LIBERALS PROMISE TO INTRODUCE GUN CONTROL PACKAGE IN WAKE OF LAS VEGAS SHOOTING

According to a report from iPolitics, the Trudeau government is promising to introduce a new gun control package before the end of 2017, after facing criticism from the anti-gun groups Coalition for Gun Control and Pole Se Souvient; represented publicly by Canadian Firearms Advisory Committee co-chair Nathalie Provost. Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale claimed the pending legislation would cover all aspects of the Liberal's 2015 gun control policy, which follows:

"We will take action to get handguns and assault weapons off our streets.

Over the last decade, Stephen Harper has steadily weakened our gun laws in ways that make Canadians more vulnerable and communities more dangerous.

We will take pragmatic action to make it harder for criminals to get, and use, handguns and assault weapons. We will:

• repeal changes made by Bill C-42 that allow restricted and prohibited weapons to be freely transported without a permit, and we will put decision-making about weapons restrictions back in the hands of police, not politicians;
• provide $100 million each year to the provinces and territories to support guns and gangs police task forces to take illegal guns off our streets and reduce gang violence;
• modify the membership of the Canadian Firearms Advisory Committee to include knowledgeable law enforcement officers, public health advocates, representatives from women’s groups, and members of the legal community;
• require enhanced background checks for anyone seeking to purchase a handgun or other restricted firearm;
• require purchasers of firearms to show a license when they buy a gun, and require all sellers of firearms to confirm that the license is valid before completing the sale;
• require firearms vendors to keep records of all firearms inventory and sales to assist police in investigating firearms trafficking and other gun crimes;
• immediately implement the imported gun marking regulations that have been repeatedly delayed by Stephen Harper; and
• as part of our investment in border infrastructure, invest in technologies to enhance our border guards’ ability to detect and halt illegal guns from the United States entering into Canada.

We will not create a new national long-gun registry to replace the one that has been dismantled.

We will ensure that Canada becomes a party to the international Arms Trade Treaty."

Goodale commented, "I would expect to have a legislative package consistent with the commitments that we made during the election campaign, with respect to firearms, before the House of Commons before the end of the year, we’ve been working on the legislative package that is required, that work is ongoing.”