Statement from Prime Minister Trudeau

There has been an increase in reports of gun related crimes (excluding law enforcement escalation…) for the past few years. Here are a few I found:

2020 Hate Crime Shooting of Two Métis Men

2022 July 25 Langley Homeless Hate Crime

2022 Sept. 10 “Arsenal” of firearms seized after road rage incident

2022 Oct. 20 Langley Shooting

Let’s also not forget the mass shooting of 2020 in Nova Scotia where the RCMP failed to catch a lone gunman for 13 hours as he murdered 22 people.

This is some recent reporting on the current Inquiry about possible government involvement with the RCMP response.

The Convoy Protests and the criticism of Trudeau’s use of The Emergency Act during the protests may have also been reasons for this legislation.

I’m not adding these reports to justify this ban. I only want to show some of the recent events up here that may have influenced this decision.

Here is a list of firearms. I was unable to open the pdf on my phone but hopefully you’ll be able to view the information on it.