Time has come for Liberals to get a spine on guns in Canada

But with the continual barrage of mass shootings in the United States, the issue is not likely to go away anytime soon. Almost weekly incidents of gun violence in Toronto pretty much guarantee that Liberals will not be able to dodge the question in the upcoming election.

Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Bill Blair's handling of the gun file has left many supporters scratching their heads, writes Sheila Copps. A member of the public consultation process on guns resigned because she could not support the government’s weak-kneed response to a 2015 election promise of gun reform.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

August 12, 2019

OTTAWA—Guns are now a mental problem. So says American president Donald Trump, who continues to claim there is “no political appetite” for legislation governing the guns themselves even though he is finally admitting that it might be wise to improve background checks on those who want to purc...

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