‘Failed Approach’: Tories Criticize Liberal Government’s Gun Bill

Conservative member of Parliament Raquel Dancho asks a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 2, 2020. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

The Conservative opposition says the new firearms bill tabled by the Liberal government won’t do much to reduce gun violence and punishes law-abiding gun owners.

“Despite years of more gun control, bans, buybacks, and nearly a billion dollars spent, gun violence continues to go up in Canada,” said Conservative MP and public safety critic Raquel Dancho on Twitter on May 30.