‘This Is the Wild West We’re in Right Now’: Committee Examining Feds’ Gun Restriction Bill Mulls Holding Extended Meetings

NDP MP Alistair MacGregor rises during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa in a file photo. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press

A House of Commons committee meeting on Dec. 13 on the government’s controversial gun bill got tied up over proposals to extend the number of meetings to hear from more witnesses. But not before both NDP and Conservative MPs hammered the federal government on how it has handled the process.

Some MPs on the Public Safety Committee wanted additional meetings on the amendments to Bill C-21, including travel to northern locations to hear directly from indigenous hunters and others.