They plan to try to legislate a definition of what would constitute an illegal weapon in a move that is sure to reignite controversy.
to added hundreds of firearms to a list of banned weapons in Canada as part of their broader promise to tighten gun laws in Canada.
Though the government had signalled it would broaden the bill, when it finally went ahead with amendments in November, the scope —and models of firearms that would forever be banned as well as an evergreen definition of what constitutes a banned weapon — was broader than anyone saw coming. This week, he briefed both his rural caucus and Indigenous caucus on the options the government is considering, the Star learned, after blistering feedback from both groups about the extent they were caught unaware of the government’s intentions the last time around.
Both the Bloc Québécois and New Democrats are involved in the talks — with a minority government, the Liberals need the support of at least one party to pass the bill. “If the government propose new amendments, but fails to explain it to the people, it’s not the right way to do it,” she said.“If they want to have an ally with the Bloc Québécois, they can because we want to go further than what the NDP asks,” she said.The NDP showed its hand on one element of the plan earlier Tuesday, saying it wants amendments introduced that would bring gun makers into the discussion and have them barred from making certain kinds of weapons.
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