MPs’ work on gun control misses target

Notwithstanding the proven link between guns and violence against women, Canadian women’s groups have not been treated as serious stakeholders in the gun control debate. Now, 34 women's groups are calling out misinformation around Bill C-21.

Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino is sponsor of Bill C-21, the federal government’s proposed new firearms law. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SUZANNE ZACCOUR, ERIN WHITMORE, PAULETTE SENIOR

March 23, 2023

Amendments to the federal government’s proposed new firearms law, Bill C-21, have generated a complex debate on a simple question: what criteria should be used to distinguish legitimate hunting guns from prohibited firearms?

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