Opinion by Erika Barootes (Vice President of Enterprise Canada and former President of the United Conservative Party of Alberta)
April 1 2021
Alberta
“Instead of dreaming up new ways to capitalize on America’s culture wars, it’s time for our federal government to grow up, and respond to the actual safety challenges Canada faces.”
You know a federal election is in the air when a Liberal government starts to dream up a new suite of exotic and invasive gun laws.
In the past year alone, the Trudeau government has announced a federal buy-back program for a list of firearms they have now deemed to be illegal. They introduced new legislation that will allow municipalities to ban law-abiding Canadians from owning restricted firearms, which could also ban airsoft sports. And, most recently, they have introduced Bill C-22 to eliminate a number of mandatory minimum penalties for firearms offenses that keep communities safe.
For those keeping score at home, this means the Trudeau government is now treating people who obey the law like criminals, people who break the law like victims, and people who work for municipalities as if they work for the federal government instead.
Ottawa’s fixaton with cracking down on the gun I keep under lock-and-key along with their happy disregard for doing anything about the already illegal smuggled handguns that get used in gang shootings remains one of the great mysteries of Canadian public policy.
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