Mendicino should discard Bill C‑21 in its entirety, and start over

It is time to deliver the kind of gun control the majority Canadians expect and to finally give survivors and victims’ families some closure.

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, pictured on the Hill. The Liberal government was elected in each of the last three elections, based on promises to reverse the harm caused by the previous Conservative government and to strengthen gun control laws in Canada. It should fulfill that promise, writes Nathalie Provost. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NATHALIE PROVOST

May 4, 2022

As Canadians grapple with mounting rates of gun violence, it is worth addressing some of the overarching issues that continue to be misrepresented by gun control opponents as well as many decision-makers, fuelling much of the opposition to gun control. Indeed, one of the main concerns is that the c...

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