Liberal about-turn on Bill C-21 marks failure of historically significant gun control reform

The amendments would have prohibited many semi-automatic weapons capable of carrying large amounts of ammunition by introducing a new 'evergreen' firearm classification system.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces the ban on the sale, trade, and import of handguns in Canada at a press conference on May 30, 2022. If the amended Bill C-21 had been passed and implemented, it would have made the Canadian gun classification system more uniform, writes R. Blake Brown.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY R. BLAKE BROWN

February 6, 2023

HALIFAX—The Liberal government's decision to withdraw amendments to its proposed firearms legislation, Bill C-21, means the failure of one of the most significant gun control ...

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