, introduced a year ago, was derailed in late 2022 and early this year by the government’s first attempt to enshrine a definition of assault-style firearms in late November.
Conservative public safety critic Raquel Dancho called the Liberal move a circumvention of the democratic process. She said it was surprising the government would try to curb debate of the bill through a motion, given that considerable progress had been made at the last two committee meetings.“This is a nuclear option,” said Dancho, a committee member. “This is what happens when, say, committees go awry and there’s hours of filibusters and nothing is moving.
Upon introducing the bill last year, the Liberals announced a plan to implement a freeze on importing, buying, selling or otherwise transferring handguns to help reduce firearm-related violence. Federal regulations are now in effect aimed at capping the number of handguns in Canada. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said Monday the government is earmarking $390 million over the next five years for provinces and territories, including support for police and crime prevention programs.
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