Federal Gun Buyback Program to Be Rolled out Across Canada After Nova Scotia Pilot

Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons following question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Oct. 8, 2025. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the Liberal government’s gun buyback program will soon be launched across Canada following an initial pilot project in Nova Scotia.

“I will be showing our next steps on the program as we roll out throughout the country. But it is significant to say that we will be rolling the program out across Canada,” Anandasangaree told CBC News on Nov. 23.