The Liberal government has withdrawn two controversial amendments to its gun control Bill C-21 during a meeting of the Commons committee on public safety on Feb. 3, after backlash from all opposition parties and various sectors of civil society.
The two amendments being withdrawn had been tabled in late November with no consultations and pertained to establishing an evergreen definition of what the government considers to be an “assault-style” rifle, as well as adding hundreds of rifles used for hunting to the prohibited list.
