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Politics This Morning: Trudeau reiterates pledge to tighten gun-control measures as country grieves over deadly shooting

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, in a separate presser, wouldn't commit to a timeline, pointing to the fact that parliamentary proceedings have seen a "fairly significant interruption" to its normal operations.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government was 'on the verge' of introducing legislation that would ban assault-style weapons until the pandemic hit and derailed its legislative agenda.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

April 21, 2020

Good Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated the government's commitment to tabling legislation that would ban assault-style weapons following the deadly shooting in a rural Nova Scotia community that played out over 12 hours and has left an estimated 19...

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