Canada: Trudeau coming after guns; some provinces refuse to help
DEC 7, 2022 8:00 AM
BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS
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It’s instantly eye-catching when the left-leaning Washington Post publishes an article with the title: “Trudeau is coming for Canadians’ guns….”
Everyone should be asking the question of why Trudeau is systematically disarming law-abiding Canadians, actually demanding that they hand over their guns, while charging taxpayers millions of dollars to execute the plan. It’s suspicious, particularly coming from a man of his reputation.
Chicago has among the strictest gun laws in the country, and the city has so much gun violence that it’s nicknamed Chiraq, Chicago and Iraq, i.e. a warzone. Washington is also infamous for its “ epidemic of gun crime and serious violence,” and it, too, has strict gun laws. Two cities that are internationally well known for gun violence, and yet both have among the strictest gun controls in America. In Canada, “the vast majority of crime guns seized in Canada’s biggest city last year came from the United States.” Police chiefs in Canada have clearly stated that guns used in crimes are not those obtained by legal gun owners. Most Canadians, or anyone, for that matter, should know this. As Trudeau takes advantage of the emotions of Canadians to strip law-abiding Canadians, including longtime collectors, of their weapons, Canada will be a country where only the government and the worst criminals will have access to guns. Fascist regimes disarm their populations.
The website Firearm Owners Against Crime points out the history of tyrannical regimes:
1911: Turkey; citizens disarmed – 1.5 million Armenians were slaughtered
1929: Russia; citizens disarmed – 20 million Russians murdered
1935: China; citizens disarmed – 20 million Chinese killed
1938: Germany; citizens disarmed – 6 million Jews murdered
1956: Cambodia; citizens disarmed – 1 million “intellectuals” killed
1964: Guatemala; citizens disarmed – 100,000 Mayan Indians massacred
1970: Uganda; citizens disarmed – 300,000 Christians put to death
At the time of a recessed economy due to bad management of the Covid crisis, Trudeau is offering money: “Depending on the make and model of the gun, owners could be compensated from between $1,000 and $2,100.” But not all provinces will be cooperating. Alberta and Saskatchewan “recently introduced bills to seek greater ‘sovereignty’ for their provinces and to fight what they see as federal intrusion.” The RCMP in New Brunswick has also expressed unwillingness to back Trudeau’s gun seizures with their already stretched resources. Other provinces are waiting for more details from the Trudeau government.
With a prime minister who admires “China’s basic dictatorship,” trends are increasingly worrying in Canada. Trudeau also found a loophole in Canada’s democracy and formed a pact with subservient NDP opposition leader Jagmeet Singh to make sure Trudeau stays in power until 2025.
“Trudeau is coming for Canadians’ guns. Some provinces refuse to help,” by Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, December 2, 2022:
TORONTO — After a gunman rampaged across rural Nova Scotia in 2020, killing 22 people in Canada’s worst mass killing, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau banned some 1,500 makes and models of “military-grade” assault-style firearms and pledged to buy them back from owners.
Now, as Canada’s Liberal government prepares to launch the first phase of the mandatory buyback, several provinces and territories say they won’t help.
The most strident opponents, including the United Conservative Party government in Alberta, are suggesting the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) “refuse to participate.” Tyler Shandro, the province’s justice minister, declared the buyback was not “an objective, priority or goal” of the province or its Mounties. Alberta, he said, is “not legally obligated to provide resources for it.”
Marco Mendicino, Canada’s public safety minister, has cast Alberta’s “reckless” position as a “political stunt.” But Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick have also balked at using “scarce RCMP resources” for the program….
Most provinces and territories contacted by The Washington Post, including those that support the gun buyback, said they were waiting for more details on what will be required of them. Prince Edward Island did not respond to a request for comment.
Yukon’s government said it supports Trudeau’s gun-control proposals and is committed to finding a balance between counteracting the adverse impacts of illegal firearms and respecting hunting rights. But Tracy-Anne McPhee, the territory’s justice minister, has told Mendicino that its RCMP lacks the “administrative, personnel or the financial resources” to participate without additional support, a spokeswoman said…..
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