TheGunBlog.ca — The Conservative Party of Canada criticized the Liberal Party’s expanded crackdown on government-licensed firearm users today, without committing to cancel or repeali it if the party wins next year’s election.
Sebastian Skamski, who handles media relations for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, e-mailed the following statement by Member of Parliament Raquel Dancho.
Conservative MP Dancho Comments
After nine years of Trudeau’s reckless policies, he has unleashed a crimewave on Canada. Violent crime has exploded over 50% and gun crime has surged 116%, despite his photo op firearms bans and $75 million confiscation program that hasn’t collected a single firearm.
After nine years of Trudeau, it has never been easier for violent criminals to obtain a gun. Trudeau has failed to fix the border disorder that lets in almost all of the illegal firearms used in gun crimes from the US. He brought in Bill C-5 that took away mandatory prison time for nine different violent gun crimes, including robbery and extortion, and he brought in C-75 which gave hardened criminals access to easy bail so they could return to terrorizing our communities. Police Associations across Canada have spoken up with the President of the Toronto Police Association saying “the gun bans are clearly not working” and the President of the Vancouver Police Union and the BC Police Association saying “Stopping legal sales won’t stop criminals from getting guns illegally. You’re only restricting law-abiding citizens while doing little to address actual crime and violence.”
Instead of locking up criminals and reversing his laws that have contributed to the alarming explosion of crime in our country, Trudeau chose to attack lawful and vetted hunters, sport shooters, and Indigenous Peoples who safely and legally use firearms as they have done for generations.
Trudeau’s latest underhanded attack against lawful Canadians and his continued blind eye to actual gun criminals is an insult to the thousands of victims of gun crime who continue to be terrorized and lose their lives as a result of Trudeau’s catch-and-release policies.
Common sense Conservatives will fix Trudeau’s border disorder that is flooding our streets with crime guns. We will reverse Trudeau’s easy bail and get out of jail free laws for violent gun criminals and ensure they remain where they belong – behind bars. Only common sense Conservatives will bring home safer streets for our once safe communities.