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The three main national parties are firing up their election engines, even as they insist they want to steer clear of a campaign.
Liberals, Conservatives and New Democrats are on the move in advance of a potential election this year, recruiting candidates, training volunteers and grappling with how to kiss babies and press the flesh in a virtual, pandemic-restricted world.
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The uncertainty of COVID-19 has left each party ravenously raising funds and wooing would-be nominees while suspended in a kind of limbo, forced to map out multiple scenarios for an election whose timing under a minority Liberal government remains unknown.
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OTTAWA Gun control advocates are blasting Ottawa’s “empty shell” firearms legislation, saying its primary function is to provide Liberal talking points rather than curb gun violence through sensible reforms.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has drawn fierce criticism from both sides of the firearms debate with the tabling of Bill C-21, which extends some penalties for firearms-related offences. Many gun owners say the legislation arbitrarily targets law-abiding citizens, while gun control advocates say it fails to get guns out of the hands of potential risks to the public.
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Gun owners facing legal complaints can have firearms seized without warrant under new Liberal law The bill introduces a number of potential new restrictions on Canadian gun owners, including a provision that could allow municipalities to outlaw the transport of handguns
Author of the article: Jesse Snyder
Publishing date: Feb 16, 2021 • February 16, 2021 • 4 minute read • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, right, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Public Safety Minister Joel Lightbound at a press conference regarding new gun legislation, in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Photo by Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA New legislation tabled by the federal government grants Canadian authorities expanded powers to search the home of any gun owner that is subject to a legal complaint, potentially allowing police to seize firearms for up to 30 days without a warrant.