canada s botox dictator justin trudeau wasted no time using the tragedy in the u.s. to his own political advantage in canada. uvalde is more than 2,000 miles from ottawa but because of what he was allowed to do in texas, canadians are no longer allowed to protect themselves. justin trudeau has introduced a bill that would ban canadian citizens from buying, selling, and transferring handguns within their own country. handguns were not the cause of the shooting in uvalde. uvalde is nowhere near canada, and yet justin trudeau is using that tragedy to disarm anyone who disagrees with him. by the way, that law would empower courts to confiscate guns from people, even if they not committed a crime. watch justin trudeau announce this power grab and as you do watch, pay special attention to the masked toadies behind him nodding in unison. we are introducing legislation to implement a national freeze on handgun
on handgun ownership. what this means is that it will no longer be possible to buy, sell, transfer, or import handguns anywhere in canada. justin trudeau there. i am nowjoined by marieke walsh, political reporter with the globe and mail. she s in ottawa. thanks very much indeed. i mean, i presume this is the electoral promise bearing fruit, is it? fruit, is it? yes, that and more. fruit, is it? yes, that and more, david. fruit, is it? yes, that and more, david. the - fruit, is it? yes, that and more, david. the primel fruit, is it? yes, that and - more, david. the prime minister and government announced today and government announced today a bolstered bill from what they promised in the election, notably the freeze, as you mentioned, as the transfer, desal, the importation of handguns, which is to gun crime in canada. the question is whether it actually targets the right areas and will reduce the crime, because it is often illegal weapons, crime, because it is often illegalweapons
hunting or sports shooting. he said the government had a duty to act against rising gun violence. we re introducing legislation to implement a nationalfreeze on handgun ownership. what this means is that it will no longer be possible to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns anywhere in canada. canada s safety minister has been telling us more about the new legislation he introduced to parliament. in short, this is the most sweeping legislation we have introduced on gun policy in a generation. it provides for a national freeze on handguns in a way that will have a decisive and immediate impact, to reduce the alarming trend around handgun violence in the country. it takes on organised crime, including
911. her service is the first of 21, each life, each loss drawing this quiet community even closer. it s our hometown we just have to come and show our respects. all right morgan joins us now from uvalde. morgan, we now know the school district police chief won t be sworn into the city council tomorrow i understand you have some new reporting on this reporter: yes, tom. we do and it comes from the mayor of uvalde who says while arredondo won t be sworn in tomorrow, he doesn t believe there s any ongoing investigation that would prohibit him from taking his role on uvalde city council. but says the focus for this community this week, those 21 funerals tom? all right morgan chesky leading us off tonight morgan, we thank you for that. last week s shooting has reignited the debate over gun laws tonight in canada, prime minister justin trudeau just announced legislation to freeze handgun ownership there. tonight our kelly o donnell pressed president biden on whether he thinks chan